Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Job description

**We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.**

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation.

From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation.

From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

Generac Clean Energy combines the speed and excitement of a technology startup with the resources and market power of an S&P 500 industry leader Our careers offer boundless opportunities for energetic, mission-driven individuals seeking challenge and impact in a fast-paced culture focused on teaching, learning, professional growth, and the development of solar+storage products and software for the clean energy revolution.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and highly available systems.

The ideal candidate will combine software engineering and systems administration expertise to enhance our infrastructure, optimize system performance, and ensure seamless service delivery.

As a Senior SRE, you will lead initiatives to improve reliability, mentor junior team members, and collaborate cross-functionally to support our growing platform, including IoT systems.

**Key Responsibilities**

**System Reliability & Performance:**

+ Design and implement solutions to ensure system availability, scalability, and performance meet SLAs/SLOs.
+ Monitor and optimize infrastructure performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
+ Lead incident response, conduct post-mortems, and implement preventive measures to minimize downtime.

**Automation & Tooling:**

+ Develop and maintain automation tools for infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring.
+ Build CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and reduce manual intervention.
+ Create scripts and tools to improve operational efficiency using languages like Python, Go, or Bash.

**Infrastructure Management:**

+ Manage cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments, including IoT device integrations.
+ Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
+ Ensure security best practices are integrated into infrastructure design and operations.

**Collaboration & Leadership:**

+ Partner with development teams to improve application reliability and performance through code reviews and architectural guidance.
+ Mentor junior SREs and engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
+ Drive cross-functional initiatives to align reliability goals with business objectives.

**Capacity Planning & Cost Optimization:**

+ Forecast resource needs and plan for scalable growth, including IoT device scaling.
+ Optimize cloud and infrastructure costs while maintaining performance and reliability standards.

**Qualifications**

**Education:** **Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).**

**Experience:**

+ 5+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or systems engineering.
+ Proven track record of managing large-scale, distributed systems in production environments.
+ Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

**Technical Skills:**

+ Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash).
+ Expertise in IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.).
+ Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog).
+ Expertise in networking, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPC configurations, and network performance optimization.
+ Extensive experience in security practices, including zero-trust architectures, encryption (TLS/SSL), identity and access management (IAM), and vulnerability management.
+ Proficiency in database administration (SQL/NoSQL) with a focus on secure and scalable deployments.

**Soft Skills:**

+ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
+ Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
+ Ability to lead projects and mentor team members in a fast-paced environment.

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Experience with microservices architectures and service mesh (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
+ Familiarity with chaos engineering principles and tools (e.g., Chaos Monkey).
+ Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer).
+ Experience designing, deploying, or managing IoT systems, including device connectivity, data ingestion, and edge computing.

Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The salary range for this role based in Denver, CO is $119,300.00 - $178,900.00.

This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled.

Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location.

This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.

This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, 8 paid Holidays and 401(k) retirement benefits.

**_The application period for the job is estimated to be 5 days from the job posting date.

However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates._**

**Physical Demands** : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls.

The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.

On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders.

The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds.

Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Occasional travel.

_“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”_

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation.

From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

As one of the leaders and largest suppliers of power generation equipment and technology, the work we do touches millions of lives.

Employees at Generac are encouraged to be innovative and are valued as an integral part of our global team.

Our challenging goals develop knowledgeable employees dedicated to helping continue Generac’s success.

Generac provides individuals the opportunity to work in a fast-paced agile work environment where their work makes a difference in people’s lives and their own.

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