*NB: This is a remote role, open to candidates residing in Canada with work authorization.
Our client is a major US Healthcare System, currently hiring a full time, permanent Senior SRE, who will work remotely from Canada.
The role is with their highly innovative product development and incubation team – building next gen tools to ensure patients have convenient and easy health care access anywhere, any time. Think of it as their in-house tech-startup and product incubator, with a track record of creating successful, funded spin offs.
This role will draw on your expertise and passion in bringing new products to life, and your passion for working with startups.
The Role
They are seeking a Sr Systems Software engineer (SRE) who can build software and automation tools in the sphere of modern cloud native infrastructure, systems, application security.
You have multiple programming languages in your locker and understand modern technology stacks in a cloud native landscape.
You approach systems problems from a coding perspective with accuracy and repeatability always in mind. You are also a solid and experienced engineer who understands the nuances within *nix systems, cloud networking concepts (eg NAT gateways/route tables etc), best practices from a security standpoint across the OSI layers and are a fosterer of operational best practices and quality in running 24×7 apps in a distributed, secure environment
Must Haves:
- Experience writing code (ideally Python) to automate infrastructure, security and monitoring
- Solid understanding around Cloud Networking Infra and related concepts: DNS, TCP/IP, Routing, VPNs, Firewalls, NATs etc
- Deep understanding of current web-app stacks, from browser code to how *nix system calls work
- Knowledge around best practices for observability, availability, latency, scalability and efficiency of distributed systems and applications running in a modern-day Cloud Native Landscape
- At least mid-level knowledge Sys Admin at the virtualization layer, as well as distributed operating systems eg Kubernetes
- Willingness to be part of an On-call team
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
- 2 years+ experience/knowledge with the Linux cgroups tech/ecosystem – eg Docker, Kubernete
- 4 years+ experience with Systems, Network and Application security best practices, threat models, defensive security best practices. Understand best practices for systems, networking, and application security
- 2 years+ experience with Azure (preferred)
- Experience with interviewing and hiring engineers
Competitive salary + benefits