Site Reliability Engineer
PayPal (company site, opens in a new tab)2+ yrsChennaiOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 18–30 LPA
Posted 8h ago
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Job description
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About This Role
- Command and coordinate cross-functional engineering teams during high-severity incidents impacting PayPal and brand platforms, making critical decisions including rollbacks and failovers.
- Monitor system metrics actively, lead root cause analyses and implement fixes to improve availability, reliability, and scalability of digital platforms.
- Drive continuous improvement of incident response capabilities through automation, tooling, playbooks, and collaboration with leadership and development teams.
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum 1+ years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent education and experience.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP required).
- Experience with Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and CI/CD configurations.
- Work Experience Required: Minimum 1+ years relevant experience.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in managing critical incidents and directing teams with final decision authority under pressure within Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native environments.
- Strong technical expertise in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes ecosystems, monitoring tools (Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana), and distributed systems.
- Operates effectively in high-stakes environments requiring coordination across global, cross-functional teams and communication with senior leadership.