Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.
At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.
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The Role
Veeva is seeking a talented and motivated Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our dynamic team. As an SRE, you are innately curious, have a penchant for problem-solving, and will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. Our mission is to protect, provide for, and progress the software and systems utilized by our product engineering teams. Ideal candidates have worked in enterprise software development or for a high-growth technology company.What You'll DoTake responsibility for managing production and pre-production environments, security, change management, deployment, architecture, and toolsPerform root cause analysis for complex failures and offer modern solutions and toolsAnalyze performance and ensure the applications (GitLab, Jira, Confluence, TestRail, Mattermost), hosted in AWS, meet the scalability and reliability needs of our internal teamsWork closely with Infrastructure, DevOps, Security, and product teams to stabilize, secure, and scale applications for continued growthAutomate deployment, monitoring, and incident response processes to enhance system reliability and performanceContinuously monitor system health, proactively identify issues, and implement solutions to ensure optimal performanceIdentify and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and reliability issues across the stackImplement best practices for cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, and cost efficiencyYou want to make the system better every day and are self-driven to learn all that is necessary to provide full-stack diagnostics and determine the root cause of problemsDuring an incident, lead the effort to triage and mitigate. You might need to perform periodic on-call duty if issues are escalatedCommunicate effectively with engineering and infrastructure teams, and describe problems succinctly with sufficient detailEngage in real-time communication during outages with both technical and non-technical audiencesRequirementsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience)3+ years of working experience as a DevOps or SRE engineerIndependent learner, curious to learn new technologiesExperience with AWS and container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes)Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and version control systems (e.g., Git)GitLab system administration experienceExperience supporting GitLab including CI/CD processes and GitLab runnersSolid scripting skills; experience with Shell, Bash, Ansible, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues under pressure3+ years of experience in relational databases with a mastery of SQLDemonstrated history of incident management and leadership abilityHands-on operational experience in a high-volume or critical production service environmentEffective communication skills across all levels — whether talking to individual contributors or executivesExperience with disaster recovery planning and implementationExperience with performance tuning of databases and distributed storage systemsAbility to handle the periodic, on-call dutyFluent in English – both written and verbalWe are looking for strong mentors with a proven record of making your team betterNice to HaveExperience with serverless computing and serverless architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)Knowledge of security best practicesPerks & BenefitsMedical, dental, vision, and basic life insuranceFlexible PTO and company paid holidaysRetirement programs1% charitable giving programCompensationBase pay: $65,000 - $115,000The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.#LI-Remote
Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.
Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at .