ripple
Site Reliability Engineer, Observability
At a Glance
- Location
- New York, United States
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Posted
- 2026-05-26T13:10:52-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Automation
- Engineering
Requirements
5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Platform Engineering with hands-on exposure across multiple disciplines
Strong expertise in application observability tools (New Relic, Datadog, or similar), including structured logging, distributed tracing, and dashboard/alert creation
Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Octopus Deploy, with deep knowledge of deployment automation (required)
Solid understanding of application security practices including SAST, DAST, SCA tools, OWASP Top 10, and DevSecOps integration into CI/CD pipelines
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or similar tools, and knowledge of trunk-based development and version control best practices (required)
Understanding of SLO/SLI definitions, error budgets, reliability engineering principles, and familiarity with secrets management solutions (Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault)
Compensation & Benefits
$160,000
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$200,000 USD
Employee giving match
Mobile phone stipend
Responsibilities
Embed with stream-aligned teams in time-boxed engagements (6–12 weeks) to build capabilities across observability, CI/CD, and security domains
Coach teams on instrumenting code with logs, metrics, and traces; creating dashboards, alerts, and defining SLOs/SLIs and error budgets to improve production troubleshooting
Guide teams in designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Octopus Deploy, including trunk-based development and progressive delivery strategies
Teach teams to integrate security scanning (SAST, DAST, SCA) into pipelines, perform threat modeling, implement secrets management, and remediate vulnerabilities
Identify and remove operational bottlenecks across deployment, monitoring, and security practices to reduce lead time, MTTR, and vulnerability remediation time
Develop reusable templates, documentation, and golden path examples for pipelines, dashboards, and security controls that teams can adopt independently
About the Company
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