Overview
Hybrid
Up to $50
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Skills
Site Reliability Engineer
devops
AWS
docker
NoSQL
ITSM
Job Details
Job Title: IT Infrastructure Analyst Mid / Junior SRE Engineer
Location: Washington DC / Hybrid
Duration: 12+ Months
Education and Experience
- Bachelor s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
- 1 3 years of combined experience in SRE, DevOps, and infrastructure engineering roles.
- Proficiency in Python or other scripting languages.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes.
- Solid understanding of Linux systems and networking fundamentals.
- Experience with relational, cloud-native, and NoSQL databases.
- Support production systems outside standard business hours as needed.
Deployment & Automation
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, and Jenkins.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
- Develop automation scripts and self-service tools to streamline operations and reduce manual effort.
Capacity Planning & Performance Optimization
- Lead cost optimization initiatives across cloud environments.
- Configure and manage auto-scaling policies and performance thresholds.
- Design and execute resiliency test plans, and support performance testing and benchmarking.
Incident Management & Operational Response
- Apply ITIL principles and utilize ITSM platforms like ServiceNow for incident tracking and resolution.
- Participate in production on-call rotations with strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.
- Author Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports and knowledge base articles
- Implement SRE best practices including SLOs, and error budgets
Observability & Monitoring.
- Leverage observability platforms such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, ELK Stack, and similar tools.
- Build and optimize alerts, dashboards, and anomaly detection using Dynatrace and Kibana.
Security & Compliance
- Manage service accounts, access controls, and permission policies.
- Create, deploy, and maintain digital certificates and encryption assets.
- Respond to security incidents; support continuous security compliance.
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