Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer

Position: Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer
Location: Philadelphia, PA (Onsite)

Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, implement, and maintain robust, secure, and scalable infrastructure supporting customer-facing applications and services. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud platforms, Linux systems, container orchestration, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.

Core Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure for secure application and video delivery.
• Manage, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud environments (AWS EC2, EKS, ALB, IAM, VPC) using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for rapid and reliable deployments using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Concourse.
• Automate operational tasks, improve system reliability, and drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption.
• Monitor system health, performance, and troubleshoot production issues in real time.
• Forecast capacity requirements and scale infrastructure to handle traffic growth.
• Enforce security standards and compliance practices across cloud platforms.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for critical systems.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of applications and services.
• Solve reliability-related issues, ensuring platform stability and uptime.
• Document architecture, configurations, operational procedures, and contribute to knowledge sharing.
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in DevOps, SRE, and cloud operations.

Mandatory Skills & Proficiencies:

• DevOps & SRE practices
• Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
• Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
• CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Concourse
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation
• Programming & scripting: Golang, Python, Java, Bash, Rust
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Understanding of database structures and SQL
• Strong knowledge of security and compliance practices

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with cryptography standards and trust primitives (AES, RSA, Elliptic Curve, X.509)
• Knowledge of IP video streaming protocols (HLS, DASH) and DRM systems (Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay)
• Experience with HTTP network stack transactions and distributed/microservices architecture
• Exposure to cloud cost optimization strategies
• Certifications in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or Kubernetes
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field