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# Senior Site Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Ellucian
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing Security, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Datadog, Scripting, Reliability of Systems, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** June 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=95b3f6bb992b928d

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Tooling?, * 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar roles

 * Mandatory: Strong, hands-on expertise with DataDog (APM, logs, metrics, dashboards, alerting)
 * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
 * Proficiency in DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform)
 * Strong troubleshooting skills and experience conducting root cause analysis in distributed systems
 * Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
 * Scripting or programming experience (Python, Bash, or similar)
 * Proven ability to analyze and optimize cloud costs, * Experience with cost management tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management)
 * Familiarity with cloud security and compliance best practices
 * Experience supporting high-availability, customer-facing systems
 * Strong collaboration and communication skills

## Description

* Own and improve system reliability, availability, and performance for production environments
 * Design, implement, and manage monitoring, alerting, and observability using DataDog (required)
 * Lead incident response efforts, including troubleshooting, mitigation, and post-incident reviews
 * Perform detailed root cause analysis (RCA) and drive permanent resolutions
 * Partner with engineering and DevOps teams to build scalable, resilient infrastructure
 * Automate operational processes to improve efficiency and reduce risk
 * Analyze and optimize infrastructure and application costs
 * Define and manage SLIs/SLOs to meet reliability targets
 * Continuously improve deployment, monitoring, and operational practices


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