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We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.\nLife at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.\nYour Impact\nAs a Site Reliability Engineer on the Kubernetes team in Axon's Compute Platform Engineering (CPE) organization, you'll help run and evolve the platform that Axon's products run on: a large, global fleet of Azure AKS and Amazon EKS clusters across commercial and government clouds. You care about system stability, clear documentation, and tools that make the platform easy and safe for engineering teams to use. 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We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation.\nReports to: Engineering Manager, Compute Platform Engineering\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn platform features and components end to end, including design docs and rollout plans.\nReview teammates' changes and share operational knowledge across the team and with partner teams.\nBuild and operate robust, easy-to-use Kubernetes platforms and tooling that let engineering teams provision and run services rapidly, consistently, and securely.\nAutomate cluster provisioning, bootstrapping, upgrades, and day-2 operations with infrastructure as code and GitOps.\nContinually improve reliability, operability, and cost efficiency across the fleet, including node autoscaling and right-sizing.\nKeep the platform secure and compliant through policy enforcement, vulnerability remediation, and government-cloud requirements such as FIPS.\nDebug problems in cloud-native distributed systems, and take part in the team's on-call rotation.\nWrite code that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise.\nWrite documentation and guides that let engineers self-serve.\nUse agentic AI tooling to automate platform operations and accelerate the team's engineering work.\nTake calculated risks, champion new ideas, and cultivate your craft.\nWhat You Bring\n3+ years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering\nExperience building and operating Kubernetes platforms such as AKS, EKS, or similar in production\nExperience building platforms on Azure or AWS\nExperience with a programming language such as Python, Go, C#, Java, or similar\nExperience with CI/CD and Git-based workflows to automate infrastructure provisioning, builds, tests, and releases\nExperience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar), including flexible, testable modules\nExperience using observability tools (metrics, logs, traces, APM) to debug issues\nExperience designing tooling that simplifies the operation of SaaS/PaaS systems\nHands-on experience applying AI and agentic tooling to engineering or operations work\nEmpathy for the needs of software engineers\nUnited States citizenship, required to obtain CJIS clearance for full access to US production environments\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with GitOps using ArgoCD and Helm\nExperience with cluster autoscaling and cost optimization (Karpenter, Vertical Pod Autoscaler, or similar)\nExperience with Kubernetes policy and security tooling (Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper, or similar)\nExperience in government or regulated cloud environments (Azure Government, FedRAMP/GovRAMP, CJIS)\nExposure to 24/7 high-volume systems with formal SLA requirements\nBenefits that Benefit You\nCompetitive salary and 401k with employer match\nDiscretionary paid time off\nPaid parental leave for all\nMedical, Dental, Vision plans\nFitness Programs\nEmotional & Mental Wellness support\nLearning & Development programs\nEmployee Resource Groups (ERGs)\nAnd yes, we have snacks in our offices\nBenefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.\nAxon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit https://www.axon.com/careers.\nBase Pay Range\n$115,500—$184,800 USD\nDon’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.\nStudies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.\nImportant Notes\nThe above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.\nSome roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.\nWe collect personal information from applicants to evaluate candidates for employment. You may request access, deletion, or exercise other CCPA rights at  or via our Axon Privacy Web Form. For more information, please see the Your California Privacy Rights section of our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.\nAxon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. 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