Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Amgen
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Job Description
ABOUT AMGEN
What you will do
- Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Amgen’s infrastructure, platforms, and applications. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and implement long-term fixes.
- Continuously evaluate system design and usage to identify opportunities for cost optimization, ensuring infrastructure efficiency without compromising reliability.
- Drive the adoption of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across the organization to streamline operations, minimize manual interventions, and enhance scalability.
- Implement tools and frameworks (such as Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes) that increase efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs through optimized resource utilization.
- Establish standardized operational processes, tools, and frameworks across Amgen’s technology stack to ensure consistency, maintainability, and best-in-class reliability practices.
- Champion the use of industry standards to optimize performance and increase operational efficiency.
- Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to detect issues early and ensure rapid incident response.
- Lead the incident management process to minimize downtime, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to avoid future occurrences.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging data from incidents and performance monitoring.
- Partner with software engineering, and IT teams to integrate reliability, performance optimization, and cost-saving strategies throughout the development lifecycle.
- Act as a SME for SRE principles and advocate for best practices for assigned Projects.
- Execute capacity planning processes to support future growth, performance, and cost management.
- Maintain disaster recovery strategies to ensure system reliability and minimize downtime in the event of failures.
What we expect of you
- Master’s degree and 8 to 10 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 to 14 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR
- Diploma and 14 to 18 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering preferred, other Engineering field is considered
Must-Have Skills
- Extensively experienced with AWS Cloud Services
- Proficient in CI/CD (Jenkins/Gitlab), Observability, IAC, Gitops etc
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes) to optimize resource usage and improve scalability.
- Identify and specify SRE tasks
- Strong Hands-on SRE tasks and automate using Python/ Scripting language
- Well Versed with FinOps, Infra-Ops, & Platform Operations.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Leadership skills are mandatory to lead a team of 4 to 5 to guide on Technical blockers
- Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and strategies for cost optimization in multi-cloud environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, databases, and large-scale system architectures.
- Ability to foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
Good-to-Have Skills
- Databricks Knowledge/Exposure is good to have (need to upskill if hired)
Locations
- Hyderabad, India
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
80,000 - 120,000 USD / yearly
Source: xAI estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Extensively experienced with AWS Cloud Servicesintermediate
- Proficient in CI/CD (Jenkins/Gitlab), Observability, IAC, Gitops etcintermediate
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes) to optimize resource usage and improve scalability.intermediate
- Identify and specify SRE tasksintermediate
- Strong Hands-on SRE tasks and automate using Python/ Scripting languageintermediate
- Well Versed with FinOps, Infra-Ops, & Platform Operations.intermediate
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. Excellent communication and teamwork skills.intermediate
- Leadership skills are mandatory to lead a team of 4 to 5 to guide on Technical blockersintermediate
- Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and strategies for cost optimization in multi-cloud environments.intermediate
- Familiarity with distributed systems, databases, and large-scale system architectures.intermediate
- Databricks Knowledge/Exposure is good to have (need to upskill if hired)intermediate
- Ability to foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.intermediate
- Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.intermediate
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation.intermediate
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree and 8 to 10 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR (experience)
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 to 14 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR (experience)
- Diploma and 14 to 18 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience. (experience)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering preferred, other Engineering field is considered (experience)
Responsibilities
- Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Amgen’s infrastructure, platforms, and applications. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and implement long-term fixes.
- Continuously evaluate system design and usage to identify opportunities for cost optimization, ensuring infrastructure efficiency without compromising reliability.
- Drive the adoption of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across the organization to streamline operations, minimize manual interventions, and enhance scalability.
- Implement tools and frameworks (such as Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes) that increase efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs through optimized resource utilization.
- Establish standardized operational processes, tools, and frameworks across Amgen’s technology stack to ensure consistency, maintainability, and best-in-class reliability practices.
- Champion the use of industry standards to optimize performance and increase operational efficiency.
- Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to detect issues early and ensure rapid incident response.
- Lead the incident management process to minimize downtime, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to avoid future occurrences.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging data from incidents and performance monitoring.
- Partner with software engineering, and IT teams to integrate reliability, performance optimization, and cost-saving strategies throughout the development lifecycle.
- Act as a SME for SRE principles and advocate for best practices for assigned Projects.
- Execute capacity planning processes to support future growth, performance, and cost management.
- Maintain disaster recovery strategies to ensure system reliability and minimize downtime in the event of failures.
