Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Beacon Biosignals
Boston, MA
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward experienced infrastructure engineers comfortable with Kubernetes and cloud automation, with a preference for candidates who thrive in collaborative, mission-driven environments and have a strong remote work capability.

Best fit for

  • Experienced SREs with a background in large-scale ML infrastructure and cloud automation
    — “large-scale machine learning on terabytes of biosignal data”
  • Candidates who have led infrastructure initiatives and on-call rotations in production environments
    — “Lead and execute major infrastructure initiatives ... Participate in an on-call rotation”
  • Individuals with a focus on observability, security, and documentation in cloud environments
    — “Improve observability across our systems ... Maintain and enhance our security posture ... Create and maintain documentation”

Things to consider

  • On-call rotation and incident response are expected, requiring availability and responsiveness
    — “Participate in an on-call rotation and lead incident response efforts”
  • Remote work is supported but in-person office hubs are available in specific locations
    — “Beacon's robust asynchronous work practices ensure a first-class remote work experience, but we also have in-person office hubs available located in Boston, New York and Paris.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Kubernetes cluster upgrades and security hardening in your resume
    — “Lead and execute major infrastructure initiatives including cluster upgrades, security improvements”
  • Emphasize your ability to improve observability through monitoring and alerting systems
    — “Improve observability across our systems through enhanced monitoring, logging, and alerting”
  • Demonstrate leadership in CI/CD pipeline design with tools like GitHub Actions or ArgoCD
    — “Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, particularly with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or ArgoCD”
  • Showcase your infrastructure as code experience with Terraform or similar tools
    — “Proven track record implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform or similar tools”
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of cloud security and networking concepts
    — “Understanding of security and networking concepts including OAuth2/OIDC, DNS, TLS, TCP/UDP, etc”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • reliable cloud infrastructure
  • efficient deployment processes
  • enhanced observability
Typical background
degree in computer science or a related field5-8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or similar roles

Skills & requirements

Required

Kubernetes AdministrationInfrastructure As CodeCi/cd PipelinesObservabilityLinux Systems Administration

Preferred

Windows Server EnvironmentsSecurity Hardening

Stack & domain

KubernetesTerraformGithub ActionsAzure DevopsArgocdDockerAWSLinuxWindows ServerPythonGoTypeScriptOauth2/oidcDNSTLSTcp/udp

About the role

Original posting from Beacon Biosignals via Greenhouse

Beacon Biosignals is transforming precision medicine for the brain, from clinical development to clinical care. For Life Sciences partners, we offer the leading at-home EEG platform for clinical development of novel therapeutics for neurological, psychiatric, and sleep disorders. Our Diagnostics business is building the most comprehensive at-home platform for precision diagnostics, combining EEG and cardiopulmonary signals to deliver reimbursable assessments for sleep and central nervous system disorders. Together, we're changing the way patients are diagnosed and treated for any disorder that affects brain physiology.

Beacon Biosignals is seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer to join our Platform team, to help ensure the reliability, availability, and security of Beacon's cloud infrastructure that supports large-scale machine learning on terabytes of biosignal data. In this role, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining critical systems, such as the Kubernetes clusters that power our data scientists' hefty distributed numerical workloads, and observability infrastructure that makes it easy for users to monitor, trace, and identify bugs and resource utilization issues.

Beacon's robust asynchronous work practices ensure a first-class remote work experience, but we also have in-person office hubs available located in Boston, New York and Paris.

What success looks like:

Design and implement infrastructure as code solutions that improve reliability, security, and maintainability of our cloud infrastructure

Lead and execute major infrastructure initiatives including cluster upgrades, security improvements, and architectural changes

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that enable teams to deploy safely and efficiently

Improve observability across our systems through enhanced monitoring, logging, and alerting

Participate in an on-call rotation and lead incident response efforts when issues arise

Collaborate with development teams to improve application reliability and performance

Maintain and enhance our security posture through infrastructure hardening and automation

Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure, deployment processes, and incident response procedures

What you will bring:

Strong experience with Kubernetes administration, including cluster management, security, and troubleshooting

Proven track record implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform or similar tools

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, particularly with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or ArgoCD

Solid understanding of container technologies and build processes, especially Docker

Strong cloud provider (e.g. AWS) knowledge including networking, security, and infrastructure services; experience with Azure is a plus

Experience with incident response and on-call responsibilities in a production environment

Deep experience with Linux systems administration and debugging; familiarity with Windows Server environments is a plus

Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Typescript etc.)

Understanding of security and networking concepts including OAuth2/OIDC, DNS, TLS, TCP/UDP, etc

Approximate experience: Bachelor's degree + 5-8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or other similar professional experience.

The base salary range for this role is $170,000 – $190,000. Salary ranges are determined using current market compensation data for this role and adjusted based on experience, skills, and location. The base salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes equity, PTO, and other benefits.

At Beacon, we've found that cultural and scientific impact is driven most by those that lead by example. As such, we're always seeking new contributors whose work demonstrates an avid curiosity, a bias towards simplicity, an eye for composability, a self-service mindset, and - most of all - a deep empathy towards colleagues, stakeholders, users, and patients. We believe a diverse team builds more robust systems and achieves higher impact.

Source: Beacon Biosignals careers (Greenhouse)

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