Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Senior Site Reliability Engineer Barcelona Apply WELCOME to Aetion! We are one of the country’s leading science-driven technology companies using real-world evidence to provide innovative healthcare solutions. Our Aetion Evidence Platform is used to evaluate the safety, effectiveness and value of medications, delivering better outcomes to patients, medical professionals, and clients. We’ve partnered with top biopharma companies and are backed by leading venture capital firms to help increase our medical research and expand our product line. Aetion is headquartered in the US and has expanded throughout Europe with a Technology Hub in Barcelona.  Aetion and Aetion’s leadership are recipients of several prestigious awards:  Parity.org’s 2024 List of Best Companies for Equal Advancement Opportunities Digital Health New York’s 2024 New York Digital Health 100 Newsweek's World's Best Digital Health Companies of 2024  Come join us! PERKS of being an A-Teamer:   25 vacations days Daily in-office lunch stipend (and a fully stocked kitchen!)   Sabbatical opportunity after five years of employment  Commitment to professional development opportunities with access to Skillsoft learning experience platform Employee-led initiatives including annual company-wide innovation day & DEI resource groups  Comprehensive private health coverage w/ out-of-network reimbursements options . Peer & company recognition programs Mental Health & Wellness Benefits  Monthly educational lunch & learn Why join Aetion's Tech Team? You’ll collaborate with other engineering leaders on all matters that impact the Engineering team, including resourcing and building technology/product vision You’ll have the opportunity to coach and mentor colleagues, including code reviews, higher-level software design, and direct management The team works on a technical stack which includes both cloud and on-premise deployments, big-data ingestion and analytics, distributed systems, and algorithmic complexity. DESCRIPTION: As Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will be a critical member of Aetion’s engineering organization. As Aetion’s products continue to scale, we are writing the next chapter in our ability to innovate and operate with efficiency and maturity. You will be an instrumental part of us continuing down this path. As a member of the Site Reliability Engineering team, you will own Aetion’s infrastructure which is cloud-based, containerized, and managed through Infrastructure as Code (IaC). You will be supporting day to day operations (such as provisioning infrastructure and providing production support) and contributing engineering projects (maturing our infrastructure and automation). The team has great things in place but also has strong ambitions about what else we want to achieve. RESPONSIBILITIES: Your duties will include, but are not limited to: Perform delivery and production support tasks, including proactive monitoring, in-depth troubleshooting, and swift resolution of infrastructure and application issues to ensure system reliability and uptime. Continually streamline automation and processes to improve operational maturity and efficiency. Provision, configure, and maintain Aetion’s infrastructure with a focus on simplicity, innovation, automation, reliability, scalability, security, cost-effectiveness, and ease of support. Build and maintain Aetion’s development and deployment pipelines, improving CI/CD speed and reliability and long-term-stable testing and release cycles. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide timely and effective production support, ensuring a seamless experience for end-users and internal stakeholders. Develop automation frameworks to support other development teams and reduce manual intervention in operational tasks. Effectively contribute to complex engineering projects while prioritizing operational responsibilities. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: Education:  Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. Experience: Systems Engineering/DevOps/Distributed Systems: Minimum 5+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, DevOps, or developing distributed systems with strong knowledge of cloud architecture, particularly AWS and Kubernetes. Programming Languages: 3+ years developing in Python or Java. Proficiency in unix based shell scripting is required. JavaScript and TypeScript are a plus. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & CI/CD Tools: 3+ years with tools and languages such as Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, or GitHub Actions (GHA).  Cloud Providers: 3+ years with cloud platforms (AWS required, GCP nice to have). Containerized Workloads: 2+ years with Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with orchestration tools such as Concord and Karpenter is a plus. Security Engineering: Experience with proactive threat prevention, incident response, and implementing compliance programs. Databases: Experience working with SQL databases, big data platforms, and supporting big data pipelines. Linux Systems: In-depth experience solving complex issues on Linux systems and/or within the JVM. Skills: Empathy for end-users and a strong service mindset when supporting day-to-day operations, ensuring a positive experience for stakeholders. Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure design with a focus on security, reliability, and scalability. Detailed knowledge of configuration, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD tooling. Exposure to distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions or Jenkins). Strong English language skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively across teams (e.g., commercial and science/analytics teams). Ability to prioritize, communicate effectively, design for repeatability and scalability, exude ownership, and dig beneath the hood with technology. Flexibility to improve existing systems and innovate on new capabilities. Collaborative, open-minded, and able to quickly grasp complex concepts to contribute to the team’s overall effectiveness. Preferred: Experience with: Debugging, tracing, and profiling Java applications. Provisioning and operating SQL databases and big data platforms (Spark). 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