Web3 SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (SRE)

YOUR PURPOSE Coin Metrics is recruiting a Site Reliability Engineer to monitor production and staging systems and help continuously improve our blockchain node and market data hosting infrastructure. In addition, this role will be involved collecting statistics on reliability, creating and improving monitoring and alerting systems, and assisting our Infrastructure Engineers in some ongoing tasks related to the deployment and maintenance of our platform technology including the company’s data storage, collection, and processing capabilities YOUR VALUE Ongoing monitoring of our infrastructure platform, including servers, networks, applications, databases, and other platform technologies. Maintaining and improving monitoring, alerting, and security of the existing infrastructure. Building advanced monitoring and alerting tools. Compiling and managing infrastructure and security documentation including systems inventory, alert procedures, and process run books. Troubleshooting and assisting in diagnosing, solving, or escalating infrastructure problems. Monitoring databases, queues, container orchestration systems, and other fundamental technologies, and participating in devising a strategy of platform reliability. YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE 4+ years of Linux systems administration experience Previous SRE experience and knowledge of best practices Experience with monitoring and alerting technologies (Prometheus, Grafana) Experience with PostgreSQL; understanding of replication, failover, backups Docker experience Solid command of Ansible, Salt, or like technologies Solid command of scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.) Capability to write concise technical documentation Understanding of reverse proxying and load balancing (NGINX, HAProxy, etc.) Experience with Git Strong sense of ownership, entrepreneurial spirit, and/or startup-like experience, capable of driving towards solutions independently while seeking feedback when appropriate. BONUS QUALIFICATIONS Cryptocurrency experience Experience managing large PostgreSQL clusters and highly available PostgreSQL setups Experience operating cryptocurrency nodes beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Experience advanced file systems specifically ZFS Experience with CI pipelines (Gitlab CI, Jenkins, etc.) Familiarity with overlay networking e.g. Docker Swarm or WireGuard Familiarity with AWS or GCP. Note that the above-preferred qualifications are not required or expected. However, the more experience you have in one or more of these, the better. LIFE AT COIN METRICS Coin Metrics is a fun and fast-paced team with employees located in 8 countries. We are united by our OPEN (Open, Pioneering, Elucidating, and Neutral) core values. Our employees are empowered to do what’s best for our products, customers, and team members. Other benefits of working at Coin Metrics include: Competitive salary, 401(k) retirement plan, bonus and options plans Comprehensive medical, dental, vision Remote or hybrid work options with generous equipment reimbursement offering Paid time off Global company offsites Coin Metrics Labs where associates pursue their passions OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS: 30-minute video interview with Talent Sherpa (Recruiter) 3-4 video interviews with members of our team Case Study WORK LOCATION: Ireland, Dublin, or in-country remote