Azure Site Reliability Engineer, Staff

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery? the stuff dreams are made of. Who We Are? When we say, ?the stuff dreams are made of,? we?re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD?s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what?s next? From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive. Your New Role:? We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Microsoft Azure cloud Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join the Global Infrastructure Cloud Technologies (GICT) t eam t o ensure the reliability, availability, scalability, and security of our cloud infrastructure and services.? The ideal candidate will bring expertise in Azure , automation, monitoring, and incident management to drive operational excellence. The role serves as a technical leader across our Hyderabad Cloud Team, supporting hundreds of applications, websites and services in the fleet of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) cloud accounts. The selected individual will help management and governance strategies, and work to unify processes across the other cloud provider environments . As a team player, the Azure Lead SRE will collaborate with other SRE Lead s , the rest of the cloud engineering team, software developers and management to build and manage highly resilient and performant infrastructure. This individual will have a strong background in Linux and Windows Systems Engineering. Proficiency in Terraform and related Infrastructure-as-Code ( IaC ) is required . Experience with the software development lifecycle, fluency in distributed computing techniques and technologies, and demonstrated experience managing enterprise scale infrastructure and tooling. Direct, hands-on experience writing software is ideal. This position reports to the Sr . Manager of Cloud Engineering . ? Y our Role Accountabilities: Key Responsibilities ? Primarily accountable for managing Azure environments. ? Design, implement and maintain highly availab le , scalable, and resilient infrastructure. ? Identify , optimize and eliminate performance bottlenecks and proactively remediating security concerns through monitoring, profiling, and tuning. ? Establish and improve SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to drive system reliability. ? Collaborate with stakeholders, including application developers, to improve application observability and optimize performance. ? Lead and mentor a team of engineers working to reduce toil across the total team load , and to implement security features, roles, user access and privileges according to best practices . ? Proactively identify , design, and implement process and architectural improvements . ? Stay informed on the latest features and best practices across the Azure Public Cloud and the WBD Azure environment. ? Work with peer group of complementary public cloud leads (AWS/GCP) to facilitate consistency across WBD management of resources wherever possible. Methodology ? Automate deployment, monitoring, and self-healing capabilities to improve operational efficiency. ? Develop and manage infrastructure using Terraform and other IaC tools. ? Drive incident response efforts, conduct root cause analyses (RCA), and implement preventative measures to minimize downtime. ? Build and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to proactively resolve incidents before they impact users. Evangelize telemetry and metrics-driven application development. ? I mprove on-call processes and reduce toil by automating repetitive tasks. ? Contribute to the software development of cloud management tooling and support applications. ? Develop detailed technical documentation, including runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and system diagrams. Continuous Improvement ? Work with stakeholders to ensure systems meet security baselines, best practices, compliance requirements and resiliency standards. ? Implement effective backup strategies and conduct regular disaster recovery testing. ? Implement robust access controls, secrets management, and security monitoring solutions. ? Collaborate with security teams to manage vulnerabilities and respond to threa t s.? ? Engage with our FinOps/ CostOps team to optimize cloud costs by implementing efficient resource utilization and right-sizing strategies. ? Work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to drive best practices and improvements. ? Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and improvement. ? Participate in architectural discussions and provide guidance on reliability and scalability considerations. ? Qualifications & Experiences: ? 8+ years of prior experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure or related fields. ? Expert in Microsoft Azure cloud . ? Minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting , building and managing Azure tenants, management groups and the overall Azure control plane and its contents. ? Demonstrable experience in Linux/Unix and Windows Server administration, networking, and distributed systems. ? Fluency in two or more programming languages ( PowerShell, Python, Golang, Javascript , etc.) Extensive hands-on experience in container orchestration technologies, such as A KS, Kubernetes, Docker. ? Deep knowledge of monitoring, logging and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, etc.). ? Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code ( IaC ) using Terraform and ARM templates. ? Strong background in CI/CD pipelines, GitOps , and infrastructure automation (Terraform, Helm, Ansible or Chef). Soft Skills ? Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and debugging skills. ? Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration abilities. ? English language fluency required . ? Ability to handle multiple assignments concurrently. ? Passion for automation, reliability, and continuous improvement . ? Move quickly and intelligently - seeing technical debt as your nemesis . ? Ability to solve problems independently but knows when to request assistance . Not Required but preferred experience ? Experience with other cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) , Oracle etc. ? Knowledge of and passion for media, entertainment, and technology industries (including key players, growth trends and drivers, new media models, industry structure, etc.) ? Familiarity with streaming and similar products /services . ? Experience working in a national or global company . ? Comfortable working in a highly iterative and somewhat unstructured environment . ? How We Get Things Done? This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview. Championing Inclusion at WBD Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. 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