SRE/DevOps Engineer

Advanced Tech Placement; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Tech Placement is seeking a hands-on SRE/DevOps Engineer to advance enterprise infrastructure and platform modernization initiatives. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, integrate AI tools like Claude, and automate deployments across AWS and Kubernetes environments.

The role emphasizes practical problem solving over leadership, with a focus on rolling up sleeves and delivering reliable, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• This is not a leadership or management role.
• The ideal candidate enjoys rolling up their sleeves and solving complex technical problems.
• The manager specifically wants engineers already incorporating AI into their daily development process—not someone simply familiar with AI concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting enterprise applications.
• Improve software delivery through DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering best practices.
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives.
• Assist with AWS cloud infrastructure deployments and automation.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to improve deployment reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Utilize AI‑powered developer tools (such as Claude) to improve engineering productivity and software development workflows.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, application deployment, networking, and automation issues.
• Support containerized applications running within Kubernetes/EKS environments.
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate manual operational processes.

Skills

SRE experience

CI/CD

Python

AWS

IaC

Kubernetes/EKS

AI tooling

Prompt engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Git

CI/CD platforms

Maven

Job description

We are looking for a SRE/DevOps Engineer. A highly technical, hands‑on engineer to join a critical engineering organization supporting enterprise infrastructure and platform modernization initiatives. This role involves solving complex technical problems, automating infrastructure, and improving development efficiency through modern DevOps practices and AI‑enabled tooling.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting enterprise applications.
• Improve software delivery through DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering best practices.
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives.
• Assist with AWS cloud infrastructure deployments and automation.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to improve deployment reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Utilize AI‑powered developer tools (such as Claude) to improve engineering productivity and software development workflows.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, application deployment, networking, and automation issues.
• Support containerized applications running within Kubernetes/EKS environments.
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate manual operational processes.

Requirements:

• This is not a leadership or management role.
• The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves and solving complex technical problems.
• The manager specifically wants engineers already incorporating AI into their daily development process—not someone simply familiar with AI concepts.

Required Skills:

DevOps / SRE:

• Strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience
• CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance

Programming:

Python (primary development language)

CI/CD Tools:

• Experience with one or more: Jenkins, Maven, Git, CI/CD automation platforms

Cloud:

• AWS
• Cloud infrastructure fundamentals

Infrastructure:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Server administration concepts
• Basic networking knowledge

AI Tools:

• Hands‑on experience using AI development tools such as Claude
• AI productivity tools
• Prompt engineering for software engineering workflows