Site Reliability Engineer

SRE Opportunity at National HPC Facility

Hybrid — Berkeley, CA 1 Year Contract Assignment with possibility of extension based on performance and organizational needs. $80/hr

Ever wondered what powers breakthrough research in energy, physics, materials science, and chemistry? You're looking at it. This national HPC facility supports 11,000+ scientists pushing the boundaries of what's possible, and we need a sharp, self-motivated SRE to help keep that engine running without interruption. If you love solving real problems on live infrastructure, thrive on ownership, and want your work to directly enable world-class science, this is your seat.

What You'll Own

• Monitor and triage alerts across compute, storage, network, and facility systems in real time
• Build automation that prevents issues before they become outages
• Develop new tools and integrations across the monitoring pipeline (APIs → alerts → action)
• Walk the data center floor to keep power, cooling, and environmental systems humming
• Coordinate maintenance activities across teams and keep incidents accurately tracked
• Dig into complex, ambiguous problems and drive them to resolution

What You Bring

• Comfort working Owl shift (12am–8am), 5 days/week, hybrid onsite in Berkeley, CA
• Solid Linux/command-line (SSH) chops
• Programming/scripting experience: Python, C, C++, Perl, or Java
• A self-starter mindset, eager to pick up Kubernetes, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Alertmanager, and building management/cooling systems
• Network security fundamentals (ACLs, firewalls)
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills

Nice to Have

• Experience building or deploying Agentic AI / autonomous automation for technical workflows
• ServiceNow implementation experience
• ITSM best-practice know-how