Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer - Data Platform role at Kraken. Join our Data Infrastructure team to uphold the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our data platform.

• Design the data governance mechanisms that ensure our lakehouse is easy to interact with, secure and in compliance with all applicable regulations.
• Implement the infrastructure we use to ingest our data, store it, catalog it with the right metadata and capture its lineage.
• Provide a state-of-the-art suite of BI tools for multiple teams within the company.
• Guarantee the availability, high performance, scalability and cost efficiency of our data platform.
• Implement data infrastructure solutions (self service) that support the needs of 10+ business units and over 100 engineering and data analysts
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to design, provision, and manage both on-premises and cloud (AWS) infrastructure components using tools such as Terraform
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using bash/shell scripting to automate operational tasks and deployments
• Enhance and manage CI/CD pipelines to facilitate consistent software deployments across the data infrastructure
• Implement robust data monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively detect anomalies and performance issues
• Manage and implement role-based access control (RBAC) and permissions for multiple user groups and machine workflows across environments
• Manage and maintain real-time streaming data architecture using technologies like Kafka and Debezium (CDC)
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of streaming data for insights
• Utilize Kubernetes to manage containerized applications within the data infrastructure
• Implement incident response procedures and participate in on-call rotations
• Collaborate with data analysts, engineers, and cross-functional teams to understand requirements and implement solutions
• Document architecture, processes, and best practices to enable knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• Support AI/ML teams with their infra requests

• Proven experience (5+ years) as a Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Data Infrastructure Engineer, or similar roles with a focus on data infrastructure and security
• Experience with real-time data processing technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Debezium
• Experience managing hybrid multi-tenant cloud systems, particularly on AWS
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt and Atlantis
• Experience with containerization/orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Nomad, Docker)
• Strong Bash/shell scripting and proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably Python or JVM languages)
• Experience with data technologies: Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, databases, BI tooling
• Experience solving data access management at large-scale data lakes
• Familiarity with CI/CD deployment pipelines and related tools
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex systems

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.
Please note, applicants may redact or remove information identifying age, date of birth, or dates of attendance/graduation on their resume.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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