Release / Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Mauritius
Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.
Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
About the opportunity
The Dayforce Workforce Management (WFM) Engineering team is seeking a Release Engineer with strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) expertise to support and evolve our cloud-native Workforce Management platform. Our systems power mission-critical scheduling, time, attendance, and labor optimization services used by customers globally.
In this hybrid Release Engineering / SRE role, you will drive reliable, scalable, and secure software delivery while also improving system resiliency, observability, performance, and operational excellence. You will help design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code frameworks, and reliability standards that ensure high availability and predictable deployments across distributed microservices.
You will partner closely with WFM developers, platform, Cloud, Security, and Operations to improve service reliability, define SLOs/SLIs, reduce operational toil, and strengthen production readiness practices.
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Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting WFM Services (API and Consumers)
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Take responsibility for services deployments and manage the complex multi versions in multiple regions.
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Monitor and maintenance on all services and make sure services are all green.
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Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
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Troubleshoot production incidents and participate in root cause analysis (RCA)
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Partner with development teams to improve deployment strategies
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3+ years of experience in DevOps, Release Engineering, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
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Experience integrating AI-powered services into enterprise development tools to achieve AI-accelerated engineering (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Codeium, Sourcegraph Cody, etc.)
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Experience integrating AI-driven observability tools) for proactive monitoring at scale, improving system stability, accelerating incident response, and automating root cause analysis
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Strong experience with Microsoft Azure cloud technologies (Azure, Application Insights, ADO)
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Hands-on experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code using Helm charts, Terraform, or similar tools
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Experience operating Kubernetes clusters in production (AKS preferred)
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Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, YAML, Python, or similar)
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Experience in managing Redis / Kafka topic / SQL / Non-SQL DB deployment and management
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Experience with observability tools such as Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
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Experience supporting high-availability distributed systems
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Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, HTTP/S, load balancing, firewall rules)
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Experience performing incident response and root cause analysis
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Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
What’s in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
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