Site Reliability / Production Engineer

GCS Recruitment; Cherry Hill Township (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment Specialists is seeking a Site Reliability / Production Engineer to support production software systems, focusing on troubleshooting, monitoring, automation, deployment, and ensuring reliability and release readiness.

The role collaborates with QA and Software Engineers, builds automation for deployment and infrastructure in cloud and virtual environments, and drives continuous improvement of operations and release processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 3–6 years in a related engineering, systems, or operations role.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Jenkins and CI.
• Experience with Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
• Experience with GitHub, including branching and tagging.
• Experience with systems and IT operations.
• Experience managing applications across virtual and cloud infrastructures.
• AWS and OpenStack experience preferred.
• Strong scripting and coding background.
• Familiarity with open-source technologies and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve production software issues.
• Develop and maintain monitoring solutions.
• Automate deployment and infrastructure processes.
• Support design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical systems.
• Establish standards and procedures for measuring product quality and release readiness.
• Recommend improvements to testing techniques and operational processes.
• Automate application deployment and infrastructure processes.
• Provision and manage applications in virtual and cloud environments.
• Partner closely with QA and Software Engineers in an operational capacity.
• Support continuous delivery of critical applications and systems.
• Work with deployment, network operations, systems administration, scripting, and coding.

Skills

Scripting

Coding

Open-source familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

GitHub

Job description

Site Reliability / Production Engineer

We're seeking a Production Engineer with strong experience supporting software systems in production environments. This position focuses on troubleshooting, monitoring, automation, deployment, and maintaining the reliability and release readiness of critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve production software issues
• Develop and maintain monitoring solutions
• Perform software maintenance and implement solutions to production issues
• Support the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical systems
• Establish standards and procedures for measuring product quality and release readiness
• Recommend improvements to testing techniques and operational processes
• Automate application deployment and infrastructure processes
• Provision and manage applications in virtual and cloud environments
• Partner closely with QA and Software Engineers in an operational capacity
• Support continuous delivery of critical applications and systems
• Work with deployment, network operations, systems administration, scripting, and coding

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
• 3-6 years of experience in a related engineering, systems, infrastructure, or operations role
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Jenkins and continuous integration
• Experience with Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Experience with GitHub, including branching and tagging
• Experience with systems and IT operations
• Experience managing applications across virtual and cloud infrastructures
• AWS and OpenStack experience preferred
• Strong scripting and coding background
• Familiarity with open-source technologies and automation tools

This opportunity is well suited for candidates who have progressed from systems administration, infrastructure, or software engineering into production-focused engineering and automation.