SRE Engineer: GitOps, Cloud Optimization (Temp, Raleigh)

Caterpillar; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 73,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible schedule

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Caterpillar in Raleigh, NC seeks a Site Reliability Engineer for a temporary role. You’ll configure IaC across staging and production, optimize GitOps workflows, and help trim cloud costs. Must have 4+ years Docker experience and mentor mid-level teammates. The role emphasizes collaboration, trust, and growth in a fast-paced environment.

Pay ranges from $73,000 to $102,000 annually with a flexible temporary schedule and structured mentorship to support your career progression.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Docker reps, not just Docker exposure.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates.
• Mid-level fluency in Stress Management, with GitOps on your roadmap.
• Comfort steering technology conversations toward a decision.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Translate a napkin idea from Caterpillar founders into a GitOps innovative prototype
• Refactor the technology module Caterpillar has been afraid to touch
• Trim Caterpillar's cloud bill by right-sizing the Python infrastructure in Raleigh, NC
• Build the GitOps tooling that makes every other Raleigh engineer faster
• Trace a technology number back through Active Listening services until it finally adds up
• Keep the Load Balancing build pipeline green so Raleigh deploys never wait on a red light

Skills

Docker

GitOps

Mentoring

Stress Management

Decision Making

Tools

Docker

Job description

Caterpillar in Raleigh, NC seeks a Site Reliability Engineer for a temporary role. You’ll configure IaC across staging and production, optimize GitOps workflows, and help trim cloud costs. Must have 4+ years Docker experience and mentor mid-level teammates. The role emphasizes collaboration, trust, and growth in a fast-paced environment.

Pay ranges from $73,000 to $102,000 annually with a flexible temporary schedule and structured mentorship to support your career progression.