Job#: 3026642 Job Description: Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (Onsite)Employment Type: ContractContract duration: 12 MonthsRole Overview
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join a platform team within a support organization. This role requires strong engineering capabilities to design and build solutions that enhance platform reliability, efficiency, and automation. The ideal candidate will be responsible for automating tasks to improve support processes, participating in an agile delivery model, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead efforts in automation, deployment, and configuration management.
- Manage and maintain the primary customer-facing application environment.
- Provide hands-on application production support for global platforms and assist with onboarding applications.
- Liaise with development teams to drive application stability.
- Perform incident and problem resolution, including root cause analysis of outages.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, drive incident resolution, and improve platform resiliency.
- Build dashboards and alerting to monitor applications and infrastructure.
- Conduct weekend application maintenance activities, including releases and isolation exercises.
- Contribute to planning for disaster recovery, capacity expansion, and system upgrades.
- Drive process improvements and plant automation by developing and enhancing tools.
Required Qualifications
Technical Skills:- Scripting: Python, Shell, JavaScript, Perl.
- Platform/OS: Strong experience with Unix/Linux and Windows Operating Systems, including administration, diagnostics, and performance tuning.
- Monitoring: Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, AIOPS, Cribl.
- Databases: Oracle, SQL, Sybase.
- Middleware: MQ, WebLogic, Apache, WebSphere, Splunk, Hadoop, Big Data, Oracle Coherence, Vertica.
- Network: DNS, DMZ, Networking, Load balancing (LTM/GTM/F5), Firewall/Proxy, SFTP/FTPs, Active Directory.
- Security: SSL, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth2, RBAC.
- Scheduler: Autosys, Unix level scheduling, or equivalent batch scheduling products.
- General Programming Knowledge: C/C++, Java, Python.
- Other: Ansible, OpenShift.
We are 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. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
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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 uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
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.
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