Site Reliability Engineer

JCPenney; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 88,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Flexible remote options

Job summary

JCPenney in Saint Paul, MN is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to own reliability initiatives across staging and production. You will work on Istio, Go incident handling, and guardrails in PostgreSQL while aligning with the team.

The role emphasizes hands-on ownership, modern tech practices, and a willingness to relocate or work onsite. Expect to contribute to Terraform migrations and GitOps workflows, with flexible remote options.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of MN-specific regulations relevant to technology work.
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards.
• Willingness to relocate or work on-site in Saint Paul, MN.
• 3+ years of OpenShift reps, not just exposure.

Responsibilities

• Catch the flexible Istio regression in staging before it reaches Saint Paul customers.
• Drive the Go incident postmortem that stops the Saint Paul outage from recurring.
• Translate technology compliance rules into PostgreSQL guardrails baked into the build.
• Stitch Process Improvement events into the Persuasion pipeline feeding JCPenney's technology reports.
• Lead the Terraform Associate migration that finally retires JCPenney's empathy-led legacy stack.
• Pair Process Improvement and GitOps in a pipeline JCPenney can extend without your help later.

Tools

OpenShift

Job description

If clean APIs give you a small private thrill, the Site Reliability Engineer role at JCPenney in Saint Paul, MN was practically written for you. The reward structure favors doers: $88,000 - $123,000 upfront, real technology ownership, and a JCPenney team pulling the same direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Catch the flexible Istio regression in staging before it ever reaches Saint Paul customers
• Drive the Go incident postmortem that stops the Saint Paul outage from recurring
• Translate technology compliance rules into PostgreSQL guardrails baked into the build
• Stitch Process Improvement events into the Persuasion pipeline feeding JCPenney's technology reports
• Lead the Terraform Associate migration that finally retires JCPenney's empathy-led legacy stack
• Pair Process Improvement and GitOps in a pipeline JCPenney can extend without your help later

What You'll Bring

• Knowledge of MN-specific regulations relevant to technology work
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• Prior experience working on-site in Saint Paul, MN, or willingness to relocate
• 3+ years of OpenShift reps, not just OpenShift exposure
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire

The trust-based culture at JCPenney is what keeps our Saint Paul, MN team building remarkable things together. We build psychological safety the boring way: by actually following through on what we say.

In return for your Process Improvement expertise, you'll earn $88,000 - $123,000 along with 401(k) matching and flexible remote options.

Right now we are scheduling first-round calls for Saint Paul, MN-based candidates.