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About the role
Kforce has a client seeking a remote Senior Site Reliability Engineer to be a l be a leading member of the team working with a diverse range of technologies. You will enjoy working in a friendly environment and benefit from our investment in staff. The role also requires On-Call rotation for off peak hours to maintain 24/7, 365 system availability.
Main Responsibilities:
Delivery of resilient application stacks via "Infrastructure as Code" and other DevOps practices
Monitoring and on-going support of critical, high revenue business applications
Diagnosis and resolution of complex system and application issues
Working with diverse technical and non-technical teams, including Development, QA, IT Operations, Customer Operations and Project Management teams
Write and maintain systems/application documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
BSc Engineering/Computer Science or relevant experience
5+ years of SRE experience
Proven background working in a technical, IT related position
Experience with Configuration Management tools - e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef or equivalents
Professional experience of working within the public cloud - Azure, AWS or GCP
Hands-on experience of Linux and Windows server including support and troubleshooting
System and application monitoring - e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Cloudwatch, etc.
Familiarity with common source control tools - e.g. Git, SVN
Cloud Architecture and system design to solve key business problems and facilitate team goals
Strong and enthusiastic technologist, able to demonstrate a broad technical knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to act as a point of expertise, advise others in the team on best practices and impart knowledge
Desirable:
Azure/AWS certifications
Experience with use of orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible or CloudFormation
Experience migrating application from on-premises to public cloud
Familiarity with Blue-Green deployment methodologies
Continuous Integration/Delivery such as Gitlab or Jenkins
Experience working with containerized workloads such as Docker
Familiarity with Log Management tools e.g. - Elastic Stack, Graylog or Splunk
Experience working with an enterprise RDBMS such as MySQL and/or Microsoft SQL Server
Knowledge of change control and associated procedures
Use of Secret Management services e.g. - Hashicorp Vault
Familiarity with any high-level programming language
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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