Site Reliability Engineer I

The Site Reliability Engineer I supports the reliability, availability, and operational health of KFC production systems and applications. This role works with Platform Engineering, Development, and Product teams to monitor and troubleshoot production environments, improve observability, contribute to automation, and support cloud-based infrastructure.
The SRE I is expected to operate within defined systems and services, contribute to reliability improvements, participate in incident response, and build increasing technical ownership over time.

• Education/Certifications – Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience
o 1 to 3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, infrastructure, application support, software engineering, or a related technical role.
o 1+ year’s experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including compute and networking concepts.
o 1+ year’s experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog, Elastic, Dynatrace, Prometheus, or Grafana.
o 1+ year’s experience with Incident and Problem Management tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Incident.io.
o Familiarity with Linux-based systems and command-line utilities.
o Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including DNS, load balancing, routing, and TLS.
o Experience with containerized environments and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or EKS.
o Familiarity with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or REST APIs.
o Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
o Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices, including GitLab.
o Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

Salary Range: 95,700 - 120,000

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