Site Reliability Engineer – Audit & Compliance Enablement

About PhonePe Group: 

PhonePe is India’s leading digital payments company with 50 crore (500 Million) registered users and 3.7 crore (37 Million) merchants covering over 99% of the postal codes across India. On the back of its leadership in digital payments, PhonePe has expanded into financial services (Insurance, Mutual Funds, Stock Broking, and Lending) as well as adjacent tech-enabled businesses such as Pincode for hyperlocal shopping and Indus App Store which is India's first localized App Store. The PhonePe Group is a portfolio of businesses aligned with the company's vision to offer every Indian an equal opportunity to accelerate their progress by unlocking the flow of money and access to services.

Culture

At PhonePe, we take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, Everyday! And creating the right  environment for you is just one of the things we do. We empower people and trust them to do the right  thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one. Being enthusiastic about tech is a  big part of being at PhonePe. If you like building technology that impacts millions, ideating with some of  the best minds in the country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed, join us!

About the Role

As a Site Reliability Engineer in the SRE Audit & Compliance Enablement team, you will play a key role in ensuring PhonePe’s infrastructure and operations are always audit-ready. You’ll combine technical depth with process rigor to build a sustainable, scalable, and proactive approach to audit readiness—spanning systems, backups, documentation, and control validation.

Roles and Responsibilities

Audit & Compliance Enablement

• Create and maintain reusable evidence artifacts (e.g., access logs, architectural diagrams, control narratives).
• Represent SRE systems during audit walkthroughs and demos.
• Collaborate with Compliance, InfoSec, and SRE domain owners for control gap closures and evidence gathering.

Backup & Archival Infrastructure

• Own and operate infrastructure responsible for backups of databases, application/system logs, and audit logs.
• Perform scheduled validations including data restores and integrity checks.
• Maintain and update a comprehensive catalog of backup datasets and their retention policies.
• Generate audit-friendly backup status reports and recovery evidence.

Infra Scans & Coordination

• Support scheduling and execution of VAPT, configuration reviews, access reviews, and internal audits.
• Track issues to closure by working with SRE and platform teams.

Automation & Tooling

• Build scripts and tools to automate evidence generation and health checks (e.g., backup summaries, uptime reports).
• Maintain audit SOPs, checklists, and internal documentation to drive repeatability and consistency.
  
  

Skills Required 

• 4–7 years of experience in SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform roles with strong Linux and cloud fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience managing or validating backup and archival systems.
• Familiarity with log management, monitoring, and observability platforms.
• Exposure to compliance and audit requirements (e.g., ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, SOC 2).
• Strong scripting skills in Shell/Python/Perl and comfort with automation tooling (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
• Excellent documentation and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working closely with InfoSec or Compliance teams on audits or certification cycles.
• Exposure to enterprise backup and DR systems.
• Prior ownership of critical infra components with clear SLAs.
• Certifications in cloud platforms, security, or compliance frameworks.

Why This Role Matters

This is a critical role in ensuring that PhonePe's infrastructure not only runs reliably but also aligns with growing regulatory and audit expectations. You’ll have a direct impact on engineering velocity, compliance posture, and how PhonePe presents itself to regulators and partners.

As a Site Reliability Engineer in the SRE Audit & Compliance Enablement team, you will play a key role in ensuring PhonePe’s infrastructure and operations are always audit-ready. You’ll combine technical depth with process rigor to build a sustainable, scalable, and proactive approach to audit readiness—spanning systems, backups, documentation, and control validation.

PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits (Not applicable for Intern or Contract Roles)

• Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life Insurance
• Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program, Onsite Medical Center, Emergency Support System
• Parental Support - Maternity Benefit, Paternity Benefit Program, Adoption Assistance Program, Day-care Support Program
• Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits, Transfer Support Policy, Travel Policy
• Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution, Flexible PF Contribution, Gratuity, NPS, Leave Encashment 
• Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance, Car Lease, Salary Advance Policy

Working at PhonePe is a rewarding experience! Great people, a work environment that thrives on creativity, the opportunity to take on roles beyond a defined job description are just some of the reasons you should work with us. Read more about PhonePe on our blog.

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