Senior SRE - Platform (Managed Kubernetes Infrastructure)

Role Overview

As a Site Reliability Engineer within Platform Engineering, you'll help design, build, and scale Elastic's multi-cloud platform that powers internal services, Elastic Cloud Hosted, and Serverless offerings. You'll drive reliability, automation, and operational excellence while developing tools and infrastructure that support large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives focused on infrastructure automation and platform reliability.
• Develop and maintain software, tooling, and automation to support platform growth.
• Scale and improve multi-cloud infrastructure to meet increasing business demands.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance operational excellence and system reliability.
• Respond to major incidents and implement long-term solutions to prevent recurring issues.
• Participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation.
• Drive continuous improvements across platform operations and customer experience.

Requirements

• Strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mindset with a focus on reliability and customer experience.
• Software engineering background with experience building automation and infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with Golang or similar programming languages.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms.
• Experience managing Kubernetes infrastructure at scale.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and platform operations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in remote or globally distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating SaaS products in public cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Crossplane.
• Experience managing Kubernetes environments across multiple cloud providers.
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Elastic Stack, Prometheus, or InfluxDB.
• Strong Linux system administration skills.
• Experience with incident management and alerting systems.
• Experience mentoring and supporting engineering teams.

Technologies

Golang, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Crossplane, AWS, GCP, Azure, Linux, Elastic Stack, Prometheus, InfluxDB

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Employee stock program eligibility
• Retirement savings plan with employer matching
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Flexible work environment
• Generous paid time off and parental leave
• Volunteer and community contribution programs