Description DevOps II / Site Reliability EngineerLong Term Contract, Potential for Extension or Conversion
Location: Philadelphia, PA Onsite/Hybrid
OverviewWe are seeking a DevOps II / Site Reliability Engineer to help build and mature a growing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) function supporting large-scale digital platforms. This role will focus on cloud infrastructure, automation, monitoring, reliability, and release management for customer-facing web applications. You will work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to improve application performance, scalability, and operational excellence.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, driving automation initiatives, and influencing reliability strategies across modern cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities- Design, implement, and support scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Lead automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and system reliability.
- Build and maintain configuration management and infrastructure-as-code solutions.
- Develop and enhance application monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to identify and address reliability requirements.
- Support CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment processes.
- Manage and optimize centralized application logging and performance reporting.
- Contribute to infrastructure roadmaps and long-term platform reliability strategies.
- Drive continuous improvement of site reliability and operational practices.
Requirements Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of hands-on development experience using Python or Ruby.
- 2+ years of experience working with AWS cloud services.
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
- Experience implementing automation solutions to support scalable cloud-based applications.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, release management, and deployment automation.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and performance management tools.
- Track record of leading or owning delivery of web-based technology solutions.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience supporting customer-facing eCommerce or high-traffic web applications.
- Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and methodologies.
- Background in cloud-native architectures and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience with tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar observability platforms.
- 4+ years of overall IT systems or infrastructure experience.
Technical Environment- Python / Ruby
- AWS
- Linux
- Chef, Puppet, Ansible
- CI/CD and Release Automation
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Monitoring & Observability Tools
- Infrastructure Automation
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