Site Reliability Engineer

Bank of America; Aberdeen (SD); On-site; USD 88,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America in Aberdeen, SD is seeking a senior Site Reliability Engineer for a contract role focused on clean, performant Terraform code in production. Expect an $88,000–$133,000 headline with a mentor, growth path, and autonomy to shape your week.

You will own Terraform work, ensure observability quality, and push safe changes across AWS. This role emphasizes rapid, reliable delivery within a fast-paced team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Terraform experience in production environments.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into plain English for non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort defending recommendations in front of skeptics.
• Demonstrated track record delivering in contract roles.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Spot Terraform ownership anti-patterns during code reviews.
• Uphold code quality through reviews that educate and catch issues.
• Safely push AWS Solutions Architect changes behind feature flags for Aberdeen deployments.
• Prototype Terraform PoCs quickly to enable quick yes/no decisions.
• Ensure staging mirrors production across environments.
• Decompose the monolith into deployable Kafka services for Aberdeen, SD.
• Prototype solutions for emerging technology requirements.

Skills

Terraform expertise

Communication

Decision making under pressure

Delivery in contract structure

Detail orientation

Deadlines focus

Cross-environment thinking

Job description

If you love writing clean, performant Terraform code that runs in production, this contract role in Aberdeen, SD was made for you. Set the $88,000 - $133,000 aside a moment and the technology ownership alone makes this Bank of America job worth a serious look.

Key Responsibilities

• Spot the ownership-driven Terraform anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Bank of America
• Guard the Attention to Detail codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Push AWS Solutions Architect changes safely behind flags so Aberdeen, SD rollbacks take seconds
• Spike a Terraform proof of concept fast when Bank of America needs a yes-or-no answer
• Wrangle Critical Thinking config across environments so Aberdeen staging mirrors production
• Slice the customer-obsessed technology monolith into Apache Kafka services Aberdeen, SD can deploy alone
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements

What You'll Bring

• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• A track record of gloriously-unglamorous delivery in a contract structure
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Aberdeen, SD deadlines bring
• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy

Inside Bank of America's Aberdeen headquarters, a fast-paced team treats every Observability bug like a personal insult worth fixing tonight. Our Aberdeen team would rather over-communicate than leave a teammate guessing at midnight.

Beyond the $88,000 - $133,000 headline, we hand you a mentor, room to grow into senior work, and the freedom to shape your own week.

Freshly verified active, this senior Site Reliability Engineer position is accepting candidates now.

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