Site Reliability Engineer

PayPal
Scottsdale, AZ, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$125,029.0 - $151,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Confluence Bash Shell Cloud Computing Configuration Management Computer Programming Databases System Configuration Disaster Recovery Perl (Programming Language) Fault Tolerance HP Systems Insight Manager
+17 more
Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Oracle (Applications) Reliability Engineering Systems Architecture Web Platforms Datadog Scripting System Availability Software Troubleshooting Reliability of Systems Containerization Kubernetes Information Technology Splunk Docker Control M

Job description

Job Duties: Monitor and analyze system metrics to ensure optimal availability, performance, and reliability of digital platforms and applications, including continuous assessment of system health indicators, performance benchmarks, and service-level objectives. Diagnose and resolve complex system issues through systematic troubleshooting methodologies, performing comprehensive root cause analysis of system failures, and implementing sustainable long-term solutions to prevent issue recurrence. Create and maintain automation scripts, tools, and operational processes designed to streamline operations, reduce manual intervention requirements, and enhance system reliability, while configuring, maintaining, and continuously improving monitoring and alerting systems to provide actionable insights into system health and performance metrics. Analyze system usage patterns and trends to accurately forecast future resource requirements, ensuring adequate system scalability, and implementing preventive measures to avoid capacity-related performance degradation or service interruptions. Design and implement highly reliable, fault-tolerant systems that incorporate industry best practices for high availability and disaster recovery, ensure reliable software releases, and perform systematic failure simulations, to proactively identify system weaknesses and improve overall system robustness. Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for system configurations, operational procedures, and incident handling workflows, while partnering with development, operations, and product teams to enhance system architecture for improved performance, reliability, and scalability to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical implementation strategies. Partial telecommuting permitted from within a commutable distance.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Tooling?, Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related field plus five years of experience in site reliability engineering, systems administration, or a related technical field.

Special Skill Requirements:

  1. Production Support - 5 years

  2. Incident Management - 5 years

  3. System and Application Monitoring (DataDog, Splunk)- 5 years

  4. Batch Systems and Tools (Control-M) - 5 years

  5. System Administration - 5 years

  6. Configuration Management - 5 years

  7. Infrastructure Management - 5 years

  8. UNIX/Linux Administration - 5 years

  9. Technical Documentation (Confluence) - 3 years

  10. Programming/Scripting (Shell, Perl, Python) - 3 years

  11. Database Technologies (Oracle, PostgreSQL) - 3 years

  12. Cloud Technologies (AWS, GoogleCloud) - 2 years

  13. Containerization Tools and Technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) - 2 years

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

EOE, including disability/vets.

The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off, Scottsdale, AZ Salary: $125,029-151,000.00 per annum. 40 hours per week; M-F, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Subsidiary: PayPal

Travel Percent: 0

PayPal does not charge candidates any fees for courses, applications, resume reviews, interviews, background checks, or onboarding. When making an application directly, we will never ask you to share passwords, one-time passcodes (OTP), or verification codes. Any such request is a red flag and likely part of a scam. All communication regarding your application will come from official PayPal email domains. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately. To learn more about how to identify and avoid recruitment fraud please visit https://careers.pypl.com/contact-us.

For the majority of employees, PayPal’s balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset-you. That’s why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing-physical, emotional, and financial-delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.

About the company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do - and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities., Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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