Site Reliability Engineer - W2 Role

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer - W2 Requirement
Location: Minnesota (MN)
Work Arrangement: Remote
Role Summary
Optum is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer with strong experience in the ELK Stack, observability, monitoring, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and SRE practices. The engineer will be responsible for developing and supporting enterprise observability solutions, troubleshooting application and platform issues, and collaborating effectively with stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
* 5+ years of experience with the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
* Strong expertise in Kibana dashboard development using Lens and advanced visualizations.
* Experience designing observability and monitoring dashboards for enterprise applications.
* Proficient in Elasticsearch DSL, KQL, and data modeling.
* Experience building and supporting Logstash ingestion pipelines.
* Knowledge of APM, distributed tracing, logging, metrics, and SRE practices.
* Experience with Azure/AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automation scripting.
* Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and stakeholder communication skills.
Key Technologies
Elasticsearch | Logstash | Kibana | Kibana Lens | Elasticsearch DSL | KQL | APM | Distributed Tracing | Logging | Metrics | SRE | Azure | AWS | Kubernetes | CI/CD | Automation Scripting