What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Reliability Engineer position at Fortinet?
We are seeking a talented and motivated Site Reliability Engineer to join our engineering team. You will be responsible for building, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud service/cluster, infrastructure, and monitoring systems to ensure high availability, performance, and security across our services. This is a hands-on role that requires a strong background in infrastructure automation, system reliability, and a SRE mindset of continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for multiple environments.
- Manage datacenter infrastructure (Linux servers, network devices, databases etc,.)
- Improve observability with logging, monitoring, alerting, and tracing tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
- Automate operational processes and support system reliability and performance improvements.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of new features.
- Ensure security best practices are followed in all infrastructure and deployment activities.
- Participate in oncall rotation and incident response handling as needed.
Required Qualifications:
- 8 years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Rancher etc,.).
- Strong experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
- Expertise in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, or Go).
- Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, etc.).
- Solid understanding of networking, security, and Linuxbased systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with ingresscontroller tech details (nginxcontroller, FortiADC, F5 BigIP etc,.).
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
- Experience with network devices such as firewall, WAF, switch etc,.
- Experience with storage service management such as Ceph.
- Knowledge of zerodowntime deployment strategies and bluegreen or canary releases.
- Experience in highavailability and faulttolerant system design.
- Familiarity with GitOps principles and tooling.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000-$200,000. Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program.
Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program, Bonus eligibility is reviewed at time of hire and annually at the Company's discretion.
Why Join Us:
We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply. We offer a supportive work environment and a competitive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial well-being. Embark on a challenging, enjoyable, and rewarding career journey with Fortinet. Join us in bringing solutions that make a meaningful and lasting impact to our 660,000 customers around the globe.
EEOC / AAPAccommodation: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Fortinet, Inc at (408) 235-7700 of accommodations@fortinet.com for assistance.EEO: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.
Salary : $170,000 - $200,000