Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Nordhealth; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first with options for remote/h

Learning and professional development

Collaboration in an international team

Healthcare software environment focus

Job summary

Nordhealth is seeking a Cloud Reliability Engineer to design, operate and enhance cloud infrastructure that keeps services available, scalable and observable. You’ll collaborate across engineering teams to improve monitoring and support reliability in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities include managing Terraform-based IaC, Kubernetes clusters, and building Python tooling for automation. A self-directed, collaborative mindset helps evolve infrastructure as new information emerges.

Qualifications

• Experience in site reliability or infrastructure engineering.
• Proficient with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Experience operating Kubernetes in production.
• Able to build operational automation and tooling with Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure with Terraform and IaC practices.
• Operate and improve Kubernetes clusters and related tooling for reliable, scalable services.
• Develop observability across metrics, traces, and logs, including monitoring and alerting.
• Automate operational work and create reusable tooling in Python.
• Collaborate with teams to improve infrastructure and service reliability.

Skills

Site reliability engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Python scripting

Cloud observability

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Role overview

You’ll build and operate cloud infrastructure that helps keep software services available, scalable, and observable. The work combines hands‑on reliability engineering with automation and collaboration across engineering teams, while improving how systems are monitored and supported.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage cloud infrastructure with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Operate and improve Kubernetes clusters and related tools to support reliable, scalable services.
• Develop observability across metrics, traces, and logs, including monitoring and alerting.
• Automate operational work and create reusable tooling in Python.
• Work independently and with colleagues to improve infrastructure and service reliability.

Requirements

• Strong experience in site reliability or infrastructure engineering.
• Practical knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Experience operating Kubernetes in support of production services.
• Ability to build operational automation and tools with Python.
• A collaborative, self-directed approach and willingness to revise technical decisions as new information emerges.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first work, with remote or office and collaboration-hub options.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, plus learning and professional development opportunities.
• Company events and collaboration with colleagues in an international team.
• Work in a healthcare software setting focused on supporting better patient care.