Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Core
Senior SRE owning critical feature areas of the Linux Patching Automation (LPA) platform, a multi-cluster AWX automation system that keeps GoDaddy's entire Linux fleet patched and secure.
Role type
Senior IC Site Reliability Engineer (Infrastructure Automation)
Builds
Linux patching automation, Kubernetes-aware patching, AI-driven vulnerability remediation, and observability tooling for the internal Linux fleet.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Linux Systems, Kubernetes, DevOps Automation
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Ansible, Linux systems administration, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python scripting, Incident response, SLI/SLO definition
Preferred skills
HashiCorp Vault, ServiceNow, Grafana/Loki/Prometheus, MySQL, HAProxy, OpenStack
Technologies
AWX, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Vault, Grafana, Loki, Mimir, ServiceNow, Python, GitHub Actions, MySQL, HAProxy, OpenStack
Responsibilities
Own Kubernetes-aware patching path including cordon/drain/uncordon coordination and etcd quorum gating; Drive cluster onboarding end-to-end to reduce lead time; Own Vault integration surface for credential management and IAM key rotation; Build meaningful alerting and dashboards for patching failures; Mentor junior contributors and participate in code review and architectural decisions; Participate in on-call rotation and own incident response independently.
