Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel. 

Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.

Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.

We are looking for talented Principal Software SRE Engineer to work on a Sabre strategic program building out next generation of retail travel marketplace.

Job Description:

Sabre Technology Engineering & Operations is looking for a talented Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). At Sabre, we’re passionate about building software that solves problems. Our site reliability engineers (SREs) strive to adopt the 5 pillars of SRE. We're searching for a new team member with fresh ideas, a unique viewpoint and interest in engineering the best possible solutions for our customers.

This role combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems.

Candidate’s ownership will be visible by developing new features to eliminate “toil”, taking the initiative to automate our processes and support our clients, and maintaining and improving system reliability while establishing and maintaining best practices within our Google cloud environment infrastructure.

As a member of SRE team, you will have the opportunity to work with GCP cloud services building out, covering all aspects of governance, security, logging, monitoring, alerting while working side-by-side with the Product Development teams.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable systems and services.

• Analyze system and application architectures to identify and mitigate potential reliability bottlenecks.

• Set up and maintain robust monitoring and alerting systems to detect and respond to issues proactively.

• Define and track Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) to measure system performance.

• Optimize resource utilization to ensure cost-effectiveness while maintaining reliability.

• Collaborate with security teams to implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.

• Own application systems and work with development teams on performance/security improvements.

• Participate in security incident response and vulnerability management processes.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, processes, and best practices.

• Identify areas for process improvement and drive initiatives to enhance system reliability and efficiency.

• Evaluate cloud services and architecture to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

• Own and manage the production infrastructure, monitoring and making improvements in the GCP environment.

• Participate and consult in system and architecture design and capacity planning.

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and take corrective actions to improve stability and performance of systems running on production environment.

• Collaborate and orchestrate a variety of development and deployment teams, automate infrastructure creation using Terraform.

• Strong attitude towards teamwork, knowledge sharing and documentation.

Job Requirements

Must Have Skills:

• 5+ years DevOps or SRE combined experience supporting open system applications.

• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and system administration.

• Scripting skills and experience (Python/Perl/Bash).

• Good working knowledge of cloud services (preferable GCP or AWS, Azure).

• Good working knowledge of automation tools (e.g. Ansible/Jenkins).

• Experience designing and operating cloud-based CI/CD pipelines (Groovy).

• Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Java applications.

• Knowledge of cloud technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Engine).

• An individual with a deep passion for innovation and performance, to work in the DevOps/SRE team.

• Solid hands-on experience with framework development and ability to achieve end-to-end automation of workflows.

Nice To Have Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer Engineering.

• General experience with distributed architecture and/or high availability systems & capacity planning.

• Familiarity with machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts can be beneficial for enhancing system automation, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance.

• Experience with DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD pipelines and collaboration tools like Jenkins, Git, and Jira, can improve the integration of development and operations processes.

SKILLS:

Engineering, analyst, Site Reliability, SRE, DevOps, systems engineering, software engineering, system reliability, CI/CD, framework development, cloud, Linux/Unix, Scripting

Work arrangements

• Hybrid working mode; 3 chosen days from the office in a week
• Flexible working hours: maintain your work-life balance by adjusting your working hours to your needs 

Paid time off 

• Year-End-Break: enjoy additional fully paid days off during the last week of the year 
• Paid parental leave: Take up to 12 weeks off with pay after birth or adoption of a child. Sabre Global Paid Parental Leave runs concurrently with local leave policies. 
• Paid volunteer time: take up to 4 days annually to give your time to a charitable organization of your choice 

Your money 

• My Benefit platform/Multisport card: enjoy the benefit cafeteria system and use popular sport card 
• Tax deduction: take the opportunity to claim deductible costs, reducing your income tax 
• Employee Capital Plans: profit from long-term saving scheme co-financed by Sabre and the State Treasury 
• Baby Bonus: benefit from one-time allowance on childbirth or adoption  
• Say Thanks program: collect points on recognition program and transfer them to wide variety of gifts and services 

Health and wellness 

• Luxmed VIP medical coverage: take care of yourself and your family with the extensive medical package with a broad range of additional services 
• Foreign travel insurance: feel safe going abroad with free Allianz insurance offered as part of our Lux Med package 
• Employee Assistance Program: find help in free, confidential program with a certified counselor 
• Mindfulness & meditation apps: take care of your mental and physical health with free access to Headspace, Burn Along, Sanvello which will help you manage stress, exercise, sleep and more 
• Life insurance: sign up for free, high coverage life insurance program 

Career development 

• Certification and tuition reimbursement 
• Our Communities: join one of our team member groups focused on sharing knowledge and best practices (Google Developers Group, Innovation Lab Community, Women in Technology, SOLVE!T and many more) 

And more 

• Car and bike parking
• Fun & Relax zone in modern office: enjoy electronic tables to work, foosball, ping pong, pool table, swings, massage chairs and terraces to admire a panoramic view of Kraków. We have parents’ rooms as well 
• No dress code 
• Innovation Lab: access Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality equipment, Robot construction kit, 3D printers and many more 
• Attractive Referral Bonus: earn $2500 USD for every hired referral 

We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as we progress your application.

Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will proceed in the selection process.

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