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SRE Architect

Amdaris
Location
București, Bucharest, Romania; Timișoara, Timiș, Romania
Posted
25 days ago
Department
Software Development
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Extensive professional experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
  • Proven experience operating at SRE Architect / Principal Engineer or equivalent senior technical leadership level
  • Strong track record defining cloud and infrastructure architecture across multiple teams or services
  • Experience leading or shaping modernization across technology estates containing both legacy and modern systems
  • Ability to define a target architecture while creating realistic incremental migration paths toward it
  • Strong architectural judgment and the ability to balance technical quality, delivery speed, risk, cost, and organizational constraints
Nice to have
  • Experience with Backend-for-Frontend and microfrontend architectures
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and Kafka/MSK
  • Experience with OpenTelemetry and modern observability platforms
  • Experience with progressive delivery approaches such as canary or blue/green deployments
  • Experience with cloud cost optimisation or FinOps practices
What the job really is

The SRE Architect / Principal Engineer role focuses on leading the infrastructure and reliability architecture as part of a modernization journey. Responsibilities include defining scalable and maintainable architectures, guiding architectural decisions, and establishing standards for Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD processes. This hands-on position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure successful implementation of the target architecture and to mentor engineers in best practices.

Things to weigh
  • The role involves significant technical influence and decision-making, which may require navigating complex organizational dynamics.
  • No specific salary or benefits information is provided in the posting, which could be a consideration for candidates.
  • The position is described as hands-on, indicating a need for practical skills and the ability to prototype or validate architectural decisions.
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