Site Reliability Engineer

The Dynamics Site Reliability team is looking for talented Internet engineers to design, build & operate large scale business oriented services for my client. There team has a global presence with engineers in the US, Switzerland, & Ireland. This position requires strategic thinking & hands-on technical delivery. The ideal candidate is a deep technologist with proven track record building large scalable services, creative thinker, problem solver, teacher, & learner. The successful candidate will be at ease leading incident investigations & capable of identifying root cause in a complex, distributed environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Influence feature design, architecture, standards & processes to ensure Security, Performance, Operability & Scale.
- Conduct performance analysis/tuning & ensure accurate service capacity planning.
- Identify gaps in current technology & processes & recommend improvements.
- Build tools, develop efficient DevOps processes, & contribute to our knowledge base.
- Participate in on-call rotation duties.
- Plan & conduct proof of concept projects with new technology & processes.
- Optimize monitoring & self-healing capabilities.
- Collaborate at depth with peers in Development & Program Management.

DESIRED TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

- Cloud Services (Azure or Amazon AWS)
- Windows Server & Services (IIS, AD, DNS, Hyper-V)
- Deployment Platforms (Puppet, Chef, and/or SCCM)
- Automation (PowerShell, Shell, and/or C#)
- Databases Services (SQL Azure and MSSQL)
- Mail Delivery (PowerMTA, SMTP)
- Monitoring Tools (SCOM, Nagios, Gomez/Keynote)
- Troubleshooting Tools (WireShark, NetMon, and Fiddler)

DESIRED INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

- Deep hands on technical expertise in large scale systems engineering & complex distributed systems architectures.
- Demonstrated expertise in web services, virtualization, cloud concepts, REST, JSON, XML, TSQL, LDAP, and Object Oriented methodologies.
- Solid understanding of network routing, load balancing, & Internet transport protocols.
- Experience managing complex projects, with significant bottom line impact.
- Proven experience in leading software development teams to deliver industry-leading technical solutions with the highest quality.
- 5+ years' experience in large scale Internet service design & implementation
- Experience with continuous delivery & configuration management
- Demonstrated understanding of instrumentation, monitoring, & deployment design principles & best practices.
- Strong analytical capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, commitments & projects.
- Demonstrated passion for customer experience & usability, including successful delivery of customer self service tools & automated management/optimization of services.

WHY APPLY?

An excellent opportunity to add value to your CV and gain experience with a highly reputable company. You will become a member of an established, proactive and creative IT team.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING MORE ABOUT THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY PLEASE CONTACT CLAIRE O'DWYER OR (SEE BELOW)