Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

ZipStaff Inc.; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ZipStaff Inc. is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to support large-scale enterprise applications from Scottsdale, AZ in a hybrid, contract role.

The position focuses on cloud-native operations, observability, automation, and production support across on-prem and cloud environments. You will develop automation scripts, build APM dashboards, and implement OTEL observability while participating in 24x7 on-call rotations and incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Site Reliability or related roles for large-scale apps.
• 5 years creating automation scripts and end-to-end monitoring dashboards.
• 3+ years programming in Go, Python, Java, or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Support production operations and reliability for large-scale, high-performance applications.
• Develop automation scripts and build APM dashboards to monitor end-to-end transaction journeys.
• Implement observability using OpenTelemetry (OTEL), distributed tracing, monitoring, and incident management.
• Manage containerized applications in Kubernetes environments (GKE, RKE, or AKS).
• Support cloud migration and containerization initiatives (GCP, AWS, Azure, Rancher, OpenShift, or similar).
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and meet incident-response SLAs.
• Troubleshoot distributed systems, networking, and API gateway issues.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to improve reliability, automation, and operational excellence.

Skills

Automation scripting

APM dashboards

Observability

Programming languages

Networking fundamentals

On-call rotations

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus/Grafana

Splunk

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

GKE

RKE

AKS

OpenShift

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). Location: Scottsdale / Shea, AZ (Hybrid). Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff).

About the Opportunity:

ZipStaff is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to support large-scale enterprise applications for a major healthcare organization.

This is a hybrid role based at the Shea, AZ location and focused on cloud-native operations, observability, automation, and production support across hybrid (on-premises and cloud) environments. Immediate availability is preferred.

What You’ll Do:

• Support production operations and reliability for large-scale, high-performance applications.
• Develop automation scripts and build APM dashboards to monitor end-to-end transaction journeys.
• Implement observability using OpenTelemetry (OTEL), distributed tracing, monitoring, and incident management.
• Manage containerized applications in Kubernetes environments (GKE, RKE, or AKS).
• Support cloud migration and containerization initiatives (GCP, AWS, Azure, Rancher, OpenShift, or similar).
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and meet incident-response SLAs.
• Troubleshoot distributed systems, networking, and API gateway issues.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to improve reliability, automation, and operational excellence.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Operations, or Platform Engineering supporting large-scale applications in hybrid environments.
• 5 years developing automation scripts and building APM dashboards for end-to-end transaction monitoring.
• 3+ years of hands‑on programming in one or more of: Go, Python, Java, or Rust.
• Working knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, ClickHouse, PL/SQL, or time‑series databases).
• Experience with cloud migration and containerization (GCP, AWS, Azure, Rancher, OpenShift, or similar).
• Experience managing containers in Kubernetes (GKE, RKE, or AKS).
• Strong experience implementing observability (OTEL, distributed tracing, monitoring, incident management).
• Strong networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, load balancing, service mesh).
• Experience participating in 24x7 on‑call rotations and meeting incident SLAs.
• Ability to work hybrid in Scottsdale / Shea, AZ.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing highly available, customer‑facing platforms.
• Hands‑on experience with Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Grafana, and/or Prometheus.
• Experience with CI/CD and Agile tools (Rally, Confluence, DevOps platforms).
• Knowledge of in‑memory caching, especially Redis.
• Strong troubleshooting across distributed systems and API gateways.
• Experience with Google Cloud services (GCS, Cloud SQL, Spanner, BigQuery).
• Experience supporting HashiCorp Vault.
• Exposure to Vertex AI, Generative AI, or cloud analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with GraphQL frameworks (Apollo, Prisma, or Hasura).

About ZipStaff:

ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high‑impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches and long‑term success.