Site Reliability Engineer

Title: Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Westlake, TX or Merrimack, NH (Preferring local resources at this time)
Duration: +12 Months contract
Type: Hybrid 3 Days onsite and 2 days remote per week
Interview: In-person

Job Description:

MUST Have:

Top-Tools/Skills: Datadog, Kubernetes, AWS (EKS) and Azure (AKS) would prefer AWS, On-call experience running incidents.
Development background: Ansible, Python, node, JavaScript, Jenkins, groovy.

The Expertise You Have:

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience or higher in a technology related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) required, Master s degree a plus.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience deploying and/or supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale.
• 2 years of experience in Cloud development (AWS) and migration skills; Experience with building and operating highly resilient platforms in AWS cloud environments.
• 2-4 years of experience in software development with Python, NodeJS, or Java with a focus on SDLC and automation.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration, preferably with Kubernetes.
• Experience operating and implementing distributed & highly concurrent service-based.

The Skills You Bring:

• Ability to automate with various scripting languages (Python, Shell scripting, etc.).
• Experience managing systems using infrastructure as code tools (IAM, ARM, Terraform, Chef, )
• Solid understanding of Cloud Computing and DevOps concepts including CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on Kubernetes skills and knowledge.
• Hands on experience with one or more observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry, etc.).
• Experienced in Instrumentation with systems skills on building and operating, monitoring, logging, alerting services of distributed systems at scale.
• Proven experience in maintaining scalability and resiliency of complex environment.
• Proven experience in implementing advanced observability practices and techniques at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to apply modern monitoring tools (DataDog, Prometheus, Splunk, ).
• Ability to triage, complete root cause analysis, and be decisive under pressure.
• Experience managing and interpreting large datasets using query languages and visualization tools.
• Proficient communication skills with an ability to reach both technical and non-technical audience.
• Ability to learn new software, method and practices and bringing them to our developers.
• Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner and build and maintain effective relationships.