Nintex

Technology

SiteReliabilityEngineer

$950–1450k ~AI est. Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Site Reliability Engineer at Nintex. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems. Build reusable infrastructure. Streamline development pipelines”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver successful outcomes; Improve platform performance; Reduce errors through automation; Reduce errors through standardization

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Debugging; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years experience, Comfortable with technical complexity, Comfortable building reusable infrastructure, Comfortable pioneering best practices, Comfortable working with composite technologies, Comfortable delivering successful outcomes, Comfortable mentoring other engineers, Comfortable supporting team members, Comfortable supporting Product members, Specialized in systems (OS, Storage, Networking), Implement best practices for availability, Implement best practices for reliability, Implement best practices for scalability, Interests in distributed systems, Interests in Kubernetes, Highly skilled in Nintex DevOps tools, Highly skilled in Nintex DevOps processes, Sufficiently experienced in Nintex DevOps tools, Sufficiently experienced in Nintex DevOps processes, Own a long-term program or technology, Write scripts, tools, and utilities, Integrate telemetry where appropriate, Called into incidents, Bring trusted knowledge in platform domain, Debug and fix infrastructure issues, Prevent recurrence of infrastructure issues, Build infrastructure patterns, Promote infrastructure patterns, Support infrastructure patterns, Build infrastructure practices, Promote infrastructure practices, Support infrastructure practices, Provide coaching to other Engineers, Provide mentoring to other Engineers, Lead post-mortems for incidents, Contribute to post-mortems for incidents, Perform root cause analysis, Identify preventative actions, Identify remedial actions, Continuously monitor platform performance, Take immediate action to improve performance, Review appropriate design patterns, Advise on appropriate design patterns, Solve automation problems, Solve infrastructure problems, Avoid creating technical debt, Design complex infrastructure components, Build complex infrastructure components, Manage competing priorities, Explain infrastructure aspects to new engineers, Initiate refactoring of complex infrastructure, Lead refactoring of complex infrastructure, Identify optimization opportunities, Contribute to implementation of solutions, Suggest improvements to Nintex platform, Contribute improvements to Nintex platform, Suggest improvements to observability tools, Contribute improvements to observability tools, Reduce errors through automating processes, Reduce errors through standardizing processes, Bring infrastructure components into managed implementations, Adhere to security guidelines, Adhere to disaster recovery guidelines, Adhere to scalability guidelines, Adhere to availability guidelines, Adhere to reliability guidelines, Adhere to durability guidelines, Active part in incident management process, Participate in on-call rotation, Unblock technical decisions, Unblock operational decisions, Contribute to script libraries, Contribute to infrastructure provisioning templates, Contribute to reporting mechanisms, Contribute to shared repositories, Act as a reliability champion, Support services before they go live, System design consulting, Develop software platforms, Develop software frameworks, Capacity planning, Launch reviews, Provide guidance on infrastructure architecture, Contribute to high-quality product releases, Contribute to successful product releases, Lead projects of ambiguous scope, Deliver on projects of ambiguous scope, Lead projects of high complexity, Deliver on projects of high complexity, Lead projects of critical business impact, Deliver on projects of critical business impact, Contribute to guilds, Contribute to practice forums, Improve Nintex's DevOps discipline, Improve Nintex's SRE discipline, In-depth understanding of distributed systems architecture, In-depth understanding of monitoring practices, In-depth understanding of observability practices, Resolve priority infrastructure issues, Help technical team members understand issues, Help Product Managers understand issues, Provide detailed estimates for work items, Assist in decision-making around tooling, Assist in decision-making around automation practices, Assist in decision-making around testing solutions, Stay up-to-date with technology trends, Use knowledge to help team, Use knowledge to help Engineering practice, Run Nintex infrastructure with IaC tools, Use GitHub Actions for automation, Containerize environments, Leverage cloud technologies, Build monitoring that alerts on symptoms, Maintain services once live, Measure system health, Monitor system health, Document every action, Turn actions into repeatable actions, Turn repeatable actions into automation, Debug production issues across services, Debug production issues across stack levels, Share learnings through issues, Share learnings through runbooks, Share learnings through documentation, Share learnings through brownbag sessions, Foster effective collaboration, Explain infrastructure from domain to new engineers

Nice to Have

Kubernetes experience a plus, Terraform proficiency a plus, GitHub Actions proficiency a plus, Prometheus proficiency a plus, Grafana proficiency a plus, Alertmanager proficiency a plus, PagerDuty proficiency a plus

What You'll Do.

