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.