Site Reliability Engineer

Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer.* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience or higher in a technology related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) required; Master's degree a plus

• 5+ years of hands-on experience deploying and/or supporting highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale
• 1-2 years of experience in Cloud development (AWS) and migration skills; Experience with building and operating highly resilient platforms in AWS cloud environments
• 2-4 years of experience in software development with Python, NodeJS, or Java with a focus on SDLC and automation
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration, preferably with Kubernetes
• Experience operating and implementing distributed & highly concurrent service-based
• Ability to automate with various scripting languages (Python, Shell scripting, etc.)
• Experience managing systems using infrastructure as code tools (IAM, ARM, Terraform, Chef)
• Solid understanding of Cloud Computing and DevOps concepts including CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on Kubernetes skills and knowledge
• Hands on experience with one or more observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, etc.)
• Experienced in Instrumentation with systems skills on building and operating, monitoring, logging, alerting services of distributed systems at scale
• Proven experience in maintaining scalability and resiliency of complex environment
• Proven experience in implementing advanced observability practices and techniques at scale
• Demonstrated ability to apply modern monitoring tools (DataDog, Prometheus, Splunk, etc,)
• Ability to triage, complete root cause analysis, and be decisive under pressure
• Experience managing and interpreting large datasets using query languages and visualization tools
• Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner and build and maintain effective relationships