Java Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Java Site Reliability Engineer to join our team in Singapore. This role requires 8 to 15 years of overall IT experience, including a minimum of 5 years dedicated to SRE, Production Support, Platform Engineering, or DevOps. The candidate will have expertise in Java/J2EE and a strong background in supporting mission-critical banking or financial systems within a 24/7 production environment adhering to rigorous SLA and SLO standards.

Key Responsibilities and Skills

• Manage and support Java-based applications with a focus on stability and performance in mission-critical financial platforms.
• Work extensively with container technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker for application deployment and orchestration.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Conduct capacity planning and performance engineering to ensure optimal resource utilization and system responsiveness.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and manage problem resolution processes effectively.
• Design and execute chaos engineering practices and resilience testing to improve system reliability.
• Utilize monitoring and logging platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and Splunk to ensure observability and alerting.
• Employ Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools including Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or New Relic to track and optimize system health.
• Drive automation for operational tasks and develop self-healing capabilities for the platform.
• Leverage CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, and SonarQube to facilitate continuous integration and deployment processes.
• Possess a working knowledge of Kafka, Hadoop/Cloudera ecosystem, and Spark to support related data processing workflows.