Job#: 3032212 Job Description: Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Location: Plano, Texas (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Role Overview
We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to support the production and operations of critical applications. This role focuses on establishing and improving monitoring to measure end-to-end performance and availability. The engineer will ensure operational readiness by evaluating performance, reliability, scale, and resiliency. Responsibilities include identifying and triaging production issues, partnering with engineering teams to find the root cause, and working toward automation to eliminate system bottlenecks.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform full-stack triaging of alerts to identify the root cause of application performance and stability issues.
- Work with stakeholders to define and track service level objectives (SLOs) for application features and services.
- Design and develop dashboards and reports to communicate key performance metrics.
- Identify opportunities to improve alerting posture and update alerts accordingly.
- Collaborate with the engineering team to understand application architecture and perform single point of failure analysis.
- Create and derive NFR/Workload models to ensure performance and resiliency are considered early in the software development lifecycle.
- Execute performance and chaos tests, analyzing results with APM tools to identify stability issues.
- Document and present findings, analysis, and results to stakeholders.
- Perform analytics on past incidents to understand root causes and implement automation to prevent recurrence.
- Demonstrate proficiency with DevOps tools including JIRA, BMC Remedy, and ServiceNow.
Required Qualifications
Experience: 8 - 10 years of information technology experience, with over 6 years on a DevOps, SRE, or performance engineering team.
Technical Skills:- Experience triaging production issues using APM tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic) and log aggregation tools (Splunk, ELK).
- Expertise in Java and front-end development (React JS, Angular).
- Experience with Apache/Tomcat middleware and Java/RESTful services.
- Backend database experience with Oracle, SQL Server, or Hadoop.
- Proficiency in Python, UNIX, and Perl/Shell scripting.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket, JFrog Artifactory, Jenkins, and Ansible.
- Familiarity with SRE concepts like SLI/SLOs and error budgets.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in system, network, security, and database operations.
- Experience with tools such as Tanium, Artifactory, and BMC TrueSight Orchestration.
- Experience with command-line interfaces (CLI) and third-party API integration.
- Server administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server.
- Understanding of developing fault-tolerant solutions, horizontal scaling, and high availability.
- College Degree or equivalent work experience.
Compensation & Benefits
The pay rate for this position is between $68.00 and $73.68 per hour. A comprehensive benefits package is available to eligible employees.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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