Junior Site Reliability Engineer, Security

Automattic is hiring a Junior Site Reliability Engineer, Security to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Junior Site Reliability Engineer, Security, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a contract, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (CST)). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil What we offer: • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Annual learning and professional development budget • Home office and wellness stipends • Paid parental leave • Generous paid time off and company holidays How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Automattic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 0–2 years of experience or equivalent training • On-call and incident response experience • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) Nice to have: • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear) • Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment