Cloud Site Reliability Engineer

Cloud Site Reliability Engineer
ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare and beyond, our most valuable asset is our people. Here you'll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping solutions from start to finish. At ZS, we believe that making an impact demands a different approach; and that's why here your ideas elevate actions, and here you'll have the freedom to define your own path and pursue cutting-edge work. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business including portfolio strategy, customer insights, research and development, operational and technology transformation, marketing strategy and many more. If you dare to think differently, join us, and find a path where your passion can change lives.
Our most valuable asset is our people.
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ZS's Cloud Center of Excellence team defines and implements cloud best practices that ensure secure and resilient enterprise grade systems architecture for client facing/delivery software solutions. The Cloud team at ZS is a casual, collaborative, and a smart group with offices in Evanston, Illinois and Pune, India.
Cloud Site Reliability Engineer
Acting as a site reliability engineer, you will be working with a team of operations engineers and software developers to analyze, maintain and nurture our Cloud solutions/products to support the ever-growing company's clientele. You will be working closely with various teams to ensure the stability of the environment by:

• Analyzing the current state, designing appropriate solutions and working with the team to implement them.
• Coordinate emergency responses, perform root cause analysis, identify and implement solutions to prevent re-occurrences
• Work with the team to identify ways to increase MTBF and lower MTTR for the environment
• Review each entire application stack and execute initiatives to reduce failures, defects and issues with the overall performance

What You'll Do:

• Identifying and working with the team to implement more efficient system procedures
• Maintaining environment monitoring systems to provide the best visibility into the state of the deployed products/solutions
• Perform root cause analysis on incoming infrastructure alerts and work with teams to resolve them
• Maintaining performance analysis tools, identifying any adverse changes to performance and working with the teams to resolve them
• Researching industry trends and technologies, and promote adoption of best-in-class tools and technologies
• Taking the initiative to advance the quality, performance, or scalability of our Cloud Solutions, by influencing the architecture or design of our products
• Design, develop and execute automated tests to validate solutions and environments
• Troubleshoot issues across the entire stack - infrastructure, software, application and network

What you'll bring:

• 1+ years' experience working as a Site Reliability Engineer or an equivalent position
• 1+ years' experience with AWS cloud technologies and at least one AWS certifications is required (Solution Architect / DevOps Engineer)
• 1+ years' experience functioning as a senior member in an infrastructure/software team
• Hands-on experience with AWS services like CodeBuild, Config, Systems Manager, ServiceCatalog, Lambda, etc.
• Full-stack IT experience with *nix, Windows, network/firewall concepts, source control (BitBucket) and build/dependency management and continuous integration systems (TeamCity, Jenkins)
• Expertise in at least one scripting language, Python preferred
• Firm understanding of networking concepts and technologies
• Exposure to big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Scala, etc.) stack is preferred
• Good understanding of RDBMS and Cloud Database engines like PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.
• Basic understanding of Clusters, Load balancers and CDN
• Experience in fault-tolerant system design
• Familiarity with Splunk data analysis, Dynatrace APM, or similar tools is a plus
• A Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) in a related technical field
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills
• Possess strong verbal, written and team presentation communication skills. ZS is a global firm; fluency in English is required
• This role requires healthy doses of initiative and the ability to remain flexible and responsive in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to quickly learn new platforms, languages, tools, and techniques as needed to meet project requirement
• Client-first mentality
• Intense work ethic
• Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach

Perks & Benefits:
ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.
We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.
Travel:
Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed. Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.
Considering applying?
At ZS, we're building a diverse and inclusive company where people bring their passions to inspire life-changing impact and deliver better outcomes for all. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize the value that candidates with all backgrounds, including non-traditional ones, bring. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements listed above.
ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
To Complete Your Application:
Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment.An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.
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