Could you be a good fit?
We are looking for a talented Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join the team of our exceptional client. This role focuses on ensuring the reliability, performance, scalability, and availability of mission-critical cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
The ideal candidate is a proactive engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys solving complex production challenges, and is passionate about automation, observability, and operational excellence. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with software development, infrastructure, and product teams while helping ensure systems remain stable, secure, and highly available.
Benefits
• Healthcare Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k
What will your day look like?
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will:
• Own the reliability, availability, and performance of customer-facing applications and cloud infrastructure
• Design, implement, and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions
• Proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact users
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure environments
• Build and support Infrastructure-as-Code solutions that enable scalable and repeatable deployments
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support efficient and low-risk software releases
• Lead incident response efforts, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis activities
• Create and maintain runbooks, operational procedures, and post-incident reviews
• Support production escalations and deploy fixes with minimal business disruption
• Define and monitor Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets
• Partner with development and product teams to build reliability, security, and scalability into new solutions
• Automate operational processes to reduce manual effort and improve system efficiency
• Participate in on-call support rotations and respond to critical production events
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance platform stability and operational maturity
You will be a good fit for this role if you have:
• 3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Production Support roles
• Experience supporting cloud-hosted, customer-facing applications
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure platforms, including:
• AWS
• EC2
• RDS
• ECS
• S3
• SQS
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as:
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Jenkins or similar deployment automation tools
• Strong background in monitoring, observability, and alerting platforms such as Datadog or similar technologies
• Experience writing automation and scripting solutions using:
• Python
• Bash
• Similar scripting languages
• Strong understanding of SQL and relational database technologies
• Experience supporting databases such as:
• Oracle
• MySQL
• SQL Server
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident management skills
• Ability to remain calm and methodical during production incidents
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within Agile teams
Nice-to-Haves
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as:
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• ECS
• Familiarity with Java, J2EE, .NET, or similar application platforms
• Experience supporting complex distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Experience working in regulated industries
• Knowledge of modern frontend technologies such as Angular or React
• AWS certifications such as:
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Experience implementing reliability engineering best practices across enterprise environments
What Makes Someone Successful in This Role?
The strongest candidates are engineers who are passionate about system reliability, automation, and continuous improvement.
Successful candidates typically bring:
• Strong cloud infrastructure expertise
• A deep understanding of monitoring and observability practices
• Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities
• Experience automating operational processes
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• A proactive approach to improving performance, scalability, and reliability
• The ability to balance operational support with long-term engineering improvements
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, improving platform resilience, and helping ensure critical systems remain reliable and available around the clock.
About Market Street Talent
Market Street Talent is a specialized staffing and consulting firm focused on IT and technology positions. Our deep industry knowledge allows us to match exceptional candidates with organizations where they can thrive and make an immediate impact.
Our Vision: To promote and foster the growth of information technology (IT) in our world—one candidate, one client, one community at a time.
Our Goal: To guide clients and candidates through the placement process and build long-term, successful relationships.
Our Culture: At MST, we value excellence, respect, and empathy in everything we do.
Sound like you?
Ready to build reliable, scalable systems and help keep critical applications running at peak performance? Click “Apply Now” and let's start the conversation!
