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Position Overview
An exciting new opportunity has opened for a Site Reliability Engineer within the Autodesk PDMS Platform SRE team. The successful candidate will wear multiple hats: first responder, performance analyst, system architect, capacity planner, and monitoring expert. Good technical and communication skills are required for you to be successful in this role. A passion for learning new technologies and a desire to solve problems you come across are the keys to being successful in this role. In accordance with U.S. government contracting and ITAR compliance obligations, this role requires U.S. citizenship or U.S. lawful permanent residency. Employment is contingent upon meeting all applicable government security and eligibility requirements.
Responsibilities
Architect and implement hosting solutions for highly dynamic SaaS web applications, ensuring reliability and performance at scale
Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to support scalable, reliable, and secure global environments
Ensure efficient and well-documented standards, processes, and best practices
Implement security and compliance with best practices across infrastructure and applications, including hardening, enforcing least privileges
Use modern administration tools like Docker, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation/CDK to manage and deploy containers and virtual machines
Collaborate with development, testing, and documentation teams during the product development cycle to ensure quality control
Automate processes and integrate new technologies as needed
Define and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and manage error budgets to ensure reliability goals are met
Work with stakeholders to align technical strategy with business requirements
Participate in on-call support and incident management, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication
Conduct post-incident blameless postmortems to identify root causes and drive continuous improvement
Self-starter mindset with a strong drive to learn and own initiatives to promote a culture of continuous improvement, and excellence
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years DevOps/SRE experience with cloud-based applications
Advanced hands-on experience Linux administration skills, including monitoring, troubleshooting, reliability and security
Must have U.S. citizenship or have U.S. lawful permanent residency. Employment is contingent upon meeting all applicable government security and eligibility requirements
Experience managing large-scale cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
Strong scripting abilities (eg. Bash, Python, Perl, etc.)
Expert-level knowledge of AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, ELB, S3, IAM, VPC, Dynamo DB, RDS, etc.)
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and container technologies
Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Experience with CI/CD tools. (Jenkins, Artifactory, GIT, etc)
Skilled in log analysis and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana)
Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL), and SQL
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools & practices is preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
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About Autodesk
Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!
Benefits
From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/
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Skills Required
- 5+ years DevOps/SRE experience with cloud-based applications
- Advanced hands-on Linux administration skills
- Experience managing large-scale cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
- Strong scripting abilities (Bash, Python, Perl)
- Expert-level knowledge of AWS services
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container technologies
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Artifactory, GIT)
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL) and SQL
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
Autodesk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Autodesk and has not been reviewed or approved by Autodesk.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is considered expansive, combining discretionary time off for salaried roles, company holidays/Autodays, and a periodic paid sabbatical. These options provide flexibility beyond standard accrual-based PTO.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total rewards prominently include RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback, alongside annual bonus or commission programs. These elements are available to eligible employees and can materially augment base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-building support includes reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, IVF/co‑maternity, and fertility benefits, plus dedicated coaching and Cleo resources for parenting and caregiving. These services extend support before, during, and after leave.
Autodesk Insights
What We Do
Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.
Why Work With Us
Our work is impactful. Our people are innovative. And our culture is inclusive. As our software shapes new solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, you shape your career path. With us, you lead the way in achieving sustainability, resilient communities, and an equitable workforce. Discover #AutodeskLife.
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