Remote SRE: Kubernetes Platform Reliability & Automation

Piper Companies; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support a Kubernetes-based platform across regulated cloud and on-prem environments. The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, security, and operational performance with compliance-driven initiatives.

The candidate will work with senior engineers to improve CI/CD, IaC, observability, and incident response in a remote US-based setting. This long-term contract offers GovCloud/DoD context exposure.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in SRE/DevOps or related infrastructure-focused roles.
• Hands-on Kubernetes management in production environments.
• Experience with AWS/Azure; GovCloud experience is a plus.
• Strong Linux administration skills and scripting
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and support Kubernetes clusters across on-premises and AWS environments.
• Monitor platform reliability, availability, and performance via observability and alerting.
• Develop automation tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Define and track SLI/SLOs and error budgets with senior engineers.
• Support compliance, security, auditing, and monitoring in regulated environments.
• Contribute to IaC development and enhancements using Terraform/CloudFormation.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes for scalability.
• Collaborate with Security, Platform, and App teams to resolve issues.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

Go

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD

GitOps

Automation

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ArgoCD

Docker

AWS

Azure

Git

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support a Kubernetes-based platform across regulated cloud and on-prem environments. The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, security, and operational performance with compliance-driven initiatives.

The candidate will work with senior engineers to improve CI/CD, IaC, observability, and incident response in a remote US-based setting. This long-term contract offers GovCloud/DoD context exposure.