Site Reliability Engineer

<p>AKONIS is building the future, and henceforth looking for junior but already &quot;hands-on&quot; profiles who want real impact in on-premises XDR operations, platform reliability, and critical infrastructure support.</p><p><br /></p><p> Junior Site Reliability Engineer – On-Prem XDR &amp; Critical Infrastructure Location: France / Europe (remote-friendly) Company: Akonis – Cybersecurity Integrator &amp; Identity/XDR Expert Contract: Full-time</p><p><br /></p><p> About Akonis Akonis is a high-end cybersecurity integrator specializing in IAM, XDR, SASE and Zero Trust architectures for critical and regulated environments.</p><p>We work with leading technologies and build automation-first security platforms combining Python, DevOps and AI-driven SOC capabilities for highly sensitive government and enterprise clients.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are looking for a junior Site Reliability Engineer eager to grow fast in on-premises security platform operations, troubleshooting and infrastructure reliability.</p><p><br /></p><p> Your Mission You will be part of a small, senior-driven technical team, working on concrete and impactful on-premises XDR deployments for critical infrastructure clients.</p><p>Core Responsibilities</p><ul><li>Operate and troubleshoot on-premises XDR platforms in highly regulated environments</li><li>Diagnose and resolve complex issues related to:</li><li>Data ingestion pipelines and log collection</li><li>Alert generation and correlation engines</li><li>Security orchestration workflows (triggers, actions, playbooks)</li><li>Custom integrations and automation components</li><li>Act as the technical bridge between customer needs and internal engineering teams</li><li>Translate customer issues into actionable technical requirements and solutions</li><li>Work under pressure to ensure platform availability and performance in mission-critical contexts</li><li>Implement monitoring, logging and observability solutions for security platforms</li><li>Support deployment, configuration and optimization of XDR components</li><li>Participate in incident response when platform issues impact security operations</li><li>Document troubleshooting procedures and build runbooks for operational excellence</li></ul><p><br /></p><p> What We&#39;re Looking For <strong>Must Have:</strong></p><ul><li>Solid foundations in Python and Linux system administration</li><li>Experience with on-premises infrastructure (networking, storage, compute)</li><li>Strong troubleshooting mindset and ability to work under pressure</li><li>Excellent communication skills to interact with demanding customers</li><li>Capacity to understand security operations context (logs, alerts, detections)</li></ul><p><br /></p><p><strong>Nice to Have:</strong></p><ul><li>Experience with:</li><li>Docker, Kubernetes or container orchestration</li><li>Log management systems (Elasticsearch, Splunk, etc.)</li><li>Network protocols and packet analysis</li><li>CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code</li><li>API integration and debugging</li><li>Previous exposure to SOC operations or security platforms</li><li>Interest in SRE practices: monitoring, observability, automation</li><li>Security certifications or personal labs/projects</li></ul><p><br /></p><p> What You&#39;ll Learn</p><ul><li>How enterprise-grade on-premises XDR platforms operate at scale</li><li>Advanced troubleshooting techniques for complex distributed systems</li><li>How to handle high-pressure situations in critical infrastructure environments</li><li>Real-world security operations and SOC workflows</li><li>How to bridge technical implementation and customer requirements</li><li>SRE best practices applied to cybersecurity platforms</li></ul><p><br /></p><p> Why Join Akonis?</p><ul><li>Work on highly critical infrastructure projects with real national security impact</li><li>Learn directly from senior experts in XDR, infrastructure and security operations</li><li>High level of technical ownership and responsibility</li><li>Exposure to rare and valuable skills in on-premises security platform engineering</li><li>A culture focused on reliability, problem-solving excellence and cust