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Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Amgen
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Job Description
ABOUT AMGEN
What you will do
- Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Amgen’s infrastructure, platforms, and applications. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and implement long-term fixes.
- Continuously evaluate system design and usage to identify opportunities for cost optimization, ensuring infrastructure efficiency without compromising reliability.
- Drive the adoption of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across the organization to streamline operations, minimize manual interventions, and enhance scalability.
- Implement tools and frameworks (such as Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes) that increase efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs through optimized resource utilization.
- Establish standardized operational processes, tools, and frameworks across Amgen’s technology stack to ensure consistency, maintainability, and best-in-class reliability practices.
- Champion the use of industry standards to optimize performance and increase operational efficiency.
- Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to detect issues early and ensure rapid incident response.
- Lead the incident management process to minimize downtime, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to avoid future occurrences.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging data from incidents and performance monitoring.
- Partner with software engineering, and IT teams to integrate reliability, performance optimization, and cost-saving strategies throughout the development lifecycle.
- Act as a SME for SRE principles and advocate for best practices for assigned Projects.
- Execute capacity planning processes to support future growth, performance, and cost management.
- Maintain disaster recovery strategies to ensure system reliability and minimize downtime in the event of failures.
What we expect of you
- Master’s degree and 8 to 10 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 to 14 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR
- Diploma and 14 to 18 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering preferred, other Engineering field is considered
Must-Have Skills
- Extensively experienced with AWS Cloud Services
- Proficient in CI/CD (Jenkins/Gitlab), Observability, IAC, Gitops etc
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes) to optimize resource usage and improve scalability.
- Identify and specify SRE tasks
- Strong Hands-on SRE tasks and automate using Python/ Scripting language
- Well Versed with FinOps, Infra-Ops, & Platform Operations.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Leadership skills are mandatory to lead a team of 4 to 5 to guide on Technical blockers
- Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and strategies for cost optimization in multi-cloud environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, databases, and large-scale system architectures.
- Ability to foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
Good-to-Have Skills
- Databricks Knowledge/Exposure is good to have (need to upskill if hired)
Locations
- Hyderabad, India
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
80,000 - 120,000 USD / yearly
Source: xAI estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Extensively experienced with AWS Cloud Servicesintermediate
- Proficient in CI/CD (Jenkins/Gitlab), Observability, IAC, Gitops etcintermediate
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes) to optimize resource usage and improve scalability.intermediate
- Identify and specify SRE tasksintermediate
- Strong Hands-on SRE tasks and automate using Python/ Scripting languageintermediate
- Well Versed with FinOps, Infra-Ops, & Platform Operations.intermediate
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. Excellent communication and teamwork skills.intermediate
- Leadership skills are mandatory to lead a team of 4 to 5 to guide on Technical blockersintermediate
- Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and strategies for cost optimization in multi-cloud environments.intermediate
- Familiarity with distributed systems, databases, and large-scale system architectures.intermediate
- Databricks Knowledge/Exposure is good to have (need to upskill if hired)intermediate
- Ability to foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.intermediate
- Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.intermediate
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation.intermediate
Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree and 8 to 10 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR (experience)
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 to 14 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience OR (experience)
- Diploma and 14 to 18 years of IT infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering or related fields experience. (experience)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering preferred, other Engineering field is considered (experience)
Responsibilities
- Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Amgen’s infrastructure, platforms, and applications. Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and implement long-term fixes.
- Continuously evaluate system design and usage to identify opportunities for cost optimization, ensuring infrastructure efficiency without compromising reliability.
- Drive the adoption of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across the organization to streamline operations, minimize manual interventions, and enhance scalability.
- Implement tools and frameworks (such as Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes) that increase efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs through optimized resource utilization.
- Establish standardized operational processes, tools, and frameworks across Amgen’s technology stack to ensure consistency, maintainability, and best-in-class reliability practices.
- Champion the use of industry standards to optimize performance and increase operational efficiency.
- Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to detect issues early and ensure rapid incident response.
- Lead the incident management process to minimize downtime, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to avoid future occurrences.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging data from incidents and performance monitoring.
- Partner with software engineering, and IT teams to integrate reliability, performance optimization, and cost-saving strategies throughout the development lifecycle.
- Act as a SME for SRE principles and advocate for best practices for assigned Projects.
- Execute capacity planning processes to support future growth, performance, and cost management.
- Maintain disaster recovery strategies to ensure system reliability and minimize downtime in the event of failures.
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