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Site Reliability Engineer - Sr

Horizontal Talent · Mendota Heights, MN · 3 wk ago
RemoteRemoteEngineering$67–$103/hrContract

About the role

Join a team focused on keeping cloud-based digital commerce services reliable, secure, and high-performing. This Sr. Site Reliability Engineer role offers the opportunity to strengthen monitoring, automation, and incident response across Kubernetes-based applications running in Azure.

Responsibilities

  • Support the reliability, availability, performance, and efficiency of cloud services and supporting infrastructure
  • Design, implement, and improve Site Reliability Engineering practices for cloud products and services
  • Build and enhance monitoring that detects symptoms early and helps prevent service disruptions
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes-based applications and services running in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Collaborate with DevOps, security, architecture, infrastructure, network, and development teams to resolve cross-functional issues
  • Analyze key performance indicators and telemetry to identify trends, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
  • Automate and strengthen operational processes to improve resilience, scalability, and security
  • Document processes, findings, and supporting materials to improve clarity and team knowledge sharing
  • Participate in compliance and regulatory activities as needed

Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, operations engineering, or a related technical role
  • 2+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a similar cloud-native environment
  • Hands-on experience supporting cloud-based web applications in Microsoft Azure
  • Strong knowledge of monitoring infrastructure, application uptime, latency, and performance in distributed systems
  • Experience building or improving CI/CD pipelines
  • Solid troubleshooting skills across cloud and systems environments
  • Working knowledge of systems, storage, networking, security, and databases
  • Experience with version control tools such as Git, SVN, or CVS
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with observability and monitoring tools in Kubernetes environments, especially AKS
  • Familiarity with monitoring solutions such as Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights
  • Experience creating alerting strategies based on proactive, symptom-driven thresholds
  • Background in performance analysis using telemetry and monitoring data
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement and service reliability

Benefits

competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $67 - $103 per hour based on qualifications and experience.

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