[Hiring] Principal SRE (Networking) - Platform Control Plane @Elastic

Role Description

As part of the Platform Engineering department, the Network Infrastructure team is crafting, building, and improving the multi-cloud platform at scale for Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless. We grow and mature our distributed large-scale network infrastructure that spans across multiple cloud service providers to support our cloud services. We are built on Kubernetes, Go, and custom orchestration architectures. In your daily life with us, you will participate in:

• Coding and innovating technical designs
• Crafting solutions and improving resilience
• Prioritizing security, bug fixes, and features
• Debugging Azure Networking for Elastic Cloud Serverless

Qualifications

• Excellent networking skills, with knowledge of protocols such as IP/IPv6, TCP/UDP, BGP, DNS
• Strong technical depth for building and automating networks (Terraform, Ansible)
• Good knowledge of public CSP network components (Load balancers, VPC peering/Transit gateways, VPN connectivity, Direct Connects)
• Passion for developing solutions that involve inclusive communication methods
• Site-Reliability Engineering experience

Requirements

• Experience in operating a SaaS product in a public cloud using Infrastructure-as-Code tooling
• Experience in designing and/or operating large network topologies based on BGP
• Experience in IP address management (IPAM) and automated IP allocations
• Experience in designing and/or operating overlay networks with encapsulation protocols
• Experience in building or operating Kubernetes-at-scale infrastructure
• Experience in writing non-trivial programs in Golang or other programming languages
• Experience in working with containerized services (e.g., Docker)
• Experience in leading and improving alerting and major incident management processes
• Experience in system and network administration with professional skills in Linux
• Experience in diagnosing or designing solutions with the Elastic Stack
• Experience in thriving in a self-organizing and globally distributed team environment
• Experience in coaching and mentoring team members

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Matching up to $2000 for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave