Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Senior DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Contract

Employment Type: 35 Week Contract

Work Location/Arrangement: Onsite Hybrid, Philadelphia, PA

Pay: Available on W2

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support digital transformation initiatives focused on cloud automation, infrastructure scalability, and system reliability.

This role will play a key part in building and enhancing SRE capabilities, partnering closely with product and operations teams to deliver high-performing, scalable, and resilient systems. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in AWS, Linux, automation, and monitoring, along with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure and automation efforts supporting digital transformation initiatives
• Design, build, and scale cloud-based infrastructure using AWS and modern DevOps practices
• Develop automation solutions using configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Design and implement monitoring and observability solutions to ensure system performance and availability
• Partner with cross-functional product and engineering teams to support SRE-related initiatives
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and release management processes
• Maintain centralized logging systems using tools such as Splunk
• Monitor and report on system performance and reliability metrics
• Contribute to the design of scalable, highly available application infrastructure
• Support deployment processes and ensure stability of online systems

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience with AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, CloudWatch)
• Strong Linux administration skills
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and release management processes
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana)
• Strong understanding of system performance, scalability, and reliability principles
• Experience working with cloud-based applications and infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming experience in Python or Ruby
• Experience scaling cloud-based applications with a focus on automation
• Familiarity with modern DevOps tools and practices for continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience supporting high-traffic or customer-facing platforms
• Exposure to performance monitoring and optimization tools
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments

Compensation

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