Senior SRE - Cloud Reliability & Observability

Capitolis; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Candescent is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer IV based in Sterling, Virginia. The ideal candidate will have 9-12 years of experience, focusing on reliability, availability, and performance for digital banking applications. Responsibilities include supporting production applications on Kubernetes and AWS, troubleshooting issues, and improving observability. Candidates must have hands-on experience with Java applications, a strong understanding of SRE practices, and excellent collaboration skills. This role is a key part of the engineering team to enhance operational performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 9-12 years of experience in a relevant role.
• Proven experience with SRE practices.
• Strong experience troubleshooting using application logs and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Support and operate production applications running on Kubernetes and AWS.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis.
• Drive continuous improvements in operational readiness.

Skills

Hands-on experience supporting Java applications in production

Strong understanding of JVM fundamentals

Experience operating Java applications on Kubernetes (EKS)

Ability to write automation and scripts (Python or any)

Strong collaboration and communication skills

Tools

AWS services (EKS, RDS/Aurora, S3, EFS, CloudWatch)

Monitoring tools

Job description

Candescent is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer IV based in Sterling, Virginia. The ideal candidate will have 9-12 years of experience, focusing on reliability, availability, and performance for digital banking applications. Responsibilities include supporting production applications on Kubernetes and AWS, troubleshooting issues, and improving observability. Candidates must have hands-on experience with Java applications, a strong understanding of SRE practices, and excellent collaboration skills. This role is a key part of the engineering team to enhance operational performance and reliability.