Associate Software Engineer- Site Reliability

Why Join Axelerant as a Junior Site Reliability Engineer? Axelerant is the place to grow your career in Site Reliability Engineering. We welcome individuals with a solid understanding of tech fundamentals who are eager to build expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and DevOps practices. In this role, you'll be mentored by senior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand how modern infrastructure is built, monitored, and scaled. You'll gain hands-on exposure to industry-standard tools and be empowered to automate, problem-solve, and learn continuously in a supportive and innovative environment. Key Responsibilities As a junior team member, your focus will be on learning, contributing to operations, and gradually building independent capabilities: - Assist in building and maintaining infrastructure using modern tools and methodologies under the guidance of senior engineers. - Participate in setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting to help ensure system visibility and proactive issue detection. - Learn and apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Ansible with support. - Automate routine tasks with scripting (e.g., Python, Bash) to enhance efficiency. - Contribute to incident response playbooks and system documentation to aid operational continuity. - Support cloud-based deployments on platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure through guided hands-on experience. - Join on-call rotations as part of a learning progression, always with mentorship. - Engage in team learning sessions and retrospectives to continuously develop your understanding of scalable and reliable systems. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise We don't expect you to have everything—but a curiosity to learn and a foundational understanding are essential. Must-Have Fundamentals - Understanding of Linux-based operating systems. - Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, or Go). - Knowledge of basic networking and distributed systems concepts. - Awareness of DevOps culture, version control (Git), and CI/CD principles. - Eagerness to work with containers (Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes). - Problem-solving mindset and openness to feedback. - Clear and collaborative communication skills. Nice-to-Have / Willing to Learn - Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible. - Experience with any monitoring tool (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog). - Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). - Interest in GitOps practices using tools like ArgoCD or Flux. - Familiarity with CI/CD platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.

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