Site Reliability Engineer (Storage Engineer)

TL;DR

Site Reliability Engineer (Storage Engineer): Automating and maintaining storage infrastructure with a focus on Ceph, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of systems. Focus on proactive monitoring, automation, and optimization.

Location: This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a hirify.global office to meet with your team for events or meetings.

Salary: $107,000.00 – $161,000.00 CAD

Company

hirify.global is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all.

What you will do

• Automate and maintain day-to-day operations of storage systems to support application demands.
• Develop and maintain tools and automation scripts to streamline storage operations and improve efficiency.
• Monitor system performance, identify issues, and implement solutions to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Continuously improve system reliability, performance, and capacity through proactive monitoring, automation, and optimization.
• Participate in agile concepts such as daily stand-up meetings, task tracking boards, design and code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, and deployment.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience with Ceph, working in a production environment.
• 2+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or a similar role.
• Experience working on Linux/Unix systems, with a focus on automation and operating at scale.
• Proficiency in Python or Bash.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or SaltStack.
• Experience with Nagios-based monitoring tools, such as Icinga2.
• Solid understanding of core networking concepts and protocols, particularly in relation to Linux/Unix systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to and experience working with compute platforms (e.g., OpenStack, AWS).
• Familiarity with ability to contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Diverse culture and range of Employee Resource Groups.
• Embrace entrepreneurs.
• Come as you are and make your own way.
• Range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave.