Site Reliability Engineer

Discover Your Impact as a Site Reliability Engineer at Eneco

Ensure the stability, scalability, and performance of critical systems by implementing monitoring tools and automation.

Work independently while collaborating in a cross-functional team to solve diverse technical challenges.

As a key leader in system reliability, you will design and implement scalable, reliable solutions while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams. You will lead cloud architecture initiatives, define release management strategies, and drive operational excellence. Your expertise will ensure proactive risk identification, system observability, and continuous improvement of critical platforms.

What you’ll do

You will play a key role in maintaining and improving the reliability of critical systems. Your work will involve implementing monitoring solutions, troubleshooting issues, and contributing to automation efforts. You will design small-scale cloud infrastructure, develop CI/CD pipelines, and define basic SLOs/SLIs. You’ll also mentor junior engineers and collaborate across teams to enhance system resilience.

The Site Reliability Engineer leads efforts to ensure the stability, scalability, and performance of systems and platforms by embedding reliability and automation principles into software lifecycle stages. You will drive proactive risk identification and mitigation strategies for critical systems.

Is this about you?

You are an independent problem-solver with a passion for system reliability and automation. You enjoy working in a dynamic environment and collaborating with others to improve system performance.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields. Advanced certifications in cloud technologies (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) or Kubernetes (e.g., CKA, CKAD).

• 5–7 years of impactful experience in software engineering or infrastructure management, with demonstrated contributions to complex digital products or systems.
• Expertise in cloud platforms and deep understanding of networking, security, and operations management, with a balance of software and infrastructure skills.
• Mastery of Kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Excellent software engineering or infrastructure design skills, coupled with leadership in agile practices and delivery.
• Thrives in ambiguity, taking ownership to solve challenging problems and mentor junior engineers.

You’ll be responsible for

Design and implement scalable, reliable solutions, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to improve observability and system performance.

• Cloud Architecture: Lead the design of scalable cloud solutions for medium-to-large projects. Balance conflicting performance and availability demands.

• Release Management: Define comprehensive branching and deployment strategies. Automate complex integration pipelines.

• Operational Excellence: Lead incident responses. Design robust support models and continuously refine SLOs and SLIs for critical systems.

• Monitoring & Capacity Planning: Oversee system monitoring strategy. Plan for future capacity and scaling needs.

• Mentorship: Actively guide engineers across multiple teams. Share best practices and improve documentation standards.

• Collaboration: Influence cross-functional decisions, communicate technical trade-offs clearly to leadership and stakeholders, contributing beyond core responsibilities when needed.

This is where you’ll work

You will be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team focused on maintaining and improving system reliability. You’ll work closely with engineers, operations, and business stakeholders to ensure critical systems remain scalable and performant. Our team fosters a culture of learning, mentorship, and proactive problem-solving, where your contributions will have a direct impact on our technology landscape.

What we have to offer

Gross annual salary between €79.000 and €108.000

Including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing.

FlexBudget

Including FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing. Have it paid out, use it to buy extra holiday days or save it up for something nice, it's up to you.

Personal and professional growth

Eneco is fully committed to help you in your personal and professional development.

Hybrid working, at home or in the office

You work 40% at the office and 40% at home. The other day you decide what works best for you.

If you decide on a career at Eneco, you are choosing ambition, growth and opportunities. You will have all the space you want to improve yourself and do your job the way that suits you best, which includes having a good work-life balance. You can work to a flexible schedule and work partly from home if your role allows it. That is how you can work on your own future and on the future of the world. After all, you and your 4,000 colleagues are committed to our mission: climate neutrality by 2035. We assist customers to accelerate their sustainability efforts, devise innovative solutions and seize opportunities with both hands. Are you ready?