Remote Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

About the Role

We are seeking a Remote Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic team at Achievers. In this role, you will play a critical part in managing and advancing our global infrastructure, ensuring that our systems are reliable and scalable. As a Remote Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you will leverage your extensive technical expertise to architect our GCP/GKE environment and lead the integration of AI-driven workflows.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design and ongoing evolution of our global, high-availability infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes (GKE).
• Implement AI-integrated workflows, such as Slack or Teams bots for incident triage and automated PR generation.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Leadership teams to manage complex changes and define the long-term reliability roadmap.
• Establish best practices for Terraform and CI/CD pipelines, empowering development teams to deploy code rapidly and securely.
• Lead initiatives in disaster recovery, multi-region networking, and the design of zero-trust security architectures.
• Guide design reviews and promote best practices, enhancing the technical skills of the entire SRE organization.

Requirements

• 15 years of systems engineering experience with in-depth knowledge of Linux kernels, network protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, DNS), and cloud-native architecture.
• Hands-on experience in architecting and managing production workloads on Google Cloud Platform and GKE.
• Practical experience or a strong vision for integrating AI tools and LLMs to automate SRE tasks.
• Advanced skills in Python or Go for developing internal tools and automation frameworks.
• Expert understanding of observability frameworks (New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Deep knowledge of managing relational databases (MySQL, MongoDB) at scale.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with Service Mesh (Istio) and advanced GCP Networking features.
• A proven history of migrating legacy automation systems to modern, AI-augmented CI/CD workflows.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range of $124,000 - $170,000 based on experience and skills.
• Health Benefits and Life Insurance Coverage starting on your first day.
• Parental Leave Top-up and Employer matched RRSP contributions.
• Flexible Vacation policy to recharge and bring your best self to work.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program offering mental health, legal, and financial counselling.
• Supported professional development and career growth opportunities.
• Hybrid flexibility with time in our Liberty Village, Toronto office.
• Regular events designed to build connection, belonging, and well-being.