SRE II: Real-Time Cloud Reliability & Security (AWS/EKS)

Jobtailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced SRE/DevOps professional to provide real-time monitoring, incident triage, and secure operations across AWS and EKS platforms. You will drive remediation, automation, and compliant hardening within FedRAMP Moderate guidelines.

The role requires strong Linux expertise, scripting in Bash/Python, and hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows. You will join a rotating schedule supporting high-availability services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in SRE, DevOps, systems administration, or cloud support.
• Solid Linux administration with RHEL, Amazon Linux, and Ubuntu.
• Bash/Python scripting.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS and AWS core services.
• L4/L7 load balancing troubleshooting.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana.
• ChatOps-via-Slack experience.
• US citizenship and residence on US soil.
• Genuine availability for overnight/weekend rotational shifts.
• FedRAMP suitability in a FedRAMP Moderate-authorised environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform real-time monitoring and first-response triage across AWS Commercial/GovCloud and EKS infrastructure.
• Investigate log-level root causes in Kibana and Elasticsearch
• Perform CVE remediation and STIG hardening within FedRAMP SLA windows
• Execute and troubleshoot deployments through GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows
• Distinguish operational blips from security breaches and act accordingly
• Participate in overnight/weekend rotational operations

Skills

Real-time monitoring

Triage

SRE

Kubernetes/EKS

Linux administration

Bash/Python

Incident response

Security/compliance

Slack ChatOps

Tools

Kibana

Elasticsearch

GitLab CI/CD

ArgoCD

Argo Workflows

Prometheus

Grafana

Slack

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced SRE/DevOps professional to provide real-time monitoring, incident triage, and secure operations across AWS and EKS platforms. You will drive remediation, automation, and compliant hardening within FedRAMP Moderate guidelines.

The role requires strong Linux expertise, scripting in Bash/Python, and hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows. You will join a rotating schedule supporting high-availability services.