Site Reliability Engineer III chez Forcepoint

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Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!

Site Reliability Engineer III – Operations and Tooling Efficiency 

Forcepoint is seeking a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer to join Forcepoint’s Site Reliability Engineering organization, with a strong focus on achieving operational efficiency through automation and building home-grown solutions. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, is passionate about problem solving, and is willing to work across a diverse set of stakeholder groups.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Own and operate critical applications required for daily operations of the SRE function such as HashiCorp Vault, Opsgenie, Atlassian StatusPage etc.  

• Ensure that the critical applications are performing optimally, and are adhering to security best practices.  

• Own and streamline enterprise-wide certificate management program, ensuring internal and external certificates are rotated using automation, where possible.  

• Build automation pipelines to streamline interactions across various operational tools. 

• Oversee directory services, ensuring automated processes for user on-boarding and off-boarding.  

• Design and implement automated solutions to eliminate toil, and introduce operational efficiency.  

• Develop self-healing mechanisms and proactive monitoring for critical systems.  

• Collaborate with Engineering, Development and other key functions, such as Customer Success, to design in-house solutions and tooling. 

• Participate in incident response and postmortem processes, ensuring continuous improvement. 

• Maintain and enhance OpenLDAP infrastructure for authentication and authorization. 

• Collaborate with InfoSec and compliance teams to ensure directory services meet regulatory requirements. 

• Elevate operational maturity, mentor other SRE’s and be focused on continual improvement in the tolling landscape.  

Required Qualifications: 

• 7+ Hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering roles. 

• Hands-on experience with SaaS platforms, such Vault, JSM, Statuspage, Sectigo, or similar solution is beneficial 

• Proficiency in automation frameworks and scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go). 

• Good understanding of OpenLDAP, including schema design, ACLs, and replication. 

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.  

• Experience with RBAC/ABAC models and identity federation. 

• Knowledge of PKI and certificate lifecycle management. 

• Strong exposure to source code management software and API automation  

• Exposure to incident management frameworks and SRE best practices. 

• Service availability-oriented mindset with a pro-active approach to problem solving.  

• Possesses excellent inter-personal, written and verbal communications skills 

• Analytical and logical approach to problem-solving and a willingness to automate repetitive tasks and reduce manual/re-active workload 

• Strong experience in administration/build/management of Linux systems, related certification is a plus. 

Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.

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