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Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Enterprise Platform) Location:  US - Open to Europe if happy to overlap with EST Remote | Full-time Compensation: $150K - $200K Our client is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) to architect and scale a robust infrastructure foundation for a high-growth distributed systems platform. This position is critical for ensuring that the platform operates as a secure, scalable, and production-ready environment capable of supporting complex enterprise use cases and high reliability standards. The successful candidate will take a lead role in designing infrastructure from first principles, bridging the gap between product requirements and technical execution. This is a high-impact opportunity for a seasoned engineer to build greenfield Azure environments and establish operational excellence across a global ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Infrastructure Design: Architect and deploy secure, scalable Azure infrastructure tailored for production-grade distributed systems. Automation & IaC: Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure as code to enable repeatable, automated deployments across various environments. Technical Leadership: Translate ambiguous product and customer requirements into structured technical architecture and actionable execution plans. Platform Enhancement: Build and optimize platform services, APIs, and integrations to extend core system capabilities. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to deliver enterprise-ready infrastructure solutions. Operational Excellence: Drive improvements in reliability, observability, and incident response while providing Tier 2 infrastructure support for customer deployments. Performance Goals: What Success Looks Like In the first 6–12 months of this role, the following milestones are expected to be achieved: Production Readiness: The Azure environment is established as a fully production-ready deployment setting for the platform. Scalable Deployments: All customer deployments are verified as repeatable, scalable, and secure. Feature Parity: Azure achieves full feature parity with all other supported cloud environments within the organization’s ecosystem. Interview Process Recruiter & Technical Screening: Initial HR call followed by an introductory technical interview covering foundational questions. Hiring Manager Interview: A deeper dive into experience, alignment, and role-specific expectations. Technical Interview: A comprehensive evaluation of architectural and technical execution skills. Final Leadership Interview: A concluding session with the VP of Engineering. Requirements Proven Track Record: Extensive experience designing and building production-grade systems specifically on the Azure stack. Problem Solving: Ability to transform high-level requirements into scalable, delivered systems. Communication: Strong technical communication skills with the ability to interface with both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders. Mindset: A high-ownership approach with a strong bias for action and accountability. Functional Expertise Azure Services: Deep knowledge of Azure networking, compute, identity, security, and storage. Infrastructure as Code: Advanced proficiency with Terraform at production scale. Programming: Professional experience in Go and/or Python . Systems Engineering: Background in distributed systems, high-availability architectures, or platform engineering. CI/CD: Experience with automation tooling for the entire infrastructure lifecycle. Preferred Qualifications Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration. Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana . Experience with workflow/orchestration platforms like Argo or Spacelift . Benefits Our client offe