Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Posted Jan 19

JOB DESCRIPTION

Finalsite is the preferred website, communications, enrollment, and marketing platform of more than 7,000 schools and school districts in 119 countries around the world. The company’s people, products and services transform how schools connect and engage with their community, recruit students and staff, and fundraise; while managing the complex requirements around data privacy, accessibility, hosting and security. Finalsite products and services include award-winning website designs, a robust content management system, mass communications tools, a powerful enrollment management system, innovative inbound marketing tools, data integration, training, support and marketing consulting. Finalsite is headquartered in Glastonbury, CT, USA with employees who work remotely in nearly every state in the U.S. as well as Europe, South America, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.finalsite.com.
VISION

Finalsite will transform the way school communities engage with their schools.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

As a Site Reliability Engineer you will actively contribute to the health, observability, and maintainability of our production environment and associated components. This role requires a strong foundation in both software development and systems skills, with a focus on operational excellence.

LOCATION

100% Remote - Anywhere within the US

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Evangelism Skills: Ability to communicate site reliability concepts to diverse audiences, both technical and non-technical.
  • Fault Tolerance: Understanding of fault tolerance in software and systems, with the ability to contribute to architectural discussions.
  • Automation Mindset: Desire to automate tasks, leveraging infrastructure as code and tooling to enhance efficiency.
  • Curiosity: Inquisitive nature, seeking to understand the intricacies of how and why things work.
  • Ownership Mentality: Willingness to take ownership and contribute to various levels of the technology stack.
  • Architectural Awareness: Familiarity with distributed computing fundamentals and a commitment to improving system resilience.
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
  • Experience: 3-5 years of combined experience in DevOps, SRE, Systems, or software development roles.
  • Cloud Exposure: Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
  • Containerization Basics: Understanding of workload orchestration and containerization concepts (Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Automation Skills: Familiarity with scripting languages (Bash, Ruby, Python) and basic infrastructure as code (Terraform) knowledge.
  • CI/CD Exposure: Basic understanding of CI/CD concepts and experience with platforms like GitLab or Jenkins.
  • Proven Reliability: Demonstrated ability to contribute to the support of production systems.
  • Networking Fundamentals: Basic knowledge of networking components, including routing, DHCP, and DNS.
  • Availability: Willingness to participate in on-call rotations.
  • Bonus Points: Interest in Helm/Kapitan, exposure to Ruby on Rails and interest and knowledge with Golang, specifically within the context of the Kubernetes API

Link to All Staff Competencies and Mental and Physical Requirements

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT

Finalsite offers 100% fully remote employment opportunities, however, these opportunities are limited to permanent residents of the United States. Current residency, as well as continued residency, within the United States is required to obtain (and retain) employment with Finalsite.

DISCLOSURES

Finalsite is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact Finalsite's People Operations Team. Finalsite is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Finalsite will ensure that persons with disabilities or special needs are provided a reasonable accommodation. Ensure your Finalsite job offer is legitimate and don't fall victim to fraud. Ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of verbal communication and ensure all email correspondence is from a finalsite.com email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at finalsite.com/jobs.