Junior SRE (Seattle,WA)

Nordstrom, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordstrom Technology is seeking a motivated Junior Site Reliability Engineer to join our Seattle team. You will focus on proactive monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis to ensure system stability and performance.

The role requires onsite work in Seattle, WA, five days a week, with a schedule of 6:30am–2:30pm Tuesday through Thursday. You will collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to improve observability and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Foundational understanding of SRE principles with focus on monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
• Exposure to observability tools (Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, Grafana).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash, or Java).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Understanding Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time systems and respond to anomalies with proactive alerts.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response to mitigate outages.
• Investigate incidents to identify root causes and document findings.
• Collaborate to refine monitoring, logging, and alerting for actionable insights.
• Write scripts to automate routine tasks and reporting.
• Assist in defining and tracking SLOs/SLIs for reliability.
• Support CI/CD improvements to reduce downtime.
• Create and maintain monitoring and incident documentation.
• Collaborate with software engineering and infra teams for reliability.

Skills

Monitoring

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Observability

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Prometheus

Datadog

New Relic

Grafana

Splunk

Elasticsearch

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

Nordstrom Technology is committed to delivering reliable and scalable systems that power critical services for our customers. We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team with a strong focus on proactive monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis. This role is ideal for someone passionate about ensuring system stability and performance, while diving deep technically to understand and resolve issues when incidents occur.

As a Junior SRE, you will play a key role in maintaining "eyes on glass" monitoring to detect and respond to system anomalies, ensuring the health and reliability of our services. You will also collaborate with teams to address root causes of incidents and continuously improve observability and reliability processes. This position requires you to be onsite in Seattle, WA 5 days a week. The schedule is Tuesday - Thursday from 6:30am – 2:30pm

Day in the life...

• Monitor critical systems: Maintain real-time "eyes on glass" monitoring dashboards to proactively identify and respond to anomalies in system performance and availability.
• Incident response: Participate in on-call rotations to respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, mitigate outages, and restore service as quickly as possible.
• Root cause analysis: Dive deep into technical investigations to identify the underlying causes of incidents, documenting findings, and working with teams to prevent recurrence.
• Observability enhancement: Collaborate with teams to refine monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to provide actionable insights and reduce time-to-detection and resolution.
• Automation: Write and maintain scripts to automate routine operational tasks, incident remediation, and reporting.
• SLOs and SLIs: Support the definition and tracking of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) to measure and improve system reliability.
• System optimization: Assist in improving CI/CD pipelines and workflows to ensure seamless deployments and minimize downtime.
• Documentation: Create and maintain detailed documentation for monitoring configurations, incident handling procedures, and root cause analysis findings.
• Collaboration: Work closely with software engineering and infrastructure teams to improve fault tolerance, scalability, and operational readiness.

You own this if you have...

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Foundational understanding of site reliability engineering principles, with a strong focus on monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
• Exposure to observability tools such as Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, or Grafana, and logging platforms like Splunk or Elasticsearch.
• Basic proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, or Java) to assist with automation and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure) and their services.
• Understanding containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to dive deep into technical issues to identify and resolve root causes.
• Excellent communication skills for incident reporting, documentation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• A proactive mindset and attention to detail, with a willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Pay Range Details

The pay range(s) below has been provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different for other locations.
Pay offers are dependent on the location, as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

$104,500.00 - $162,500.00 Annual

We’ve got you covered…

Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits.Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

This position may be eligible for performance-based incentives/bonuses. Benefits include 401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more. Eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment. Learn more in the Nordstrom Benefits Overview by copying and pasting the following URL into your browser: https://careers.nordstrom.com/pdfs/Ben_Overview_15_Full_Time_ES-US.pdf

A few more important points...

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