Site Reliability Engineer

F5 Inc

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Jose, CA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 47 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About F5 Inc

F5, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in application security, multi-cloud management, online fraud prevention, application delivery networking, application availability and performance, and network security, access, and authorization.

F5 Inc currently has 44 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer

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The Site Reliability Engineer joins a team to support and scale an AI Security Public SaaS platform, specifically managing AI inference workloads at scale. This hybrid role combines technical support with site reliability engineering, requiring the candidate to monitor SaaS application metrics, logs, and alerts to ensure high availability. Key responsibilities include serving as a primary point of contact for customer inquiries, triaging technical incidents, and collaborating with engineering teams to provide actionable insights. The engineer will design automation to streamline incident response and implement SRE best practices like self-healing capabilities. Required skills include proficiency in Python, web technologies like HTTP and REST APIs, and experience with AWS, Linux, Kubernetes, and PostgreSQL. Preferred tools include Prometheus, Grafana, and Terraform for infrastructure management.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $202800 from 62 postings across 16 companies.

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Skills

SRE AWS Python Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Linux REST APIs HTTP JSON Networking SaaS Web Technologies

What you'll do

Monitor SaaS application metrics, logs, and alerts to proactively prevent service disruptions.
Serve as the primary point of contact for technical customer inquiries and issue resolution.
Triage, escalate, and own technical incidents from initial report through final resolution.
Analyze incident reports and metrics to provide actionable insights to engineering teams.
Design and implement automation to streamline incident response and improve system reliability.
Introduce SRE best practices including enhanced monitoring, alerting, and self-healing capabilities.
Build scalable, resilient infrastructure to support AI inference workloads.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
1–3+ years of experience in technical support, systems administration, or a similar role.
Strong understanding of SaaS environments and cloud-based architectures (preferably AWS).
Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python.
Solid understanding of web technologies including HTTP, REST APIs, and JSON.
Experience working with ticketing systems.
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) (preferred).
Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform) (preferred).