RELX

Senior Site Reliability Engineer II

Cape Town Full time

About our Team 

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. 
 

About the Role

The SRE will provide guidance to others including product and development teams to define and improve reliability within a product group. A Senior SRE has a deeper understanding of system and application code and will make data-driven recommendations which balance customer, development, and operational needs. They are champions for shared services, platforms, and architectural standards. Individuals in this role train and/or mentor junior staff.

Requirements:

  • Cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Azure VMs, Azure Functions).
  • Cloud Engineering with a strong focus on Azure and/or AWS
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM/BICEP). 
  • Containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS). 
  • Skilled in scripting languages (Python, Bash, TypeScript, PowerShell). 
  • Linux/UNIX/Windows systems and storage. 
  • Monitoring tools (Datadog, Coralogix, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor). 
  • SRE and DevOps practices. 
  • Networking and security best practices. 
  • Databricks Knowledge is an added advantage.

Responsibilities:

  • Leading Kubernetes deployment and management, including orchestration, architecture, networking, CI/CD, storage, and security. 
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement high-quality cloud solutions. 
  • Administering and supporting Databricks environments, including permissions, storage, and networking. 
  • Troubleshooting complex technical issues using observability tools and root-cause analysis. 
  • Implementing infrastructure management best practices and automating repetitive tasks. 
  • Supporting program installations, system configurations, and user modifications. 
  • Refining system monitoring and reporting in collaboration with support teams. 
  • Operating across Agile and Waterfall methodologies to deliver timely solutions. 
  • Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of continuous learning.

Work in a way that works for you 
 We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. 

  • Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive 

 
Working for you 
 We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer: 

  • Medical Aid 

  • Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover) 

  • Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy 

  • Study Leave 

 
About the Business 
 LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

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