Build reusable infrastructure

Streamline development pipelines

Streamline operational pipelines

Pioneer best practices

Deliver successful outcomes

Mentor other engineers

Support Product members

Specialize in systems

Implement best practices for availability

Implement best practices for reliability

Implement best practices for scalability

Own a long-term program

Integrate with delivery pipelines

Debug infrastructure issues

Fix infrastructure issues

Prevent recurrence of issues

Build infrastructure patterns

Promote infrastructure patterns

Support infrastructure patterns

Build infrastructure practices

Promote infrastructure practices

Support infrastructure practices

Provide coaching to engineers

Provide mentoring to engineers

Contribute to post-mortems

Perform root cause analysis

Identify preventative actions

Identify remedial actions

Monitor platform performance

Improve platform performance

Review design patterns

Advise on design patterns

Solve automation problems

Solve infrastructure problems

Design complex infrastructure components

Build complex infrastructure components

Manage competing priorities

Explain infrastructure to new engineers

Initiate refactoring of infrastructure

Lead refactoring of infrastructure

Identify optimization opportunities

Contribute to implementing solutions

Suggest improvements to platform

Contribute improvements to platform

Suggest improvements to observability tools

Contribute improvements to observability tools

Reduce errors through automation

Reduce errors through standardization

Bring infrastructure into managed implementations

Adhere to security guidelines

Adhere to disaster recovery guidelines

Adhere to scalability guidelines

Adhere to availability guidelines

Adhere to reliability guidelines

Adhere to durability guidelines

Participate in incident management

Participate in on-call rotation

Unblock technical decisions

Unblock operational decisions

Contribute to script libraries

Contribute to provisioning templates

Contribute to reporting mechanisms

Contribute to shared repositories

Act as reliability champion

Consult on system design

Develop software platforms

Develop software frameworks

Perform capacity planning

Conduct launch reviews

Provide guidance on architecture

Contribute to practice forums

Improve DevOps discipline

Improve SRE discipline

Understand distributed systems architecture

Understand monitoring practices

Understand observability practices

Resolve infrastructure issues

Help team understand issues

Help PMs understand issues

Provide estimates for work items

Assist decision-making around tooling

Assist decision-making around automation

Assist decision-making around testing

Stay up-to-date with technology trends

Help team with technology knowledge

Help practice with technology knowledge

Run infrastructure with IaC

Automate with GitHub Actions

Containerize environments

Leverage cloud technologies

Build symptom-based monitoring

Maintain live services

Measure system availability

Monitor system availability

Measure system latency

Monitor system latency

Measure system health

Monitor system health

Turn actions into automation

Debug production issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Supporting team members; Supporting Product members; Cross-functional teams; Product, engineering, design teams

Communication Scope

Explain infrastructure aspects

Process & Methodology

Objective Key Results framework

Full Job Description

About Nintex: At Nintex, we are transforming the way people work, everywhere. As the global standard for process intelligence and automation, we're trusted by over 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries. Our customers, from industry giants like Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft, rely on the Nintex Platform to accelerate their digital transformation journeys by managing, automating, and optimizing business processes quickly and efficiently. We improve their lives through the technology we build. We are committed to fostering a workplace that supports amazing people in doing their very best work every day. Collaboration is constant, our workplace is fun, the environment is fast-paced, and we value our people’s curiosity, ideas, and enthusiasm. Driven by passion and accountability, we take initiative, measure progress, and deliver results. Our culture fosters innovation and problem-solving, fueled by curiosity and a commitment to thinking big. Together, we move with agility, prioritize customer needs, and build unity through empathy, leaving a positive impact wherever we go. Working in engineering: Working at Nintex as an engineer means building more than just software; it’s about making a tangible impact with every line of code. Our engineers are process experts, developing the industry’s most complete process and automation platform to transform the way people work. If you’re interested, curious and want to learn and do more, the sky is the limit here. We take a solutions-oriented and collaborative approach, constantly innovating our business and products. About the role: You are comfortable working with technical complexity and building reusable infrastructure that can streamline development and operational pipelines. You pioneer best practices to boost quality and productivity. You work with composite technologies within ambiguous projects to deliver successful outcomes. You mentor other engineers and support both your team as well as Pro

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