Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer

Our Financial Services client is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join their team. The position is available in Charlotte, NC or Chandler, AZ for a length of 1 year or more. The pay rate is 70-75/hr. w2.

Must have required qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in Windows or Linux administration production support.

Overview:

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help develop our client's platform operations across Windows, Linux, and cloud-native environments. This role is central to our transformation from app-specific support to platform-wide reliability engineering. You will bring deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), container orchestration, and automation, enabling scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure that supports diverse applications across our enterprise.

Key responsibilities:

• Platform Reliability & Cloud Engineering
  • Ensure high availability, performance, and security of production systems across Windows, Linux, and GCP environments.
  • Engineer and support containerized workloads using Kubernetes (GKE) and Docker, enabling scalable microservices architectures.
  • Lead infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, and GCP-native tools.
• Automation & Observability
  • Develop automation scripts and pipelines to eliminate manual toil and accelerate incident response.
  • Implement observability frameworks using SLIs/SLOs, Prometheus, Grafana, and GCP Operations Suite.
  • Drive proactive monitoring, alerting, and telemetry across hybrid environments.
• Incident Management & Resilience
  • Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems.
  • Build self-healing systems and automated remediation workflows using GCP-native services and scripting.
• Security & Compliance
  • Collaborate with InfoSec to enforce hardening standards, manage vulnerabilities, and support compliance initiatives.
  • Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and container platforms using IAM, encryption, and policy enforcement.
• Collaboration & Enablement
  • Partner with developers, application owners, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, cloud-native platforms.
  • Document configurations, runbooks, and operational procedures to enable cross-team reuse and transparency.

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Shell.
• Hands-on experience with GCP services, including GKE, IAM, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Monitoring.
• Proficiency in container technologies: Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Linux system administration and hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools: Terraform, Ansible.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Windows security principles.
• Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, Security+, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI and Jenkins).
• Familiarity with ITIL practices and change management.
• Exposure to ServiceNow, load balancers, certificate management, and endpoint protection tools.
• Financial Services or highly regulated industry experience.
• Ability to be on-call over weekends and possibly holidays as needed.