Site Reliability Engineer

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:Hybrid (50-75% on site)We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join a large‑scale enterprise infrastructure organization within the financial services industry. This team is responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and resilience of thousands of production systems supporting critical business functions.This role blends systems engineering, software development, and operations excellence, with a strong emphasis on automation, infrastructure as code, observability, and incident response. You will work in a highly collaborative SRE environment focused on building reliability into platforms rather than reacting to failures and work towards driving operations excellence, automation, and resiliency at scale. The role focuses on building reliable services through infrastructure as code, observability, and chaos testing while guiding developers and improving production insights. The Production Services team supports a broad application portfolio with follow-the-sun on-call rotation and delivers platform, application, batch, cloud, UI, middle tier, database, mainframe, release, and performance engineering services.Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.Rate: $60.00 to $65.00/hr. w2 Responsibilities:Design, build, and operate highly available, resilient infrastructure at enterprise scaleDrive automation-first solutions across operations, incident management, and environment managementSupport production systems through a roster‑based on‑call rotation (follow‑the‑sun model)Lead and participate in incident response, triage, and root cause analysis under pressureImplement and enhance observability solutions including monitoring, logging, metrics, and alertingBuild and maintain infrastructure as code for cloud and platform servicesPartner closely with application and platform teams to provide production insights and developer guidanceContinuously improve system reliability using resiliency engineering, chaos testing, and performance engineering practices Experience Requirements:5+ years of experience supporting or building large‑scale, multi‑tiered distributed systems1–2 years of cloud development or cloud migration experience2–4 years of software development experience with a focus on automation and SDLC practicesPrior on‑call experience supporting production systems and running incidentsStrong SRE, systems engineering, or software engineering backgroundHands‑on experience with AWS cloud environments (EKS preferred); Azure (AKS) experience is a plusSolid Kubernetes experience in production environmentsExperience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, IAM, or ARMProficiency in automation and scripting (Python, Shell scripting, Node.js, JavaScript, or Java)CI/CD pipeline experience using tools such as Jenkins and GroovyProven experience supporting distributed, highly concurrent, service‑based architecturesHands‑on experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry, or SplunkExperience managing and analyzing large datasets, metrics, and logs to improve system reliabilityDemonstrated ability to maintain scalability and resiliency in complex environmentsWhat Sets You ApartStrong systems‑thinking mindset with a passion for reliability and automationComfortable operating in high‑pressure production environmentsExcellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non‑technical partnersProven ability to learn new tools and practices and introduce them effectively to engineering teamsCollaborative approach to working with diverse teams across locations and time zones Education Requirements:Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field or equivalent experience. Master’s degree is a plus.Recruitment Transparency NoticeEliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screeningand hiringprocess. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (View email address on click.appcast.io, View phone number on click.appcast.io) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. 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The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:· When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.· Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please View email address on click.appcast.io Eliassen Group:Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. 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