Lead Software Reliability Engineer

RE Partners; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

RE Partners is seeking an experienced Lead Software Reliability Engineer to drive CI/CD, testing, and automated deployments. This hands-on role blends practical DevOps with SRE practices and emphasizes safe, rapid releases and strong observability across systems.

The position requires multiple test framework mastery, JVM/TypeScript proficiency, and experience with Docker and OpenShift. Expect a competitive base salary and a focus on secure, scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Excellent understanding of automation testing approaches and AI-assisted outcomes.
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Strong coding skills for safe, critical systems.
• Experience with multiple CI/CD systems and secure coding practices.
• Docker and OpenShift expertise.
• Build automation experience with Gradle, Maven, and npm.
• Ansible and observability familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Engage and coach dev teams to improve safe, rapid release cadence.
• Wrap applications with tests, including smoke tests in deployment.
• Upgrade runtimes and containerize applications where feasible.
• Migrate to latest library versions and keep dependencies current.
• Automate deployments with Liquibase and Ansible.
• Introduce standard observability patterns and improve logging.
• Improve code review processes and secure coding practices.
• Support resilient cross-datacenter deployment patterns.

Skills

JVM languages

TypeScript

TDD

Automation testing

CI/CD

Secure coding

Docker

OpenShift

Gradle

Maven

npm

Liquibase

Ansible

Renovate

Code review

Tools

Gradle

Maven

npm

Liquibase

Ansible

Renovate

Job description

Lead Software Reliability Engineer

We are seeking experienced, hands-on Software Reliability Engineers to act as evangelists for continuous integration, testing, and safe, automated deployments. This is a practical DevOps and SRE role for practitioners who lead by example to make change safe and easy for development teams. The position is roughly 70% coding and configuration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams facing challengesgettingtosafe and rapid releasecadence, or struggling with vulnerability resolution.
• Wrapping the application in a suite of well-designed tests, most of which can run locally, including smoke tests to be run as part of the deployment process.
• Sourcing and integrating appropriatetest data,implementingdata masking in lowerenvironments
• Upgrading to supported runtimes (generally Java or NPM).
• Containerizing applications where feasible.
• Upgrading open-source libraries to their latest availablemajorversions (e.g., migrating from Spring 2).
• Upgrading to the latest version of all dependencies, whether installed software, libraries, internal code, base images or operating system. Implementing processes that allow us seamlessly to stay current
• Implementing continuous library updates using Renovate.
• Introducing best practice source controland branch management
• Improving code review processes
• Ensuringbest practice security patterns,secrets management, authenticationand authorisation
• Simplifying and automating application deployment processes, including automated database changes with Liquibase and installed software with Ansible.
• Introducing standard observability patterns.
• Overhauling exception handling and logging.
• Implementing resilient hot-hot cross-datacenter deployment topologies.

Required Qualifications:

• Several years of experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Really excellent understanding of thedifferent approachesto automation testing and an ability to choose the best approachand drive outcomes with AI support
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Highest quality coding skills
• An excellent understanding of safe practices for critical systems, including deployment architectureandobservability
• At home with multiple continuous integration and deployment systems
• Excellent understanding of secure coding practices
• Competent with Docker and Openshift
• Actively embracing AI coding
• Comfortable with build automation tools such as Gradle, Maven, andnpm.
• Competent with (RedHat ) Linux
• Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• Ansible skills are advantageous

The base salary range for this position is $145,000.00 – $175,000.00 annually. This range represents the good-faith minimum and maximum salary the Company believes it would pay for this role at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.