Site Reliability Engineer

TL;DR

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE): Ensuring reliability, availability, and performance of production systems with an accent on automation and operational excellence. Focus on developing automation scripts, monitoring system performance, and responding to production incidents.

Location: Onsite in Milan, Italy

Company

hirify.global is a pan-European stock exchange, offering trading, clearing, and settlement services across multiple markets.

What you will do

• Provide day-to-day operational support for production environments, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automation scripts and tools using Bash, Python, and Ansible.
• Monitor system performance, proactively identify issues, and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams on best practices.
• Participate in on-call rotation and respond to production incidents, performing root cause analysis.
• Maintain and improve configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code practices.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a production support or SRE role within a complex, high-availability environment.
• Strong automation skills with proficiency in Bash, Python, and Ansible.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic stack, Datadog).
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems administration and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, security best practices, and incident management processes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps culture.
• Exposure to database administration and troubleshooting (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle).
• Scripting or automation experience with other languages (e.g., Go, Ruby).