Senior SRE

Inktech is seeking a Senior SRE to develop and maintain their VictoriaMetrics + Grafana + Alertmanager monitoring stack and EKS Kubernetes clusters. The role involves managing infrastructure, defining SLI/SLOs, incident analysis, and automating operations across dev/prod environments.

• Develop and maintain the VictoriaMetrics + Grafana + Alertmanager stack
• Configure metrics, dashboards, and alerts for microservices and databases
• Maintain centralized logging (Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Elasticsearch, Kibana)
• Define SLI/SLOs and participate in incident analysis and postmortems
• Operate and support EKS clusters (dev/prod) with autoscaling (Karpenter or Cluster Autoscaler)
• Configure storage (EBS/EFS), load balancers, and network policies
• Troubleshoot pod, node, and networking issues
• Maintain Argo CD and Helm charts for services
• Automate routine operations via GitLab CI/CD
• Monitor PostgreSQL (CloudNativePG) and Redis with alerts
• Test backup and restore procedures
• Work with Vault for secrets and access management
• Configure cert-manager and automated certificate renewals
• Maintain Terraform/OpenTofu modules for infrastructure
• Write and review infrastructure changes via Git

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and understanding of core objects (Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress)
• Ability to read/write Helm values and work with Argo CD
• Understanding of monitoring/metrics concepts (Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, Alertmanager)
• Ability to work with logs and perform incident root cause analysis
• Desirable: PostgreSQL and Redis experience, Terraform/OpenTofu knowledge, Kafka/ClickHouse/Vault experience, SLI/SLOs understanding

• High salary plus performance bonuses and regular salary reviews
• Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9 hours with 1 hour lunch break, flexible start 8:00-10:00
• 24 days holiday leave
• Exciting work challenges for professional growth
• Strong team of like-minded professionals