Entry-Level Site Reliability Engineer – Hybrid IT Ops

IBM

United States

Hybrid

USD 101,000 - 151,000

Full time

10 days ago
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Job summary

IBM Rochester is seeking an entry-level Site Reliability Engineer to help maintain enterprise IT systems, automate tasks, and contribute to reliability initiatives across IBM Cloud and on-prem environments.

Join a hands-on team where you’ll work with monitoring tools like Grafana and Wireshark, write scripts in Python or Bash, and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to improve incident response and service delivery.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field or equivalent experience.
  • Familiarity with Linux/Unix/Windows, and networking fundamentals.
  • Scripting knowledge in Python or Bash.
  • Experience with automation tools like Ansible.
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools and cloud networking.
  • Exposure to IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure.
  • Certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and support enterprise IT systems including servers and VMs.
  • Monitor performance and identify reliability issues.
  • Assist automation of routine admin tasks.
  • Contribute to incident response and post-incident reviews.
  • Document configurations, procedures, and reliability metrics.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on infrastructure delivery.

Skills

SRE fundamentals
Python scripting
Bash scripting
Ansible automation
Monitoring tools
Cloud networking
OS fundamentals
Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree

Tools

Git
CI/CD concepts
Wireshark
SolarWinds
Grafana
IBM Cloud
AWS
Azure
NetBox

Job description

IBM Rochester is seeking an entry-level Site Reliability Engineer to help maintain enterprise IT systems, automate tasks, and contribute to reliability initiatives across IBM Cloud and on-prem environments.

Join a hands-on team where you’ll work with monitoring tools like Grafana and Wireshark, write scripts in Python or Bash, and collaborate with cross-functional colleagues to improve incident response and service delivery.

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