Site Reliability Engineer - only / USC

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering
Azure
Linux RHEL7+
Windows
networking
storage
scripting and automation
Python
Terraform
Ansible
CI/CD pipelines
containerization
Kubernetes

Job Details

Required Qualifications:

  • Proven expertise in Site Reliability Engineering, with a background in software engineering, infrastructure, or operations.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure), operating systems (e.g. Linux RHEL7+, Windows 2019+), and networking fundamentals.
  • Solid understanding of networking and storage technologies (e.g. NFS, SAN, NAS).
  • Strong working knowledge of authentication and naming services (e.g. DNS, LDAP, Kerberos, Centrify).
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Go, Bash).
  • Practical experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
  • Demonstrated ability to define and manage SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, and to systematically reduce TOIL.
  • Ability to integrate with observability platforms to ensure system visibility.
  • A metrics- and automation-driven mindset, with a strong focus on measurable reliability.
  • Calm under pressure, especially during incidents and outages, with a structured approach to incident response and post-mortems.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across engineering and business teams.
  • A proactive, ownership-driven attitude, always seeking opportunities to improve systems and processes.

Desirable Additions

  • Experience with chaos engineering, resilience testing, or disaster recovery planning.
  • Familiarity with financial transaction systems, real-time data pipelines, or core banking platforms.
  • An understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (AKS), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
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