Expert Site Reliability Engineer
On-site Riyadh Full-time Mid-level Site Reliability
At a glance
Mid-level Site Reliability role at TAWANTECH. Riyadh · full-time.
Pay not stated Site Reliability Engineer salary
RoleSite Reliability
SeniorityMid-level
LocationRiyadh
WorkplaceOn-site
EmploymentFull-time
PostedAug 31, 2026 · 7w ago
Role brief
devopsroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Set reliability targets for critical services using SLIs, SLOs, and other reliability measures
- Build automation and improve monitoring, alerting, and incident detection to reduce manual operations
- Lead complex production investigations, find root causes, and put lasting fixes in place
- Improve service availability, scale, capacity, performance, and resilience to disasters
- Guide engineers on SRE practices and reduce operational toil through automation
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, IT, or a related discipline
- At least five years in SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, or a related role
- Production experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes, plus monitoring, observability, and reliability metrics
- Practical skills in scripting, automation, CI/CD, Terraform, and complex incident troubleshooting
Who this fits
This mid-level, full-time role suits an engineer who can lead incident analysis and provide technical guidance on reliability work. It is based onsite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
From the employer
Purpose:
To drive the reliability, availability, scalability, and operational resilience of critical technology services by applying advanced software engineering, automation, observability, and reliability engineering practices.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Define and implement advanced reliability engineering practices across critical technology services.
- Establish and monitor Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and reliability targets.
- Design automation to reduce manual operational activities and improve system resilience.
- Develop and enhance monitoring, observability, alerting, and incident detection capabilities.
- Lead technical analysis and resolution of complex production incidents.
- Conduct root-cause analysis and drive permanent corrective and preventive actions.
- Design solutions to improve system availability, scalability, capacity, and disaster resilience.
- Identify reliability risks and recommend architectural and engineering improvements.
- Drive performance engineering and capacity planning for critical services.
- Provide advanced technical guidance and mentorship on SRE practices.
- Promote automation and engineering approaches that reduce operational toil and improve service reliability.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related roles.
- Strong experience in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and production environments.
- Strong knowledge of monitoring, observability, alerting, SLIs, SLOs, and reliability metrics.
- Hands-on experience with automation, scripting, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Proven experience in complex incident management, troubleshooting, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Strong understanding of high availability, scalability, performance engineering, capacity planning, and disaster recovery.
- Experience driving reliability improvements and reducing operational toil through automation.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.
- Experience in Banking, FinTech, or Payment environments is preferred.