Backblaze
Object Storage
SiteReliabilityEngineerII
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“Site Reliability Engineer II at Backblaze. Skills: Site Reliability, Automation, Observability, Incident Response. Support service availability. Monitor service health”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure stability, scalability, and reliability of services and infrastructure; Keep customer-facing systems performing at their best; Reduce manual intervention and toil; Improve efficiency; Reduce manual effort; Support resilient system design and operations; Assist in capacity planning; Assist in disaster recovery exercises; Track SLA performance; Grow a reliability-minded engineering culture; Identify recurring issues; Propose long-term improvements; Promote reliability-focused practices
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving skills
Participate in on-call rotations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Solid Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills, Familiarity with service reliability concepts - monitoring, alerting, incident response, and root cause analysis, Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or Go), Understanding of containers (Kubernetes, Docker) and microservices concepts, Knowledge of incident response and operational best practices, Ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive projects from problem discovery through resolution
Nice to Have
Experience in a SaaS, service provider, or distributed systems environment, Familiarity with ITIL/OSS practices and SLO/SLA’s problem-solving skills and willingness to learn new technologies, Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
What You'll Do.
Support service availability
Monitor service health
Participate in on-call rotations
Contribute to monitoring frameworks
Work with CI/CD pipelines
Write scripts for reliability
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams; Partner with engineering, product, and operations teams; Work with vendors and service providers
Process & Methodology
Drive projects from problem discovery through resolution
Full Job Description
About Backblaze Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands. Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals. About the Role We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II (SRE II) to help ensure the stability, scalability, and reliability of our services and infrastructure. This role focuses on building automation, maintaining observability, and supporting incident response to keep customer-facing systems performing at their best. The SRE will collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams to embed reliability practices into day-to-day development and operations while contributing to tools and processes that improve efficiency and reduce manual effort. Key Responsibilities Service Reliability & Operations Support the availability and durability of critical services across production environments. Monitor service health using SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets, and escalate issues when thresholds are at risk. Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-incident reviews to drive service improvements. Follow established ITIL/OSS processes (incident, change, problem, and capacity management). Automation & Tooling Develop automation for common operational tasks, reducing manual intervention and toil. Contribute to monitoring, logging,
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