Staff Site Reliability Engineer

As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you will be a key technical leader responsible for the architecture, reliability, and security of our entire cloud infrastructure. You will drive technical direction, mentor engineers, and solve our most complex infrastructure challenges as a hands-on contributor.

You will lead the management of our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment, drive our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy, and ensure our Kubernetes-based microservices are deployed seamlessly and securely. You will serve as the expert for scalability, observability, and building the robust, automated systems that power Kevala's continuous deployment pipeline.

The applicant must have current, unrestricted work authorization in the United States. This job is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

What you will be doing

• Architect & Maintain: Design, build, and maintain our core cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) following established best practices.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Lead our IaC strategy, writing and reviewing high-quality Terraform to manage all cloud resources in a repeatable and version-controlled way.
• Kubernetes Operation: Manage and scale our Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, including configuration of ingress, and monitoring components.
• Champion Security & Compliance: Integrate, implement, and audit security best practices across all infrastructure layers (GCP IAM, GKE policies, network security), ensuring regulatory compliance and leading incident response.
• Database Reliability: Manage the provisioning, scaling, and reliability of our Postgres databases (e.g., Cloud SQL) and other data stores.
• Observability: Build and refine our monitoring, tracing, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Google Cloud's operations suite) to ensure high availability.
• Mentorship and Design: Partner with engineering teams on scalable architecture design. Mentor other engineers on DevOps practices, cloud architecture, and security.

What you need to succeed

• Experience: 8+ years in a SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering role, with a proven track record of operating in a Staff or similar technical leadership capacity.
• Leadership & Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical decisions, mentor team members, and drive projects to completion.
• GCP Proficiency: Extensive hands-on experience designing and managing production environments in Google Cloud Platform.
• Kubernetes (K8s) Expert: Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes and its ecosystem (GKE preferred), including cluster administration and deployment tooling (e.g., Helm).
• Terraform/IaC: Extensive, production-level experience using Terraform to manage complex cloud environments.
• Automation: Deep experience with automation tooling and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, Go) to manage infrastructure and operations at scale.
• Database Skills: Experience managing and scaling relational databases like Postgres in a production environment.
• Security Implementation & Auditing: Practical experience designing, implementing, and auditing security controls for cloud infrastructure, networks, and applications (e.g., IAM, network security).

The compensation for this opportunity includes a base salary range of $ 136,000 - $ 180,000, plus equity (stock options). This is our target compensation range and is subject to multiple factors, including level, experience, and location. As you go through our interview process, our recruiter will work with you to identify a competitive base salary within the proposed range and combine it with an equity package that reflects your excitement about joining Kevala.

This is a fully remote role which can be located anywhere within the United States. Please note that actual salaries may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, education, experience, and location.