Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Akrites

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Akrites

Company Description

The Linux Foundation is a 501(c)(6) non-profit that provides a neutral, trusted hub for developers and organizations to code, manage, and scale open technology projects and ecosystems.

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is a cross-industry organization at the Linux Foundation that brings together the industry's most important open source security initiatives and the individuals and companies that support them. The OpenSSF is committed to collaboration and working both upstream and with existing communities to advance open source security for all.

About Akrites

Akrites is a coordinated effort to remediate and disclose vulnerabilities in critical open source software. As part of this effort, we are deploying a pipeline to process large volumes of vulnerability reports, from intake to assessment and disclosure. Join our team to help secure open source software at this critical moment in time.

Role Overview

Your responsibilities will focus on the Akrites vulnerability processing pipeline and its surrounding services. There is a significant security component to this work, on both the operational and design side. We need an SRE who is knowledgeable and conscientious about security given the nature of the pipeline and Akrites itself.

Here's what our SRE team does:

• Securely deploy applications

• Maintain and evolve operational infrastructure

• Help design deployment and infrastructure policies and procedures

• Develop software that improves automation and security in our infrastructure

• Contribute to open source projects we depend on

• Commit to improving ourselves and the services we provide — we teach each other and learn from our mistakes, often through blameless post-incident reviews

• Note: There is no on-call rotation at this time, though one may be introduced in the future. Should that need arise, we will institute a system that protects quality of life and prevents burnout

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years working professionally with Linux

• 5+ years of experience creating and managing cloud infrastructure

• 8+ years of professional programming experience in a compiled language with consistent attention to high-quality tests

• Experience and comfort working remotely — this is an entirely remote position

• Experience leading the design and delivery of complex, cross-team technical projects from conception to production

• Sound judgment in high-stakes or high-ambiguity situations; able to make and defend trade-offs with incomplete information

• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to think things through carefully

• Ability to prioritize effectively and maintain awareness of competing work streams

• Consistent upholding of security and audit requirements, with the ability to help shape standards others are held to

• Experience leading incident response, including driving blameless post-incident reviews that lead to lasting fixes

• Comfortable serving as a point of escalation when problems are unclear or decisions are stuck

• Comfortable mentoring or reviewing the work of more junior engineers

• Excellent written, verbal, and collaborative communication skills

• Reliable time and task management

Nice to Haves

• Competency in our technical stack: Go, Python, GCP, Terraform

Additional Information

Salary $170,000 - $190,000 USD

Our team is entirely remote and our processes and infrastructure are built around that. We will help you get your home office in good shape, including reimbursing internet and phone expenses. Additional benefits include excellent health insurance, a 100% 401(k) match, and flexible time off and parental leave policies.

Not sure if you meet all of the requirements? Studies have shown that female-identifying folks and people of color are less likely to feel confident that they meet requirements. At the Linux Foundation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but unsure whether your experience aligns perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Linux Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic. We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive workplace for everyone.

The Linux Foundation is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in their country of residence without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.