Site Reliability Engineer - Remote Opportunity at Ignitis Group

About the Role

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join our team at Ignitis Group. This remote Site Reliability Engineer role offers you the opportunity to contribute to projects shaping the future of energy in the Baltics and beyond. As part of our IT Infrastructure and Operations division, you will be responsible for ensuring reliable and secure IT infrastructure while supporting the continuous modernization of critical technology platforms.

What You'll Do

• Ensure high reliability and availability of critical infrastructure and services through SRE and automation best practices.
• Design, implement, and maintain resilient systems across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Develop monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions that provide actionable insights and improve incident response.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines, release reliability, and perform safe deployment strategies (e.g., canary, blue-green).
• Support Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity processes to meet and improve RTO/RPO objectives.
• Implement infrastructure security controls, harden systems, manage secrets, and support regulatory compliance (ISO 27001, NIS2, or similar).
• Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to continually optimize performance, efficiency, and reliability.
• Contribute to technical documentation, mentor peers, and participate in post-incident reviews to enhance operational excellence.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, platform engineering, or IT operations.
• Strong background in Linux/Windows systems administration, networking fundamentals, and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD).
• Practical understanding of observability tools and principles (monitoring, tracing, logging) to ensure service reliability and performance.
• Experience in managing or contributing to production environments with high uptime (99.9%+) and critical services.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, or NIS2 Directive.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive improvements.
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate in an Agile or DevOps environment.
• Proactive mindset, ownership, and commitment to continuous learning and reliability culture.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Knowledge of container orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Bash).

What We Offer

• A package of additional benefits to choose from: pension accumulation, health insurance, or other benefits from the selectable benefits list in the MELP application.
• Additional paid days for health improvement, short-term illness, volunteering, and accumulated work experience.
• A hybrid work model (3+2) and flexible working hours.
• Internal career opportunities.
• Extensive learning and qualification enhancement programs.
• Mentorship-based culture designed to facilitate meaningful and value-driven work.

Join us in our mission to create a 100% green and secure energy ecosystem for current and future generations. If you are guided by a proactive mindset and a passion for reinvention, we look forward to welcoming you to our team!