Site Reliability Engineer

Project overview

Description

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to support a greenfield Trade Compliance and Innovation initiative. This role will serve as the primary SRE for one team while partnering closely with another SRE supporting a second team within a geographically distributed team.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary Site Reliability Engineer supporting Azure-based applications and platforms.

Design, build, automate, and maintain cloud infrastructure across development, testing, and production environments.

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and other cloud automation tools.

Partner with software engineering teams to improve deployment processes, reliability, scalability, and system performance.

Support Java and Python-based microservices deployed in Azure environments.

Manage and support Azure Container Apps (ACA), Kubernetes, and AKS environments.

Implement and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and cloud-native deployment tools.

Drive operational excellence through automation, monitoring, alerting, logging, and incident response.

Research and resolve infrastructure, networking, and platform-related issues across complex systems.

Create and maintain infrastructure documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

Ensure adherence to security standards, resiliency requirements, and infrastructure best practices.

Support blue-green deployments, scaling strategies, and non-functional requirements (NFRs).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

3+ years of hands-on experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.

Strong experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and infrastructure management.

Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.

Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines, preferably with GitHub.

Experience supporting containerized applications using Kubernetes, AKS, or Azure Container Apps.

Strong scripting or development experience using one or more of the following: Python, Go, Java, .NET, or Node.js.

Experience with cloud networking, security, monitoring, and system reliability practices.

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to support globally distributed teams.

Azure certifications.

Experience supporting Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, or Generative AI platforms.

MLOps and/or LLMOps experience.

Experience with messaging platforms, webhooks, and Azure Functions.

Experience implementing blue-green deployment strategies.

Knowledge of horizontal and vertical scaling, resiliency, and disaster recovery practices.

Experience with ELK Stack, Grafana, or similar monitoring platforms.

Experience supporting microservice architectures and distributed systems.

Experience working in highly regulated or compliance-focused environments.

Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies and research technical solutions independently.

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Job Facts: Contract W2 | Contract Independent | On-site | USD $50.00 - 55.00 per hour

Skills: Innovation, Virtual Team, IaaS, Development Testing, Software Engineering, Scalability, AutoCAD Architecture, Operational Excellence, Incident Management, Computer Networking, Documentation, Functional Requirements, Computer Science, Information Technology, DevOps, Management, Terraform, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, GitHub, Kubernetes, Scripting, Python, Java, Node.js, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Reliability Engineering, Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution, Communication, Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops), Messaging, Microsoft Azure, Disaster Recovery, Grafana, Microservices, Regulatory Compliance, Research, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Legal, Customer Support, Online Training, Recruiting, Artificial Intelligence, Insurance, .NET, Privacy

Reference: Dice Id: rhalfint | Position Id: 04838-0013535881

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Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Chicago, IL, US, US
• Rate: 50-55 EUR/h