Senior Java SRE & Cloud Reliability Lead

JPS Tech Solutions; Colorado; On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPS Tech Solutions in Colorado seeks an experienced Site Reliability Engineer with a strong Java background to lead reliability initiatives and ensure stability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical systems.

The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, ownership, and proactive operations, partnering with development, platform, and operations teams to implement SLOs/SLIs and CI/CD best practices.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of IT experience in SRE, DevOps, or Production Engineering.
• Strong Java development experience (Java 17+, Spring Boot Microservices, Spring Web).
• Hands-on experience with OpenShift (OCP), Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Strong expertise in MongoDB (data modeling, design, optimization).
• Experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures
• Working knowledge of Oracle Database
• Familiarity with BDD practices
• Solid experience with CI/CD, automation, and IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills in high-pressure production environments
• Strong communication, collaboration, and ownership mindset

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain highly reliable, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems in production environments.
• Embed reliability best practices (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets) into the software development lifecycle.
• Work closely with development teams on Java Spring Boot microservices to improve operability and resilience.
• Automate operational workflows to reduce manual effort and improve system efficiency.
• Monitor system health, performance, and availability; proactively identify risks and bottlenecks.
• Lead incident management, on-call support, and root cause analysis for production issues.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on availability, scalability, and performance.
• Support and oversee release and deployment activities, including after-hours support when required.
• Champion best practices around CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and cloud-native operations.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across SRE and development teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align reliability goals with business priorities.

Skills

Java development

SRE leadership

Cloud-native

CI/CD

IaC

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

MongoDB

Kafka

JVM

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Apache Kafka

Oracle DB

Job description

JPS Tech Solutions in Colorado seeks an experienced Site Reliability Engineer with a strong Java background to lead reliability initiatives and ensure stability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical systems.

The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, ownership, and proactive operations, partnering with development, platform, and operations teams to implement SLOs/SLIs and CI/CD best practices.