Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer

BrickRed Systems LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BrickRed Systems LLC is seeking a Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer with deep expertise in API platforms, microservices, and modern cloud infrastructure. The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, performance, and security across production systems, with strong proficiency in Maven, Node.js, Java, Python, and TypeScript, plus Terraform IaC and container orchestration.

The candidate will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, improve observability, and mentor engineers while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE, API platforms, and microservices.
• 7+ years with Maven, Node.js, Java, Python, and TypeScript.
• 5+ years with Docker, Kubernetes, IaC, and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for builds, tests, and deployments.
• Build and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and cloud provisioning tools.
• Support API platforms and microservices for reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
• Manage containerized environments with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Develop automation scripts using Shell and Python to reduce manual tasks.
• Monitor health with observability tools and resolve production incidents.

Skills

CI/CD

Observability

Incident management

Tools

Maven

Node.js

Java

Python

TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

IaC

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer with strong API platform and microservices experience to enhance the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of business-critical applications and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Maven, Node.js, Java, Python, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), along with experience building CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure, improving observability, and maintaining highly available production systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline application builds, testing, and deployments.
• Build, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform and cloud-native provisioning solutions.
• Support API platforms and microservices, improving system reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
• Manage containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Develop scripts and automation using Shell, Python, and other scripting tools to reduce manual operational tasks.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health using observability tools, and troubleshoot production issues through incident management and root cause analysis.
• Define and track SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and service-level performance metrics.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery, vulnerability management, and security best practices.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to improve release processes and production readiness.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, document SOPs, and communicate progress and risks to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), API platforms, and microservices.
• 7+ years of experience with Maven, Node.js, Java, Python, and TypeScript.
• 5+ years of experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Terraform.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automating build and deployment processes.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and production support.
• Understanding of high availability, system reliability, performance optimization, incident management, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with API platforms, microservices architecture, security practices, and observability.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and repository management tools.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, and the Elastic Stack.
• Experience with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, PowerShell, or other infrastructure automation tools.
• Familiarity with automated testing and code quality tools such as SonarQube, Selenium, and JUnit.
• Knowledge of security policies, vulnerability management, backup and disaster recovery, and Agile methodologies.
• Experience mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and improving DevOps processes.

ABOUT BRICKRED SYSTEMS

BrickRed Systems is a global leader in next-generation technology consulting and workforce solutions, specializing in delivering high-quality talent across digital, engineering, marketing, analytics, finance, operations, and business transformation domains. With a strong emphasis on innovation, scalability, and client success, BrickRed Systems helps organizations solve complex business challenges by providing skilled professionals across strategy, technology, creative, and operational functions. BrickRed fosters a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and excellence, enabling professionals to contribute to high-impact global initiatives while advancing their careers.