Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Cloudflare & Automation
Fullsteam, a leading provider of vertical software and embedded payments technology for small and medium-sized businesses, is seeking a mid-level Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). This role is focused on ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of Fullsteam’s infrastructure, with a critical emphasis on Cloudflare implementation and infrastructure automation.
This is a full-time, remote position in the U.S.
Primary Responsibilities and Cloudflare Mandate
As an SRE, you will work closely with development, operations, and Business Unit teams to build and maintain robust systems. A core function of this role is leading the technical implementation and configuration of Cloudflare across multiple business units.
- Cloudflare Leadership: Lead the technical implementation of Cloudflare across multiple business units.
- Design and configure DNS zones and records using Cloudflare DNS.
- Set up and fine-tune Cloudflare WAF rules, firewall policies, and managed rulesets.
- Implement SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management via Cloudflare and origin servers.
- Automate Cloudflare configurations using Terraform, API, or IaC pipelines.
- Automation and IaC: Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and develop CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Operational Support: Support infrastructure and application teams with deployments, troubleshooting, service requests, and change controls.
- Monitoring and Remediation: Monitor logs daily, report findings, and implement remediation strategies.
- Process Improvement: Analyze, develop, and improve operational procedures and actively participate in change review processes.
Required Experience and Technical Competencies
The ideal candidate has strong dual expertise in a major cloud platform (AWS or Azure) and DevOps tooling, combined with practical experience in large-scale database management and automation.
- Minimum Qualifications:
- At least 5 years of experience working with modern DevOps tooling.
- At least 5 years of experience managing database technologies.
- SSA-A or AZ-305 certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (or 4+ years of equivalent experience).
- Technical Expertise:
- Expertise in AWS or Azure with strong capabilities in the other platform.
- Experience designing and architecting infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.
- Proficiency in DevOps tooling, including Jenkins, SVN, GitHub Actions, and Bitbucket.
- Programming/scripting skills in BASH, Shell, PowerShell, or Python.
- Experience with container technologies and orchestration tools such as Docker, ECS, EKS, and AKS.
- Strong understanding of web traffic flows and HTTP/S protocols.
- Database management experience with MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, and Metabase.
- Preferred Qualifications (Bonus):
- Hands-on experience configuring Cloudflare DNS, WAF, and SSL/TLS.
- Experience with Cloudflare APIs or Terraform provider.
- Knowledge of defense-in-depth, least-privileged, and secure-by-design principles.
- Experience with Blue-Green deployments.
- Understanding and experience in maintaining a PCI DSS environment.
- Experience building monitoring, logging, security, and scalability solutions on Azure or AWS.
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