Platform Site Reliability Engineer
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world’s most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky’s data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on our Platform team, you’ll be joining a (small) group of industry veterans who are passionate about maintaining the continuous availability of our customer Platform. The Platform SRE’s role is to troubleshoot, monitor, integrate, configure, and administer Platform applications. The person in this role participates in the planning and documentation of policies and procedures to ensure system implementation, design, and maintenance is consistent with company goals, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.
While the locations listed in the job posting are ideal, we would love candidates near either our Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA offices. We may also consider remote candidates in certain states.
Responsibilities:
Monitor and Maintain Platform Systems:
- Design/implement/integrate additional monitoring tools to ensure continuity of the Platform.
- Perform incident management and response procedures to ensure all incidents are addressed appropriately.
- Configure Platform systems utilizing compliance best practices.
- Create and maintain documentation for applications, processes, and procedures.
- Conduct audits on existing systems by running reports and providing analysis.
- Participate in on-call rotation to respond to critical events.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
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