Sr. Site Reliability Engineer II

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Location: New York, NY - 3 days per week on-site (Required)

Who We Are

DoubleVerify (DV) is a leading independent provider of marketing measurement software, data, and analytics. We authenticate the quality and effectiveness of digital media for the world’s largest brands and media platforms, ensuring media transparency and accountability. Since 2008, DV has empowered hundreds of Fortune 500 companies to maximize their media investments by delivering best-in-class solutions across the digital ecosystem, contributing to a stronger, safer, and more secure digital advertising industry. Learn more at www.doubleverify.com.

Position Overview

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at DoubleVerify, you will play a critical role in building and scaling our SRE team. This dual-role position requires both hands-on technical expertise and a passion for mentoring and educating team members. You will be responsible for implementing and promoting SRE best practices, including the development and monitoring of Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Your contributions will ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our digital media measurement platforms, directly impacting our mission of delivering media transparency and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Team Development and Mentorship: Build and grow the SRE team by recruiting, mentoring, and educating team members on SRE principles, promoting a culture of reliability and automation.

• Technical Contributor: Contribute directly to the design, implementation, and maintenance of highly available infrastructure and services, with a focus on automation to minimize manual intervention.

• SLA/SLO/SLI Management: Define, monitor, and report on SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure alignment with business objectives and user expectations. Use these metrics to drive reliability improvements and guide decision-making.

• Incident Management and Response: Develop and implement robust incident response processes, including on-call rotations and post-incident reviews, to minimize downtime and prevent recurrence.

• Collaboration and Communication: Partner closely with development, operations, and product teams to integrate reliability into the software development lifecycle, promoting cross-functional collaboration.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze system performance data to identify areas for improvement, implementing solutions to enhance reliability, scalability, and efficiency.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or a related field, with experience mentoring and educating other engineers.

• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in Linux/Unix systems administration, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

• Programming Skills: Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Go, or Bash for automation and tool development.

• Monitoring and Observability: Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Nagios. Proven ability to develop and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs.

• Automation and Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience automating infrastructure and deployments using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Chef.

• Communication and Mentorship: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a passion for mentoring and educating team members on technical concepts and SRE best practices.

• Problem-Solving Aptitude: Exceptional analytical skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving system issues.

• Team Collaboration: Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Certifications: Relevant industry certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

• Security Awareness: Familiarity with security best practices in cloud and containerized environments.

• Configuration Management: