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Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Capacity) - Platform Infrastructure

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senior full-time €65,300-€84,300 EUR Portugal

First indexed 25 Aug 2026

Description

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Capacity) - Platform Infrastructure at Elastic, you will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing compute resources, ensuring that Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless workloads can scale seamlessly.

You will collaborate closely with control plane and cross-functional platform engineering teams, addressing cloud scaling and resource allocation challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess current and future capacity requirements based on workload demands to ensure seamless scaling of resources.
  • Develop and maintain accurate capacity models that predict resource needs and align with business objectives.
  • Collaborate with teams to implement proactive measures that prevent capacity shortages and bottlenecks.
  • Implement effective strategies for optimizing resource usage across cloud environments.
  • Analyze capacity metrics and trends to guide effective resource allocation decisions.
  • Operate an autoscaling framework that accommodates various customer workloads seamlessly.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure and capacity management.
  • Knowledge of performance monitoring and optimization techniques.
  • Understanding of cloud scaling challenges and solutions.
  • Proficiency with incident investigation and troubleshooting processes.
  • Experience with compute auto-scaling processes and capacity reservations across major CSPs.
  • Solid software and platform engineering background.

Benefits:

  • Competitive pay based on work.
  • Health coverage for you and your family.
  • Flexible locations and schedules.
  • Generous number of vacation days.
  • Matching up to $2000 for financial donations and service.
  • Up to 40 hours for volunteer projects.
  • Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

The typical starting salary range for this role is: €65,300-€84,300 EUR

This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/elastic/jobs/8155557