SRE Systems Engineer

Salesforce

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Herndon, VA
Salary
$148,500–$223,900 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $186k
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This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $130,942–$193,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $186k versus about $162k for comparable roles.

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

Salesforce currently has 129 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · SRE Systems Engineer

SRE Systems Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance) joins the Site Reliability Engineering team to ensure the availability of cloud services through collaboration with Infrastructure and R&D partners. The role involves monitoring customer-facing services, responding to Sev0 and Sev1 incidents, performing root cause analyses, and automating the resolution of recurring production issues to reduce operational toil. Key responsibilities include driving compliance, resiliency, and self-healing initiatives through destructive testing and game day exercises while mentoring teammates. Candidates must possess experience in enterprise-scale internet service engineering, command line proficiency with Unix variants like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and expertise in TCP/IP networking. Required technical skills include scripting in Python or Go, managing AWS infrastructure, and knowledge of ITIL service operations. Preferred qualifications include experience with Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, Bamboo, Spinnaker, Kubernetes, and Agile methodologies.

What you'll do

  • Monitor customer-facing services and respond to high-priority (Sev0 and Sev1) incidents.
  • Lead technical reviews and contribute to root cause analyses for production issues.
  • Automate the detection and resolution of recurring problems to reduce operational toil.
  • Execute compliance, resiliency, and self-healing initiatives including destructive testing and game day exercises.
  • Provision and operate infrastructure within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.
  • Develop scripts in Python or Go to improve system reliability and automation.
  • Manage and support Kubernetes-based applications and services.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in enterprise-scale internet service engineering or support is required.
  • Strong command line interface (CLI) knowledge of Unix variants, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is required.
  • Expertise in TCP/IP networking technologies and protocols is required.
  • Demonstrated experience with incident management and a solid understanding of ITIL service operations in a 24/7 environment is required.
  • Proficiency writing scripts in Python, Go, or similar languages is required.
  • Experience provisioning and operating Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure is required.
  • Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet), pipeline tools (Jenkins, Bamboo, Spinnaker), Kubernetes, Agile processes, or DevOps practices is preferred.
  • Linux+, Red Hat, or AWS certifications are preferred; candidate must be a U.S. citizen without dual citizenship who can pass an MBI.

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