Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Google Distributed Cloud Edge (Edge SRE)

CoSourcing Partners Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CoSourcing Partners Inc. is seeking an experienced Edge Site Reliability Engineer to lead the design, automation, and operations of Google Distributed Cloud Edge environments in a hybrid Chicago setting.

The role focuses on reliability, performance, and scalability at the edge, bridging platform engineering with application, network, and security teams. You will drive automation and champion edge KPIs across a multinational landscape.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in cloud-native platforms and edge computing.
• Strong networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, DNS) and carrier-grade networks.
• Hands-on Kubernetes administration and IaC (Terraform).
• Experience with GCP and/or AWS cloud environments.
• Experience leading SRE teams and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement automation for edge compute provisioning and deployments.
• Design caching, traffic steering, and edge routing to reduce latency.
• Collaborate with security to implement DDoS protection and TLS termination policies.
• Develop monitoring and observability for latency, traffic, and health.
• Lead incident response with blameless post-mortems.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate edge with core infra.
• Drive automation to reduce toil and improve efficiency.
• Build dashboards and data pipelines to monitor performance.
• Establish KPIs for reliability and scalability.
• Serve as thought leader for edge operations aligned with goals.

Skills

Networking basics

Kubernetes admin

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

GCP/AWS

Monitoring tools

Automation

Leadership

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

New Relic

CI/CD tooling

Job description

• Chicago, IL

Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Google Distributed Cloud Edge (Edge SRE)

Location: Hybrid – Chicago, IL (preferred)

Employment Type: W2, Contract to Hire, Direct Hire

Overview

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Edge Site Reliability Engineer (Edge SRE) to lead the design, automation, and operations of Google Distributed Cloud Edge (GDCE) environments. This role combines deep expertise in cloud-native platforms, networking, and automation with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability at the edge. The ideal candidate thrives in complex, distributed systems and is experienced at bridging platform engineering with application, network, and security teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement automation principles for edge compute provisioning and application deployments.
• Design and optimize intelligent caching, traffic steering, and edge routing strategies to reduce latency and maximize performance.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement DDoS protection, bot mitigation, and secure TLS termination policies.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks (real-time + historical) for latency, traffic, and system health.
• Lead incident response efforts, including root cause analysis and blameless post-mortems.
• Partner with application, network, security, and platform teams to ensure edge systems integrate seamlessly with core infrastructure.
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve system efficiency.
• Build tools, dashboards, and data pipelines to monitor service performance and identify bottlenecks.
• Establish and champion KPIs that measure reliability, scalability, and overall success of the edge practice.
• Serve as a thought leader in advancing edge operations aligned with business goals.

Skills & Qualifications

• Strong expertise in networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, DNS) and carrier-grade environments.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Proven background in GCP (preferred) and/or AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Deep experience in monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, New Relic, etc.).
• Demonstrated success driving automation and tooling initiatives to improve reliability and reduce toil.
• Prior experience guiding or leading Operations/SRE teams in large-scale, multinational environments.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.