Staff Engineer – SRE (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery)

Position Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer, you will:

• Develop and drive the overall strategy for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), aligning it with the organization's business goals and objectives
• Provide thought leadership in BCDR, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance our resilience posture
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities
• Design and implement robust risk mitigation strategies and plans to ensure continuous business operations
• Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate BCDR considerations into the development and deployment processes
• Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios
• Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event

of a disaster

• Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Software Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others)
• Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our BCDR capabilities including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility
• Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our BCDR capabilities
• Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of BCDR and foster a culture of resilience.
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on BCDR matters to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and knowledge of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives
• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning

Qualifications

• Fluency and specialization in software development and best practices using modern programming languages such as Go, Java, and Python
• Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage
• Understanding of networking, caches, key/value stores, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS and CDN.
• Deep knowledge of SRE practices, methodologies, and principles, along with a solid understanding of on prem and public cloud-based network, compute, and storage technologies
• In-depth knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture, IaaS and PaaS technologies, container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes), cloud efficiency and observability etc.
• Strong background in incident management
• Ability to create incident response playbooks, runbooks, incident triaging strategies, and post-incident analysis to drive continuous improvement in system reliability and availability
• Experience with open-source management and monitoring tools
• Experience with infrastructure automation, tooling, and configuration management frameworks (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi, etc.)
• Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards
• Excellent leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving operational excellence
• Visionary thinker with the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Proven record of accomplishment of successfully leading and building software in large and complex organizations
• One or more of the following or relevant certifications are highly desired:
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Experience

• 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• 8+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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