SRE Architect

Overview

On Site
Part Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12th Month(s)

Skills

SRE Architect

Job Details

Job Title: SRE Architect

Location: Atlanta GA
Job Type: - Contract
On-Site

Job Description:-
Key Responsibilities: Architecture & Reliability Design

  • Define and implement the SRE architecture, reliability framework, and operational strategy.

  • Design scalable, fault-tolerant systems for high availability and disaster recovery.

  • Establish SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs across services and ensure compliance.

  • Architect systems for observability: logging, tracing, metrics, and alerting.

Automation & Engineering

  • Drive automation for infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring using tools like:

    • Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes Operators

    • CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)

  • Automate manual processes to improve efficiency and reduce MTTR.

  • Develop self-healing mechanisms and automated remediation workflows.

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Lead cloud architecture design on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

  • Architect and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications.

  • Implement and manage scaling strategies, load balancing, and failover designs.

  • Oversee network reliability, security, and configuration management.

Monitoring, Performance & Incident Management

  • Implement observability tools like:

    • Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, New Relic, Splunk

  • Lead incident management processes by identifying root causes and improving system resilience.

  • Conduct performance testing, capacity planning, and SLA compliance reporting.

Collaboration & Leadership

  • Partner with software engineering, DevOps, security, and product teams.

  • Mentor the SRE team and promote reliability engineering best practices.

  • Establish playbooks, runbooks, and operational documentation.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • 8 12+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.

  • Strong hands-on experience with:

    • Kubernetes & Docker

    • Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform)

    • IaC tools (Terraform/CloudFormation)

    • CI/CD systems

  • Deep understanding of:

    • Distributed systems

    • Reliability and performance engineering

    • Observability tools

    • Incident & problem management

  • Experience in scripting/programming (Python, Go, Shell, etc.).

  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and architectural skills.


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