Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Summary -

As a Site Reliability Engineer at Harness, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems, incorporating a blend of Cloud Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. This role requires a strong technical background, a passion for innovation, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities -

Cloud Infrastructure Design & Implementation:

• Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure using GCP, AWS or Azure.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE):

• Implement SRE practices to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of cloud services.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect and address issues proactively.
• Perform capacity planning and demand forecasting to ensure system scalability and performance.

Automation & CI/CD:

• Deploy, manage, and scale applications using Kubernetes (K8s).
• Utilize Helm for packaging, deploying, and managing applications on Kubernetes.
• Design and implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate the delivery of applications and infrastructure.
• Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operations and improve efficiency.

Security & Compliance:

• Ensure cloud infrastructure and applications meet security and compliance standards.
• Implement security best practices and perform regular security audits and assessments.

Collaboration & Mentorship:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and operations to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, sharing best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

 Required Skills and Qualifications -

 Technical Expertise:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or related roles.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native services.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform), Helm package manager and configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with AI-OPS

SRE Practices:

• Experience with SRE principles, including error budgets, SLIs, SLOs, and incident management.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, GCM).

Automation & DevOps:

• Expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Strong coding skills (Python, Go, etc.) and familiarity with version control systems (Git).

Security & Compliance:

• Understanding of security best practices for cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Experience with compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS) is a plus.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and innovative approach.

• Bangalore Hybrid - 3 days per week 

What you will have at Harness

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive healthcare benefit
• Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events
• Recharge & Reset Program
• Monthly internet reimbursement
• Commuter benefits

• Harness Grabs a $150m Line of Credit
• Welcome Split!
• SF Business Times - 2024 - 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area
• Forbes - 2024 America's Best Startup Employers
• SF Business Times - 2024 Fastest Growing Private Companies Awards
• Fast Co - 2024 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. 

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.