Intermediate Site Reliability Engineer (L 2)

OP RaaS; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

OP RaaS in Naperville, IL is seeking an Intermediate Site Reliability Engineer to ensure our cloud infrastructure is secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient. You will be the primary contact for Level 3 escalations and a key partner to development and operations teams.

This role focuses on AWS services (EC2, Fargate, Glue, Lambda, S3), Terraform IaC, and CI/CD pipelines with Python/Go/Java. You will join a team driving automation, cost reduction, and reliable delivery across a 24/7 on-call

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a DevOps engineer or equivalent role.
• AWS Solutions Architect certificate or working towards it.
• Strong background managing AWS services (EC2, Fargate, Glue, Lambda, S3).
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code.
• Familiarity with AWS cost reduction methods.
• Programming with Python/Go/Java and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Manage AWS services (EC2, Fargate, Glue, Lambda, S3).
• Identify and implement AWS cost reductions.
• Support Level 3 escalations with coding or out-of-the-box solutions.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Contribute to system design, platform management, and capacity planning in Python/Go/Java with CI/CD pipelines.
• Understand and work with Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube.
• Log events and resolutions in the ticketing system and communicate via designated channels.
• Understand business requirements and logic; communicate effectively.
• Balance feature speed and reliability with well-defined SLAs.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation to support after-hours operations.

Skills

AWS services

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Programming: Python/Go/Java

Jenkins/Nexus/SonarQube

Ansible

Analytical/problem-solving

Communication skills

Tools

Nexus

SonarQube

Ansible

Job description

Summary

As an Intermediate Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring that our cloud infrastructure is secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective. This role will have a focus first on customer and client support resolution and other break fix related issues as well as a primary point of contact for Level 3 escalations.

In this role, you will work closely with our development and operations teams to automate and streamline our software delivery pipeline. You will be responsible for managing services within AWS, including EC2, Fargate, Glue, Lambda, and S3. You should be familiar with cost reduction methods in AWS and know where efficiencies can be gained. You will have a working knowledge of Terraform and be well versed in infrastructure as code and additionally have used automation tools such as Ansible or similar.

As an ideal candidate, you should understand development processes in either Python, Java, Go, or another programming language with source control management and build pipelines through CI/CD. You will also have an understanding of Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube or other build pipeline tools. Additionally, you should possess excellent problem‑solving and communication skills as well as the ability to understand business requirements and logic.

Responsibilities:

• Manage services within AWS, including EC2, Fargate, Glue, Lambda, and S3
• Identify and implement cost reduction methods within AWS
• Act in a support capacity for level 3 escalations, typically require coding or out of box solutioning
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning and development processes in either Python, Go, or another programming language with source control management and build pipelines through CI/CD
• Understand and work with Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube
• Record events and problems and their resolution in ticketing system, provide communication through designated support channels
• Understand business requirements and logic
• Experience in identifying and making recommendations for improvements on procedures
• Create sustainable systems and services through automation and uplifts
• Balance feature development speed and reliability with well‑defined service‑level objectives
• Participate in 24/7 on‑call rotation to support after‑hours operations

Skills and Qualifications:

• A minimum of 4 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or equivalent role
• Possess an AWS Solutions Architect certificate or working towards it
• A strong background in managing services within AWS, including EC2, Fargate, Glue, Lambda, and S3
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code
• Familiarity with cost reduction methods in AWS
• Working knowledge of Python, Java, COBOL Go, or another programming language with source control management and build pipelines through CI/CD
• Understanding of Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, Ansible or similar build and automation tools
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and communication skills
• Ability to understand business, logic, and delivery requirements
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Physical Requirements

• Frequently required to sit and stand
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel and crouch
• Required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Occasional use of a ladder or other lift device

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.