Middle/ Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Azure / AKS

About the Position

Akvelon is looking for experienced Site Reliability Engineers to join a long-term project for a global technology leader. We are building a dedicated SRE team responsible for supporting business-critical cloud infrastructure with 24×7 DRI coverage. This is an opportunity to work on enterprise-scale Azure environments, modern cloud technologies, and highly available distributed systems that power services used worldwide.

We’re hiring 5 Engineers: Middle / Mid-Senior / Senior SRE. Location is strictly limited to Poland and Serbia.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the reliability, availability, and performance of production services.
• Support and operate large-scale Azure infrastructure.
• Manage and troubleshoot Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents across infrastructure and application layers.
• Automate operational processes using scripting and infrastructure automation.
• Work closely with software engineers to improve system reliability and deployment processes.
• Manage configuration, templating, and infrastructure changes.
• Troubleshoot networking issues involving HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, BGP, and hybrid cloud networking.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices, patching, dependency management, and authentication standards.
• Participate in an on-call rotation as part of the 24×7 DRI support model.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or in a similar production operations role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized workloads.
• Strong understanding of automation, templating, and configuration management.
• Solid networking knowledge, including HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and BGP.
• Experience troubleshooting production environments across infrastructure and application layers.
• Ability to perform basic code debugging and implement small fixes when needed.
• Understanding of distributed systems and modern infrastructure architecture.
• Experience with PowerShell or another scripting language.
• Knowledge of security best practices, patch management, package management, and secure authentication.

Nice to Have

• Experience managing Dell Edge servers or similar compute infrastructure.
• Experience with Dell iDRAC or comparable remote management solutions.
• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-region datacenter environments.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or Azure AI.

We Offer

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Official state holidays - 9-11 public holidays per year
• Professional growth through challenging projects and the opportunity to master new technologies
• Flexible working schedule: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week
• Personal Career Development Plan (CDP)
• Employee support programs (discounts, healthcare, legal assistance)
• Paid external training, conferences, and professional certifications aligned with business goals
• Internal workshops, seminars, and English classes
• Corporate library with paper and e-books

About the Company

If you’re passionate about reliability engineering and enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges at scale, we’d love to hear from you.

Tetiana Petryshyna

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