Lead Site Reliability Engineer

About Pathlock:

Pathlock is a leader in application security, access governance, and compliance automation. Our cloud-based solutions help organizations secure critical applications, mitigate risk, and enforce policies across a diverse IT landscape.

Job Summary:

Join Pathlock, a fast-growing leader in Governance, Access and Compliance, where you'll help shape the reliability and scalability of mission-critical platforms running on Azure, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps toolchains. If you thrive on solving complex infrastructure challenges, automating everything, and ensuring systems run flawlessly — this is your place.

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead a DevOps team in executing CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and site readiness activities with a focus on performance, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Design, build, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to accelerate application deployments and infrastructure provisioning.

· Develop and maintain automation frameworks that simplify operations, reduce manual effort, and improve consistency across environments.

· Configure, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure — ensuring alignment with security, scalability, and performance best practices.

· Collaborate closely with development teams to resolve deployment challenges, ensure site readiness, and improve delivery workflows.

· Monitor system performance and reliability, proactively identify issues, and implement data-driven improvements to enhance uptime and efficiency.

· Participate in on-call rotations, providing reliable production deployment support and incident resolution to ensure continuous operations.

· Maintain comprehensive technical documentation for CI/CD processes, configurations, and troubleshooting guidelines.

· Perform readiness assessments and validation tests to confirm application and infrastructure stability before production rollouts.

· Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and ARM templates, ensuring version-controlled, reproducible infrastructure.

· Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to deployments, provisioning, and performance across multi-cloud or containerized environments.

Qualifications:

· 5-7 years of hands-on experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, or similar technical roles.

· Strong expertise with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent.

· Solid working experience with Microsoft Azure, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), databases, and networking components.

· Proven ability to automate deployment workflows and infrastructure provisioning.

· Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM templates, or similar tools.

· Strong scripting knowledge in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

· Experience with GitOps frameworks like ArgoCD or Flux.

· Hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

· Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and Azure network security practices.

· Knowledge of cloud security and compliance best practices.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

· Flexibility to collaborate across US or EU time zones.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Microsoft Azure certifications (Azure Developer Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, or Azure Administrator).

· Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Application Insights, Elastic Stack (ELK), or Grafana.

· Knowledge of log aggregation and analysis using Elastic and Prometheus.

· Understanding of high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery strategies.

· Experience managing containerized Windows-based applications.

Why Join Pathlock?

· Work on a cutting-edge cloud security and automation platform used by global enterprises.

· Gain hands-on experience with modern SRE technologies — from Kubernetes and Elastic to Terraform and GitOps automation.

· Be part of a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment where innovation, reliability, and performance matter.

· Enjoy competitive compensation, benefits, and equity options.

· Collaborate in an inclusive, knowledge-driven culture that values continuous learning, ownership, and technical excellence.