Junior Site Reliability Engineer | IT Automation & Cloud

IBM; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM in San Diego seeks an IT Administrator early-career with an interest in Site Reliability Engineering. You’ll gain hands-on experience managing servers, VMs, and cloud environments while adopting modern reliability practices.

You’ll work with veteran engineers to improve automation, observability, and incident response. Strong OS/networking foundations and scripting help drive performance and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Network Engineering or related field (or equivalent).
• Basic OS and networking fundamentals understanding.
• Scripting knowledge (Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with Ansible automation.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Wireshark, SolarWinds, Grafana).
• Cloud networking knowledge (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure).
• Interest in SRE principles such as automation, observability, and fault tolerance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support enterprise IT systems including servers, virtual machines, and cloud environments.
• Monitor system performance and identify reliability issues.
• Assist automation of routine administrative tasks using scripting.
• Participate in incident response and post-incident analysis.
• Document system configurations, operational procedures, and reliability metrics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on infrastructure and service delivery.

Skills

Operating systems basics

Networking fundamentals

Python/Bash scripting

Ansible automation

Monitoring tools familiarity

Cloud networking knowledge

SRE fundamentals

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or related field

Master’s Degree

Tools

Ansible

Wireshark/SolarWinds/Grafana

Job description

IBM in San Diego seeks an IT Administrator early-career with an interest in Site Reliability Engineering. You’ll gain hands-on experience managing servers, VMs, and cloud environments while adopting modern reliability practices.

You’ll work with veteran engineers to improve automation, observability, and incident response. Strong OS/networking foundations and scripting help drive performance and service delivery.