REMOTE Site Reliability Engineer

Job#: 2057958

Job Description:

Role: Systems Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Location: REMOTE
Type: Contract
Apex Systems, a global leader in IT Services, is looking for a SRE for a large Healthcare client. This role is a fully remote opportunity that will be working ET hours. You will be working in the Life Science industry so experience with in GMP and Google Cloud Platform data is preferred. Please see below for details!
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in IT or equivalent field
  
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant work experience (internships also count)
  
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence key stakeholders to support proposed strategies, process improvements and operational decisions
  
• Knowledge of DevSecOps quality, project management and software development approaches.
  
• Experience testing and mapping various processes to propose improvements
  
• Strong understanding of tech to gather data and problem solve
  
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
  

Role and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate within product team(s) to promote the concept of reliability engineering during all phases of the software lifecycle to detect and correct performance issues and meet availability goals.
  
• Work with stakeholders (e.g., product owners) to define service level objectives (SLOs) for system operations.
  
• Track performance against SLOs in partnership with others to ensure systems meet SLOs over time.
  
• Create software to improve system performance, scalability, and stability, and to automate manual operational work (i.e., "toil").
  
• Participate in operational support and drive blameless post-mortems to troubleshoot and resolve priority incidents.
  
• Evaluate and recommend methods for improving automation, security, and system observability.
  

• Work with your product team as well as security and privacy experts to build, monitor, and maintain assurance techniques.
  
• Identify, assess, and mitigate key risks inherent to any dependencies your product has on third parties who develop, support, use, and/or assist with the lifecycle of your product.
  

Skillset Required:

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills and highly adaptable to changing circumstances.
  
• Experience in reliability engineering and monitoring practices, environments, and tools (e.g., monitoring/observability, configuration management, CI/CD, etc.).
  
• RESTful services
  
• Experienced in migrating code repositories using tools such as Bitbucket
  
• Strong experience with ServiceBus and Big Data in various repositories
  
• Working with testing tools of various kinds
  
• Experience with programming languages in .NET stack
  
• Experience with large-scale databases, data movement and analytics tools (e.g., RDS, Oracle, SQL etc.)
  
• Strong knowledge of agile practices and agile planning tools (e.g., Jira).
  
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment with a deep understanding of how quality standards and procedures are applied to high-risk applications, protecting privacy related data and identifying security threats.
  

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join 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.

Apex Benefits Overview: 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. 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, 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. 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 Apex team member can provide.