Site Reliability Engineer

Optomi, in partnership with an industry-leading technology organization, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their team. This individual will play a key role in driving automation, reducing operational toil, modernizing legacy platforms, and improving the reliability and delivery of critical applications and services.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions to streamline operational processes and improve engineering efficiency.
• Develop and maintain Python-based tooling and automation workflows.
• Support infrastructure as code initiatives using Terraform, including module management and version upgrades.
• Manage and secure cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on AWS services including IAM, KMS, and Secrets Manager.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Harness, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Partner with engineering teams throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to improve deployment practices and service reliability.
• Support application infrastructure including load balancers, containerized environments, and cloud-native services.
• Participate in modernization efforts, migrating legacy systems to current technologies and improving overall platform stability.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, automation standards, and operational best practices.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
• Strong Python scripting and automation experience.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, including infrastructure management and version upgrades.
• Strong AWS experience, particularly with IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using tools such as Harness, Jenkins, GitHub, or GitLab.
• Understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience supporting applications built with technologies such as Node.js or Java.
• Strong ownership mentality, communication skills, and ability to solve complex technical problems independently.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible and Chef, including migration efforts between platforms.
• Experience with container orchestration technologies including Kubernetes, ECS, Google App Engine, and related cloud-native services.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform services such as App Engine, Cloud Functions, Kubernetes, Firebase, and IAM.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools including CloudWatch, Splunk, AppDynamics, Grafana, or Elasticsearch.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Atlantis.
• Experience with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ or Google Pub/Sub.

What Makes a Strong Candidate

• Takes ownership of problems from identification through resolution.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to automate manual processes and improve system reliability.
• Communicates effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Quickly adapts to new technologies and understands the broader business impact of engineering decisions.