Site Reliability Engineer

Who we are:

Hi, we’re SambaSafety and we offer the industry’s most comprehensive driver monitoring software. Our mission is promoting safer communities by reducing risk through data insights. Companies trust SambaSafety to keep their employees safe on the roads, price and reduce risk, help protect their brand, their bottom line, and our global community.

We’ve built an inclusive, supportive, and exceptional culture where every employee is empowered in their role. Don’t take our word for it; we’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Denver Post, Albuquerque Journal, Sacramento Bee, and Built In Colorado. And our employees rate SambaSafety as top-notch, with a rock solid 4.9-star rating on Glassdoor.

What You’ll Do:

• Build excellent relationships through strong interpersonal skills and educate on “Why” to influence the advancement of DevOps.
• Investigate and contribute to solving various issues in production environments.
• Drive infrastructure as code adoption.
• Deployment of software releases.
• Proactively analyze and contribute improvements to support deployment processes.
• Be a catalyst for continuous improvement of our production environments.
• Provide collaboration as a conduit between various technical and non-technical teams.
• Partner with the development teams to improve system quality.
• Build effective monitoring, alerts, and metrics for production services.
• Provide configuration management for production applications.

What you’ll need:

• Minimum 5+ years of site reliability experience in a SaaS environment.
• Proven technical and functional problem-solving, tracking, and resolution skills.
• Expert with cloud environments (AWS professional certification preferred).
• Strong knowledge and experience working in Linux/Unix environment.
• Strong knowledge and experience working with Identity Access Management (OKTA, IAM).
• Knowledge and experience working with Kubernetes in AWS (AWS EKS)
• Experience working with distributed data store (Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK).
• Experience with centralized logging solutions (Splunk, Elk, etc.).
• Experience working in orchestration tools (Apache Nifi)
• Knowledge of active monitoring (Datadog, Dynatrace, etc.).
• Experience building enterprise level disaster recovery.
• Experience implementing security best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.).
• Experience with a modern programming language (python, Java etc.).
• Experience with SQL and PostgreSQL databases.
• Understanding of git.
• Knowledge of networking principles such as firewalls, load balancing, routing and switching.
• Knowledge of horizontal and vertical scaling best practices.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly visible, changing environment.
• Excellent collaboration skills.
• Ability to think strategically and act tactically.
• Works with a sense of urgency in high pressure environment and demonstrates the ability to effectively respond to issues during emergency situations.
• Time/task management and organization skills to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working in a highly regulated business environment.
• Strong customer service skills combined with the ability to interface effectively and establish quick credibility with enterprise business leaders.
• Work well in a virtual team environment with strong collaboration skills.
• Technical self-starter and self-directed.
• Enthusiasm for team-oriented project work.
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.

Benefits and Perks:

• Unlimited Paid Time Off and Paid Volunteer Days
• 401k Employer Match
• Generous Healthcare Benefits including a fully employer paid family medical plan
• Up to 12 weeks paid time off for maternity leave
• Wellness &Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Lots of SambaSafety swag
• SambaSafety Events

Compensation: $150k - $160K based on experience

Work Location: Remote

Our team of talented and committed safety professionals is exceptional. At SambaSafety we strive to foster an inclusive culture that supports, encourages and celebrates a wide array of diversity. We are committed to create a space where all employees can show up as their authentic selves every day, and we work to advance employee equality, diversity and inclusion.

SambaSafety provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, and expression or genetics.

Come join us to find out for yourself what all the excitement is about!

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