Site Reliability Engineer - IAM - III
Volterra
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Business/Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer - IAM - III
Position Summary:
Software engineering is a core discipline at F5 for many roles. As a software engineer specializing in site reliability, you will bring a software engineering and automated solution mindset to your work. The Site Reliability Engineer III will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and scalability of critical Identity and Access Management Systems and SaaS platforms. Systems under the care of an SRE III must operate effectively and reliably through scalable builds and deployments, frequent releases, and complex architectures that encompass modern technologies. You will work closely with technical and non-technical teams throughout the organization to facilitate the design and implementation of scalable solutions, drive automation initiatives, and monitor and maintain the performance of critical systems.
What You’ll Do
• Apply modern engineering principles and practices to operational functions and employ this methodology throughout the full system lifecycle; from initial concept and architecture through deployment, daily operation, and overall optimization, and apply these practices to refining existing systems.
• Support and maintain technology systems to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and security.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms such as automation and evolve systems by fostering changes that improve velocity.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues, including systems failures, connectivity problems, and performance bottlenecks.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable and robust system architecture to improve services on an ongoing basis
• Investigate various open source and proprietary technologies, components, libraries, tools etc. and help build a highly available, highly scalable and easily manageable system
• Apply observability and data skills to proactively measure system performance, diagnosing services/needs and quickly identify solutions.
• Participate in service operation and RCA activities and assist with defining SLOs and SLIs for business stakeholders
• Implement and enforce security best practices to protect our systems, data, and infrastructure against unauthorized access, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities.
• Create and maintain comprehensive knowledge bases for system documentation, including standard operating procedures, configurations, and troubleshooting guides, to support end-users' ability to use the systems effectively.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Engage with and support third-party vendors when necessary to support IAM and security operations
• Performs other related duties as assigned. The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
What You’ll Bring
• A code-first approach to managing resources in cloud platforms, SaaS platforms, containerization, and orchestration
• Proficiency in Agile delivery, DevOps principles and associated tools and technologies like Azure ADO Pipelines
• Strong subject matter expertise on Identity & Access Management (IAM) processes and tools like SailPoint SaaS Solution
• Knowledge on user lifecycle, access requests, and security and compliance regulations
• Expert level proficiency with a scripting language such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Go
• Experience with one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, C/C++, Python, or JavaScript
• Knowledge in full stack development on Azure services
• Experience building resilient automated infrastructure solution
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory guidelines
• Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as an integral member of an agile team
• Experience with observability tooling including logging infrastructure, time series metrics databases, tracing systems, alert definitions, etc.
• Proficient communication, planning, problem solving, trouble shooting, and organization skills
• Flexibility to adapt to changing project requirements and timelines Qualifications
Job Description
• BS/BA or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years' experience as a software engineer specializing in site reliability similar role in a technology environment.
• Technical confidence and familiarity with DevOps tools.
• Strong proficiency in scripting and/or programming languages.
• Hands on experience with technology systems tools, protocols, and platforms. F5 Networks, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace
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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
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It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.