Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Optomi

Fort Worth, Arlington (TX, TX)

Hybrid

USD 89,544 - 103,320

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading tech solutions firm is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for a 6-month contract based in Fort Worth, Texas. This role involves enhancing infrastructure, improving system performance, and optimizing cost-effectiveness in a hybrid work setting. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes, along with strong analytical skills. Competitive pay range of $65-$75/hr offered.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or DevOps Engineer.
Proven track record of delivering highly available systems.
Deep expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS.

Responsibilities

Identify performance improvements in system availability and scalability.
Collaborate with software engineering and DevOps teams.
Monitor system performance using Datadog.

Skills

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Observability tools

Analytical skills

Tools

Datadog

Terraform

Ansible

Argo CD

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Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

*6-month contract with extensions*

Hybrid: 4x a week onsite in Plano, TX

Optomi, in partnership with our premier client in the manufacturing industry, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join a dynamic and fast-paced engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale, microservice-based systems, ensuring high availability, and implementing best practices in reliability engineering. This role involves close collaboration with development and operations teams to enhance infrastructure, improve system performance, and optimize cost-effectiveness.

Responsibilities:

Proactively identify performance improvements in responsiveness, availability, and scalability.
Establish and drive adoption of best practices in observability, monitoring, and incident response.
Lead incident response efforts and perform post-mortem analyses to prevent recurrence.
Collaborate with Software Engineering and DevOps teams to design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable systems using Kubernetes, Docker, and Istio.
Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues using tools like Datadog.
Implement and tune Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPAs) for efficient resource utilization.
Develop and maintain automation for deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
Support GitOps-based deployment strategies using Argo CD.
Implement deployment strategies such as A/B testing, canary deployments, and traffic mirroring.
Mentor junior engineers and foster team knowledge sharing.
Coordinate with global SRE teams to support effective on-call rotations.
Utilize Helm for application deployment and configuration management.
Implement and manage cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS services including Load Balancers and routing for high-traffic systems.
Participate in on-call rotations and provide production system support.

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Software Engineer in production environments.
Proven track record of delivering highly available and scalable systems.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
Deep expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, and Istio.
Advanced knowledge of AWS infrastructure and services.
Experience with Argo CD and GitOps deployment practices.
Proficiency in observability tools such as Datadog, ELK, Grafana, AppDynamics, or Prometheus.
Experience implementing progressive delivery techniques (A/B, Canary, Blue/Green, traffic mirroring).
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
Experience delegating tasks and mentoring junior team members.
Excellent understanding of system interdependencies and holistic architecture.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
High level of organization, independence, and attention to detail.
Bonus: Proficiency in Golang or Rust.

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