Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Weekday AI (YC W21)

Chennai Full-Time 4–8 yrs exp Posted 3 hours ago · Apply by Sep 14, 2026

Job Description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 3000000 - Rs 4500000 (ie INR 30-45 LPA)

Min Experience: 7+ years

Location: Chennai

JobType: full-time

The Senior SRE is responsible for deployment, updates, and operational support for environments hosting our leading client's cloud-based solutions. This role ensures operational excellence, a seamless client experience, and continuous improvement across infrastructure and delivery processes. The ideal candidate combines strong technical capabilities with the ability to lead delivery through influence and hands-on engineering expertise.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Manage deployments, upgrades, maintenance, and operational support for cloud environments
Ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and reliability of production systems
Define, monitor, and improve SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs
Drive automation initiatives and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption
Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive actions
Optimize cloud infrastructure, operational efficiency, and costs
Enhance monitoring, observability, security, and deployment processes
Collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, Customer Success, and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services

Required Skills

Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms
Expertise in Kubernetes for container orchestration and cluster management
Experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Proficiency in Ansible for configuration management and automation
Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes application deployments
Experience managing MariaDB and MongoDB databases in production environments
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and DevOps practices
Experience with monitoring, observability, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor)
Good knowledge of Linux administration, networking, DNS, load balancing, and cloud security best practices
Experience troubleshooting production environments, conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and improving platform reliability
Understanding of SRE principles, including SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs
Scripting experience using Bash, Python, or Shell for automation
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Experience

Experience working in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Operations roles
Experience managing large-scale, production cloud environments
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment
Strong analytical mindset with a proactive approach to continuous improvement

Must-have Skills

AWS, Kubernetes, Site Reliability Engineering

Good-to-have Skills

Helm Charts, IaC, monitoring