Site Reliability Engineer

Civic Engagement Corp; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 67,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Civic Engagement Corp in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to own reliability across our stack. The role blends hands-on work with collaboration, aiming to strengthen uptime during launch spikes and improve our deployment processes.

You’ll work with AWS, Docker, and ArgoCD, receive mentorship, and grow technically in a team that values craft and work-life balance in Alabama. This mid-level position is active and aligned with our Birmingham chapter.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS in hybrid environments.
• Proficient in Docker and ArgoCD.
• Ability to mentor and collaborate with team members.

Responsibilities

• Tune disaster recovery caching to ensure Birmingham launch spike resilience.
• Resolve ArgoCD integration issues causing events to drop at midnight.
• Lead the migration of the Critical Thinking stack to retire legacy systems.
• Improve AL retention metrics through reliable and measurable performance wins.
• Document the ArgoCD system to enable quick onboarding.

Skills

Reliability

Team collaboration

Mentorship

Tools

AWS

Docker

ArgoCD

Job description

Somewhere between the whiteboard sketch and the green deploy badge is the Site Reliability Engineer role we're opening in Birmingham, AL. This mid-level role pairs a $67,000 - $102,000 salary with hands-on ownership, a collaborative team, and clear opportunities to level up.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune Disaster Recovery caching so Civic Engagement Corp survives the Birmingham launch spike on the same hardware
• Chase down the ArgoCD integration that silently drops Civic Engagement Corp events at midnight
• Lead the Critical Thinking migration that finally retires Civic Engagement Corp's innovative legacy stack
• Land Interpersonal Skills performance wins Civic Engagement Corp can measure in AL retention numbers
• Document the ArgoCD system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks

What You'll Bring

• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• Practical AWS skills sharpened in a hybrid setting
• Fluency across AWS and Docker, with strong opinions on both
• Hands-on command of ArgoCD, with AWS as a close second

Long before technology was fashionable, Civic Engagement Corp was already solving it for businesses scattered across AL. Respect for your craft and your life outside it sits at the core of how Civic Engagement Corp operates.

You get $67,000 - $102,000, a robust benefits suite, and hands-on mentorship aimed at making you a stronger technology professional.

This opening was refreshed recently and remains an active priority for the team.

Your Docker story isn't finished, and the next chapter might be a Site Reliability Engineer role here.