Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Apex Systems; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Training & certifications

ESPP

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for Pennington, NJ onsite contract to design, build, and support tooling, automation frameworks, and observability for mission‑critical services. You will collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to improve service reliability, reduce operational risk, and drive incident response and post‑mortem practices.

Requires strong Linux, Python, scripting skills, and experience with monitoring platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC

Qualifications

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency in Python, Shell scripting, or other automation languages.
• Experience developing tooling, automation frameworks, or engineering utilities.
• Hands-on experience with observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Understanding of database technologies including MySQL, MongoDB, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with Node.js.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support tooling, automation frameworks, and observability capabilities.
• Partner with application development and infrastructure engineering teams to improve service reliability and reduce operational risk.
• Drive SRE best practices and enhance platform observability.
• Develop solutions to reduce manual effort and increase service resilience.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards.
• Participate in incident management, production support, and root cause analysis.
• Integrate systems through APIs and service interfaces.

Skills

Linux administration

Python

Shell scripting

Automation tooling

Dynatrace

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

CI/CD

MySQL

MongoDB

Node.js

Troubleshooting

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Job#: 3051796
Job Description:

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location: Pennington, New Jersey (Onsite)

Employment Type: Contract

Contract Duration: 08 Months

Role Overview

This role is focused on designing, developing, and supporting the tooling, automation frameworks, and observability capabilities that enable teams to operate critical business services at scale. The successful candidate will help drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices, improve operational workflows, enhance platform observability, and develop solutions that reduce manual effort while increasing service reliability and resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support tooling, automation frameworks, and observability capabilities.


• Partner with application development and infrastructure engineering teams to improve service reliability and reduce operational risk.


• Drive SRE best practices and enhance platform observability.


• Develop solutions to reduce manual effort and increase service resilience.


• Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards.


• Participate in incident management, production support, and root cause analysis.


• Integrate systems through APIs and service interfaces.

Required Qualifications

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.


• Proficiency in Python, Shell scripting, or other automation languages.


• Experience developing tooling, automation frameworks, or engineering utilities.


• Hands-on experience with observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus.


• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.


• Understanding of database technologies including MySQL, MongoDB, or similar platforms.


• Familiarity with Node.js.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) organization.


• Hands-on experience defining and implementing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.


• Experience with reliability engineering, resiliency assessments, and operational readiness reviews.


• Kubernetes and OpenShift experience.


• Infrastructure as Code experience using tools such as Terraform or Ansible.


• Experience developing self-service platforms and engineering productivity tools.


• Knowledge of observability standards including OpenTelemetry.


• Experience operating within large-scale, high-availability financial services environments.

Work Environment

This position has a hybrid work model. The role requires being in the office four days per week for the first six months. Afterward, the schedule transitions to three days in the office and two days remote.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. 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.

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. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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.

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Everforth Apex 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. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.