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# Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Capacity) - Platform Infrastructure

- **Company:** Elastic
- **Location:** Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Network Control, Reliability Engineering, Cloud Services, Autoscaling, Optimization Algorithms, Performance Monitor, Tools for Reporting, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.buscojobs.com.es/senior-site-reliability-engineer-capacity-platform-infrastructure-en-santiago-de-compostela-ID-372239659

## About the Role

Knowledge of performance monitoring and optimization techniques
Understanding of cloud scaling challenges and solutions
Proficiency in incident investigation and troubleshooting processes
Experience with compute auto-scaling and capacity reservations across the three major CSPs
Solid software and platform engineering background
Experience with all three major cloud service providers and navigating compute capacity scaling issues
problem-solving mindset
cross-functional collaboration
proactive communication
cloud infrastructure management
capacity planning and modeling
performance monitoring and tuning

## Description

OverviewAs Principal Platform Engineer focused on capacity, you optimize Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless workloads to scale seamlessly.You'll partner with control plane and cross-functional teams to tackle cloud scaling challenges and resource allocation at a global scale.Your work directly supports customers by ensuring reliable, efficient compute across many regions.This role offers a meaningful impact on how Elastic delivers scalable AI-powered search and observability.Compensaciones / Beneficiosbase salaryhealth coverage for you and familyflexible locations and schedulesgenerous vacation daysdonations matching up to $****volunteering time (up to 40 hours/year) versus parity of benefits across regionsResponsabilidadesAssess current and future capacity needs and develop predictive modelsCollaborate to implement proactive capacity planning to avoid shortagesOptimize resource usage across cloud environments for performance and scalabilityAnalyze metrics and build reporting tools for visibility into capacity and performanceOperate an autoscaling framework for diverse customer workloadsOptimize infrastructure performance across 60+ Elastic Cloud regionsWork with development teams to implement scaling best practicesRequisitos principales5+ years in cloud infrastructure and capacity managementKnowledge of performance monitoring and optimization techniquesUnderstanding of cloud scaling challenges and solutionsProficiency in incident investigation and troubleshooting processesExperience with compute auto-scaling and capacity reservations across the three major CSPsSolid software and platform engineering backgroundExperience with all three major cloud service providers and navigating compute capacity scaling issuesproblem-solving mindsetcross-functional collaborationproactive communicationcloud infrastructure managementcapacity planning and modelingperformance monitoring and tuning


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