Overview
On Site
$80.33/-
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - to 10/07/2026
Skills
AWS
Automation
docker
kubernetes
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Job Details
Job Title: Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
NOTE:
- Locals Only
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Automation
- Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles
- Architect, deploy, and maintain production-grade Kubernetes clusters with a focus on reliability, security, and performance
- Serve as the subject matter expert on Kubernetes, providing guidance and best practices to engineering teams
- Build and maintain automated provisioning pipelines to ensure consistent, repeatable deployments
- Implement and maintain HashiCorp Vault on AWS for secrets management and security, including Vault integration with Kubernetes
- Design and implement automated High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) capabilities through CI/CDpipelines
- Optimize cloud resources and Kubernetes workloads for performance, cost efficiency, and reliability
Observability & Monitoring
- Architect and implement comprehensive observability solutions using Datadog for cloud-native applications and Kubernetes infrastructure
- Build monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks for containerized workloads that provide actionable insights into system health
- Implement Kubernetes-native monitoring patterns and troubleshoot complex container orchestration issues
- Integrate Datadog with PagerDuty and other incident management platforms
- Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to drive reliability improvements
- Create custom dashboards and monitors to track infrastructure, application, and Kubernetes cluster performance
CI/CD & Pipeline Management
- Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines that enable rapid, safe deployments to Kubernetes
- Implement GitOps workflows and automated deployment strategies for containerized applications
- Implement automated testing, security scanning, and quality gates within pipelines
- Drive solutions through test, QA, and production environments with appropriate controls and safeguards
- Automate deployment strategies including blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments in Kubernetes
Security & Vulnerability Management
- Identify, assess, and remediate security vulnerabilities in infrastructure, applications, and Kubernetes clusters
- Implement Kubernetes security best practices including RBAC, pod security policies/standards, and network policies
- Collaborate with security teams to implement and maintain security best practices
- Manage and maintain HashiCorp Vault infrastructure for secure secrets management
- Ensure compliance with security policies and industry standards across all environments
Incident Management & Response
- Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation to respond to critical production incidents
- Serve as Incident Commander, coordinating cross-functional response teams during major outages
- Lead post-incident reviews and drive thorough root cause analysis across engineering teams
- Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes and distributed systems issues under pressure
- Develop and refine incident response procedures and runbooks
Collaboration & Leadership
- Partner with engineering teams to improve system reliability and performance
- Mentor junior SREs and promote SRE best practices across the organization
- Lead Kubernetes adoption efforts and educate teams on container orchestration best practices
- Drive initiatives to reduce toil through automation and process improvement
- Contribute to architectural decisions with a reliability and operability lens
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar roles
- Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, including architecture, operations, and troubleshooting in production environments
- Proven track record as a go-to Kubernetes resource and technical authority
- Deep understanding of container technologies (Docker, container) and orchestration patterns
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Azure cloud platforms
- Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure automation and management
- Expert-level knowledge of Datadog for monitoring, logging, and observability
- Experience with HashiCorp Vault, including deployment and management on AWS and Kubernetes integration
- Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, including design, implementation, and optimization for containerized workloads
- Proven ability to implement automated HA/DR solutions through CI/CD workflows
- Strong programming skills in Python for automation, tooling, and analysis
- Proven experience building observability solutions for distributed cloud applications
- Experience configuring monitoring and alerting systems and integrating with paging platforms like PagerDuty
- Demonstrated experience identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities
- Experience driving deployments through multiple environments (test/QA/production) with proper gates and controls
- Demonstrated experience participating in on-call rotations and responding to production incidents
- Experience serving as Incident Commander or leading incident response efforts
- Track record of conducting root cause analysis and driving systemic improvements
- Strong understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture principles
- Excellent communication skills with ability to work across multiple teams and explain complex Kubernetes concepts
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) and GKE
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)
- Knowledge of Helm, Kustomize, and other Kubernetes tooling
- Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
- Familiarity with additional CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
- Background in software engineering or systems programming
- Understanding of chaos engineering and reliability testing methodologies
- Experience with cost optimization strategies in cloud and Kubernetes environments
- Security certifications (AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CKS, etc.)
- Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)
- Contributions to open-source Kubernetes projects or active participation in the Kubernetes community
- What We Offer Competitive salary and equity compensation
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities and certification support
- Collaborative and inclusive team culture
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter explaining your Kubernetes expertise and experience with cloud reliability engineering.
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