Lead deployment, updates, and operational support for cloud environments. Ensure availability, scalability, performance, and reliability; define SLAs/SLOs/SLIs; drive IaC and automation; improve monitoring, observability, and security; perform RCAs and cost optimizations; collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services.
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 3000000 - Rs 4500000 (ie INR 30-45 LPA)
Min Experience: 7+ years
Location: Chennai
JobType: full-time
The Senior SRE is responsible for deployment, updates, and operational support for environments hosting our leading client’s cloud-based solutions. This role ensures operational excellence, a seamless client experience, and continuous improvement across infrastructure and delivery processes. The ideal candidate combines strong technical capabilities with the ability to lead delivery through influence and hands-on engineering expertise.
RequirementsKey Responsibilities
- Manage deployments, upgrades, maintenance, and operational support for cloud environments.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and reliability of production systems.
- Define, monitor, and improve SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs.
- Drive automation initiatives and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive actions.
- Optimize cloud infrastructure, operational efficiency, and costs.
- Enhance monitoring, observability, security, and deployment processes.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, Customer Success, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms.
- Expertise in Kubernetes for container orchestration and cluster management.
- Experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Proficiency in Ansible for configuration management and automation.
- Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes application deployments.
- Experience managing MariaDB and MongoDB databases in production environments.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and DevOps practices.
- Experience with monitoring, observability, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor).
- Good knowledge of Linux administration, networking, DNS, load balancing, and cloud security best practices.
- Experience troubleshooting production environments, conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and improving platform reliability.
- Understanding of SRE principles, including SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs.
- Scripting experience using Bash, Python, or Shell for automation.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Operations roles.
- Experience managing large-scale, production cloud environments.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
- Strong analytical mindset with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
AWS, Kubernetes, Site Reliability Engineering
Good-to-have skillsHelm Charts, IaC, monitoring
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