Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) (Hybrid)

Overview

On Site
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6+ month(s)

Skills

Kubernetes
AWS
Python
Docker
Terraform
DevOps
Bash
Go
AWS CloudFormation

Job Details

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Location: New York/EST area Hybrid/Remote]
Duration: 6+ Months (Can be extendable)
Experience Required: 10+ Years
Certification: AWS Certification is Mandatory (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or SysOps Administrator)

Job Summary:

  • We are seeking an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong background in AWS Cloud, DevOps automation, and system reliability engineering. The ideal candidate should bring hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, monitoring, and automation, along with proven experience in supporting large-scale, high-availability systems within Telecom, Banking, or Retail industries.
  • This role is responsible for ensuring platform stability, reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement of infrastructure through automation and DevOps best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
  • Build and manage end-to-end CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and reliable software delivery.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
  • Monitor, automate, and enhance system reliability, performance, and incident response processes.
  • Implement observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Splunk, or Datadog).
  • Collaborate with development teams to improve application reliability and deployment processes.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, incident management, and root cause analysis (RCA).
  • Optimize infrastructure costs and ensure cloud security and compliance with enterprise standards.
  • Develop automation scripts and tools using Python, Go, or Shell to eliminate manual tasks.
  • Prepare and maintain documentation, including architecture diagrams and operational runbooks.

Primary Skills:

  • Cloud Platform: AWS (EC2, S3, EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS, IAM, etc.)
  • DevOps & SRE Practices: CI/CD, automation, monitoring, incident response, performance tuning
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible
  • CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, or Spinnaker
  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, EKS, OpenShift
  • Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK / EFK, Splunk, Datadog, CloudWatch
  • Scripting / Programming: Python, Go, Bash, or Shell
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
  • Networking & Security: VPC, VPN, Load Balancers, DNS, SSL, Security Groups, IAM

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in SRE / DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure roles.
  • Mandatory AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, or SysOps Administrator).
  • Proven experience in Telecom, Banking, or Retail domain infrastructure and platform operations.
  • Strong expertise in microservices, distributed systems, and containerized environments.
  • Experience in monitoring, alerting, observability, and automated remediation.
  • Excellent problem-solving, incident management, and communication skills.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have:

  • Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other messaging platforms.
  • Familiarity with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Consul) and API Gateway solutions.
  • Exposure to data pipeline management and streaming frameworks.
  • Knowledge of FinOps and cost optimization strategies on AWS.
  • Experience with security compliance frameworks (ISO, PCI-DSS, GDPR, etc.).


Cleo Consulting is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled)

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