Implements and optimizes components within existing distributed systems under guidance. Applies basic scalability requirements, conducts performance/load testing, and configures resiliency features (retries, circuit breakers, timeouts) to handle network variability. Builds telemetry, alerts, and runbook-driven procedures; delivers scoped features and fault-injection tests; and helps implement basic data replication and synchronization. Assists with on-call rotations, uses automation/IaC scripts to troubleshoot, and follows change, security, and compliance procedures (encryption, access controls, remediation plans) while escalating complex issues to senior engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- System Design & Architecture - System Scalability:
- Assist in the implementation of components of distributed systems that support horizontal and vertical scaling under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Optimize code segments and/or systems for large-scale data processing with oversight from senior engineers.
- Implement scalability requirements for assigned components.
- Learn about the use of data plane platforms for large-scale data retrieval, storage, and processing.
- Execute performance and load testing, with guidance.
- System Design & Architecture - System Reliability Design:
- Collaborate with the team to build fault-tolerant components capable of withstanding in-service updates by learning about redundancy, replication, and automatic failover mechanisms.
- Learn about recovery oriented computing principles and assist in applying them to component designs.
- Configure and test retry mechanisms, circuit breakers, and timeouts to help handle network unreliability, with guidance
- System Design & Architecture - System Reliability Performance:
- Implement testing and alarming configurations to detect issues/failures.
- Support efforts to recover from failures by drafting and executing runbooks and operational procedures, under guidance.
- Help build dashboards, telemetry systems, and alerting mechanisms to monitor component health.
- System Design & Architecture - Correctness / Availability:
- Implement functional requirements and testing for assigned features within an existing system.
- Implement test scenarios (e.g., fault-injection, brown-out) to evaluate system correctness, under guidance.
- Help implement basic data replication and synchronization techniques to maintain data integrity and availability.
- Operational Troubleshooting & Incident Management:
- Assist in diagnosing and debugging issues in system components to support ongoing operation, under supervision.
- Follow protocols to prevent interruptions, ensuring no maintenance windows are required for customers and users when resolving issues.
- Run basic automation scripts and tooling to troubleshoot operational issues.
- Participate in operational support rotations, assisting in incident responses and root cause investigations.
- Compliance & Security:
- Assist in implementing basic security measures to protect data and applications in multi-tenant environments, including encryption and access controls.
- Assist in the execution of remediation plans to address identified security gaps, under supervision.
- Support the creation and updating of documentation to ensure cloud infrastructure is in compliance with relevant industry standards and regulations.
- Automation & Change Management:
- Assist in maintaining basic automation scripts and tools (e.g., Infrastructure as Code (IaC)).
- Adhere to change management plans for patching, updating, and rolling back applications, under guidance
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- Core Responsibilities
- Planning & Execution:
- Track timelines with minimal supervision, ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and is in alignment with project requirements.
- Prioritize and adjust work as resources or timelines change, with some guidance
- Collaboration & Partnership:
- Collaborate within the team to better understand expectations and achieve shared objectives.
- Leverage a foundational understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build partnerships with limited guidance.
- Actively listen and ask questions to enhance collaboration.
- Build a basic understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs with guidance.
- Problem Solving:
- Identify and address issues, escalating problems to senior staff as needed in accordance with standard procedures.
- Compile and review data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.
