Site Reliability Engineer

Apex Systems; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

ESPP

HSA

EAP with counseling

Certification discounts

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems in Chicago seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on enterprise backup, cyber recovery, and platform resiliency. You will architect highly available, secure recovery capabilities and drive automation across on-prem, cloud, and SaaS environments.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in backup or SRE, strong IaC experience with Ansible/Terraform/Python, and a track record of improving incident response and recovery testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 7+ years in backup engineering or SRE roles.
• Experience with enterprise backup platforms.
• Experience with cyber recovery architectures.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain highly available enterprise platforms using SRE principles.
• Design, implement, and administer backup and recovery solutions across on-prem, cloud, and SaaS.
• Develop IaC automation using Ansible, Terraform, and Python.
• Implement proactive monitoring and observability for backup and cyber recovery platforms.
• Plan and execute cyber recovery exercises and isolated recovery testing.
• Collaborate with Cyber Security, Infrastructure, and App Development teams.

Skills

Backup Engineering

Cyber Recovery

SRE Principles

IaC Automation

Observability & Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

CI/CD

Job description

Location: Chicago, Illinois (Partial Remote)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly technical Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with deep expertise in enterprise backup engineering, cyber recovery, and platform resiliency. This role will be responsible for engineering highly available, secure, and automated recovery capabilities that protect the organization against operational failures, ransomware, and other cyber threats. The ideal candidate combines SRE principles with extensive experience in designing and operating enterprise backup platforms, immutable storage, and recovery orchestration.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain highly available, resilient enterprise platforms using SRE principles.
• Design, implement, and administer enterprise backup and recovery solutions across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS platforms.
• Design and implement enterprise cyber recovery solutions including air-gapped recovery vaults and isolated recovery environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Recovery as Code automation using tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Python.
• Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and observability for backup and cyber recovery platforms.
• Plan and execute cyber recovery exercises, including clean room validation and full isolated recovery testing.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent corrective actions for incidents.
• Collaborate with Cyber Security, Infrastructure, and Application Development teams on resilience strategies.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Experience

• 7+ years in Backup Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• 5+ years designing enterprise backup solutions.
• 3+ years supporting cyber recovery architectures.
• Experience implementing SRE principles within enterprise infrastructure environments.
• A strong understanding of distributed systems and high availability architectures.

Technical Skills

• Backup Technologies: Experience with one or more: Cohesity, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Data Domain, Dell Cyber Recovery, Rubrik, Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, or Veeam.
• Cyber Recovery: Experience designing and operating air-gapped vaults, immutable backups, isolated recovery environments (IRE), and recovery orchestration.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform, including cloud-native backup and hybrid cloud resiliency.
• Infrastructure: VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Linux, Windows Server, Active Directory, and enterprise storage platforms.
• Automation: Ansible, Terraform, Python, PowerShell, Bash, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Observability: Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK Stack, or ServiceNow.
• Security Knowledge: Zero Trust architecture, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Controls, encryption, and Identity and Access Management (IAM).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience supporting GSIB cyber resiliency programs.
• Knowledge of regulatory expectations from agencies such as the Federal Reserve, OCC, or FFIEC.
• Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing.
• Familiarity with SRE tooling and reliability metrics.
• Experience implementing AI-assisted operations (AIOps) and predictive analytics.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.

Company Culture

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

Disability Accommodations

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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