Cloud Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer
Primary Focus Areas: Cloud Infrastructure, System & Network Administration, Monitoring, Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Position Level: P4 - Advanced
Work Location: McLean, VA or Wilmington, NC

Overview

Looking for a skilled and driven Cloud based Site Reliability Engineer to help ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of our AWS-based cloud systems. In this role, you'll work closely with engineers and ops teams to boost system stability and developer efficiency through automation, monitoring, and incident management.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage robust, scalable, and secure AWS-based cloud infrastructure.
• Create and support monitoring systems, alert mechanisms, and dashboards to ensure uptime and service health.
• Use infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform (with Terragrunt), CDK, and CloudFormation to automate provisioning and configuration.
• Set up and manage CI/CD workflows to facilitate efficient code deployment and enhance development processes.
• Take ownership of incident resolution, conduct thorough root cause analysis, and develop long-term solutions to recurring problems.
• Partner with engineering teams to fine-tune performance, bolster reliability, and manage cloud costs effectively.
• Promote operational excellence and guide architectural decisions for infrastructure enhancements.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery strategies to guarantee system continuity in crisis scenarios.

Education Requirements

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
• Preferred: Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Experience Requirements

• Required: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Preferred: 8 years of experience in a similar role

Core Competencies

Required Skills:

• Experience with Argo CD and Argo Workflows
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code: Terraform and Terragrunt
• Kubernetes and Linkerd knowledge
• In-depth experience with AWS services (EKS, Fargate, Aurora)
• Strong background in security and compliance
• Containerization tools such as Docker
• Monitoring and logging technologies
• Scripting or programming language proficiency
• Database administration
• Source control using Git
• Hands-on experience in incident response and management

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with Datadog
• Knowledge of Cloudflare services
• Understanding of the mortgage industry
• Advanced cloud security tools (e.g., GuardDuty, Security Hub)
• Disaster recovery strategy experience
• Experience with automation tools like Camunda

Certifications

• Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• Preferred: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional