Staff Systems Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

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Site Reliability
Staff Software Engineer
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5+ years of experience
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Description For Staff Systems Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google Cloud combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. As a Staff SRE, you'll ensure Google Cloud's services maintain reliability and appropriate uptime while monitoring system capacity and performance. The role focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automation. You'll tackle unique scaling challenges specific to Google Cloud, applying expertise in coding, algorithms, and large-scale system design. The Technical Infrastructure team builds and maintains the architecture behind Google's products, from data centers to next-generation platforms. The team emphasizes diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving in a blame-free environment. You'll work with professionals from diverse backgrounds, collaborating on meaningful projects while receiving support and mentorship for growth. The role offers opportunities to lead major system components, guide team members, and drive improvements that create business value. Join a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence in building the infrastructure that powers Google's global services.

Last updated 16 days ago

Responsibilities For Staff Systems Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

  • Lead designs of major software components, systems, and features to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Google's services
  • Lead sustainable incident response, blameless postmortems, and production improvements that result in direct business opportunities for Google
  • Provide guidance to other team members on managing availability and performance of mission critical services
  • Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
  • Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines, and deliverables

Requirements For Staff Systems Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

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  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience with programming in one or more programming languages
  • 3 years of experience working with Unix/Linux systems internals and administration
  • 3 years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
  • Experience working in computing, distributed systems, storage, or networking
  • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
  • Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks
  • Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective verbal and written communication skills

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