Summary of role

Develop & operate our planet-scale Kubernetes Platform for running Sumo Logics microservices to power our Observability & Security products across the world.  Provide consistent & seamless interfaces that enable our microservices to leverage key Kubernetes & underlying cloud features.  Allow microservices to run securely & efficiently without interruption.  Make your customers (Sumos developers) happy! 

Responsibilities

• Develop the strategy, tools, libraries, & workflow for evolving our internal Kubernetes Solution to maximize benefits for Sumos developers & product teams
• Facilitate internal adoption of our Kubernetes platform to realize optimized autoscaling, cost efficiency, automated problem remediation, & modern continuous deployment patterns
• Work with your team to establish service level objectives & monitor to ensure the objectives are met or exceeded
• Participate in an on-call rotation to manage incidents & support the services you have developed
• Drive root cause identification & issue resolution & continually improve operational posture
• Work inside of a fast-paced iterative environment

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Cloud native application development & operations leveraging Kubernetes at scale; hands-on experience with scaling technologies like Karpenter & HPA
• Operating (monitoring, alerting) workloads 
• Deep understanding of AWS Networking, Compute, Storage, & managed services.
• Competency with modern CI/CD tooling like Kubernetes, Terraform, AgroCD, Ansible & Jenkins
• Experience with full life cycle support of services, from creation to production support
• Versed in Infrastructure as Code practices using technologies like Terraform, Cloud Formation, etc.
• Coding fluency in at least Java, Scala or GoLang - & ability to author production ready code
• Experience with Linux systems
• Understand & apply modern approaches to cloud-native software security
• Experienced with agile frameworks, such as Scrum & Kanban, & how to operate within these frameworks to continually deliver value
• Flexible & willing to step into new roles & responsibilities
• Bachelors or Master's Degree in Computer Science
• Years of Experience..... 6+ years for Senior, 10+ years for Staff, 12+ years for Senior Staff
• 2+ years of Staff/Lead experience working on high impact projects with data at scale
• Ability to lead, mentor, & work across teams with an emphasis on excellent communication

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What we do:

Sumo Logic is a SaaS machine data analytics platform, solving monitoring problems for DevOps, SecOps & ITOps teams. Our customers, including Epic Games, Airbnb, Twitter, BBC & Toyota, choose our solution because it allows them to easily monitor & optimize their large scale applications, systems & infrastructures.

About Us

Sumo Logic empowers the people who power modern, digital business. Sumo Logic enables customers to deliver reliable & secure cloud-native applications through its Sumo Logic SaaS Analytics Log Platform, which helps practitioners & developers ensure application reliability, secure & protect against modern security threats, & gain insights into their cloud infrastructures. Customers worldwide rely on Sumo Logic to get powerful real-time analytics & insights across observability & security solutions for their cloud-native applications. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.

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The expected annual base salary range for this is variable based on level (Senior/ Staff/ Senior Staff) That range can be anywhere from $165k- 245k. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors which include (but arent limited to) role level, skills & competencies, qualifications, knowledge, location, & experience. In addition to base pay, certain roles are eligible to participate in our bonus or commission plans, as well as our benefits offerings, & equity awards.