job summary:
Description:
As a Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with Ascension Technologies, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and operating the infrastructure and automation that support our suite of cloud-native enterprise applications in the rapidly evolving healthcare technology landscape. You will be part of a collaborative engineering team focused on ensuring our platforms are scalable, secure, reliable, and efficient - enabling clinicians and patients to access technology that sustains and improves health outcomes.
location: Telecommute
job type: Contract
salary: $60 - 100 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools and modern DevOps practices.
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, and JFrog to ensure fast, reliable, and repeatable software delivery.
Develop and manage containerized application environments with Kubernetes, ensuring optimal deployment, scalability, and service reliability.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual interventions.
Design and implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to ensure system health, performance, and reliability.
Collaborate closely with development, product, QA, and security teams to design robust platform solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives, driving continuous improvement and team collaboration.
Contribute to operational support processes, including incident response, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and performance optimization for large-scale distributed systems.
qualifications:
Required Experience:
Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with tools such as Terraform and Ansible for building and managing infrastructure as code, and CI/CD automation tools like Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, and JFrog.
Cloud Platforms (Google Cloud Platform - Must Have): Proven hands-on experience deploying and managing infrastructure and services on Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) is required. Strong knowledge of Google Cloud Platform networking, IAM, security, cost optimization, and core services (e.g., Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, GKE, Firestore) is essential. Experience with AWS or Azure is a plus but not a substitute.
Containerization & Orchestration: Strong experience deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes, including service mesh, auto-scaling, and rolling update strategies.
Programming & Scripting: Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java, C++, Perl, Ruby, or SQL, with the ability to automate workflows and optimize infrastructure operations.
Operational Excellence: Experience designing and implementing operational support models, including incident response, root cause analysis, monitoring, and alerting strategies.
DevOps & SRE Practices: Demonstrated experience with reliability engineering practices such as capacity planning, fault tolerance, and resilience design.
Agile Development Practices: Experience working in Agile environments with familiarity in sprints, daily stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent work experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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