The Role

As a Site Reliability Engineer focusing on Infrastructure at HashiCorp, you will be central to our mission of adopting infrastructure changes, as well as maintaining and enhancing the backbone of our cloud infrastructure. With over 3 years of experience in site reliability engineering, infrastructural engineering or a related field, you will leverage your deep understanding of core infrastructure components and technologies such as: base images, and our HashiStack to ensure our infrastructure is not only robust and scalable but also optimized for performance and cost.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

• Collaboration and Planning: Work closely with engineering and product teams to adopt infrastructure changes. Contribute to infrastructure planning, capacity management, and architectural improvements.
• Infrastructure Optimization: Develop and implement strategies to enhance the consumption interface, performance, scalability, and reliability of HashiCorp's infrastructure.
• Software Development: Develop software solutionsDesign and refine processes for the usability of infrastructure resources, increasing efficiency and reducing manual overhead.
• Monitoring and Incident Response: Implement comprehensive monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address issues. Lead the response to infrastructure incidents, minimizing impact on service availability and performance.
• Knowledge Sharing: Serve as a subject matter expert in infrastructure technologies and practices.

What you’ll need (basic qualifications)

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a closely related field, with a strong foundation in managing and optimizing cloud-based infrastructure and systems administration..
• Proven ability in managing and optimizing DNS, CDN, Artifactory, and cloud infrastructure services, with hands-on experience with HashiCorp tools (Terraform, Vault, Consul, Nomad) preferred. 
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), automation tooling, software development, and HashiCorp products (e.g., Packer, Consul, Vault)
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration tools (e.g., Nomad, Kubernetes)
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Go), with experience writing code that integrates with existing systems.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to lead incident response efforts and drive root cause analysis and resolution.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams and articulating technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• A commitment to continuous learning and improvement, staying abreast of the latest industry trends and technologies   #L1-Hybrid