Our trusted client, a fortune 50 financial services firm is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II for a long term contract.

Target Pay Rate: $70.00 (Chicago) /$66.73 (Richmond and Chandler)

Contract Type: W2 Only - we can not work with 1099/c2c/third parties

Length of initial contract: 12- 18 months

Locations: Chicago, IL, Richmond, VA, or Chandler, AZ

Hybrid 3 days a week in office, 2 WFH

Top 3-5 must have skillsets:

• On-premises experience along with external cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• AKS/EKS and Rancher/RKE experience

• Strong experience with monitoring tools ex: Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus

• Strong knowledge and experience with OpenShift/container/Kubernetes

• Looking for someone who can manage applications on the container platform but also has strong automation experience and platform management.

This role will sit more on the operations side of the business.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure reliability and support of the Container Platform across on-prem and external clouds (Azure, AWS, Google).

• Monitor and troubleshoot performance, connectivity, and security issues in the Container platform, including Openshift, Rancher (RKE), and Azure (AKS) environments.

• Perform deep dives into systemic and latent reliability issues, managing incidents and problems effectively.

• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.

• Conduct blameless Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and collaborate with engineering and operations teams to roll out fixes.

• Provide troubleshooting support throughout the lifecycle of applications on the container platform, including application onboarding.

• Identify and drive opportunities for automation to reduce toil and improve operational excellence.

• Collaborate with risk and compliance teams to ensure visibility, implement controls, and remediate vulnerabilities.

• Ensure resiliency during implementation and work with engineering teams to identify and fix resiliency issues.

• Act as a key stakeholder in the design of cloud services, working closely with architecture, engineering, and product teams.

• Participate in 24x7 on-call coverage following a "follow the sun" model.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving systems, or equivalent practical experience.

• Minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting Kubernetes / Openshift / RKE / EKS Container platforms.

• Proficiency in Python, Ansible, Golang, and shell scripting.

• Kubernetes, Openshift, and Terraform certifications are a plus.

• Strong experience with major services related to Compute, Storage, Network, and Security.

• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Dynatrace, and cloud-native tools such as Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

• Strong understanding and experience working with complex IAM infrastructures, including Active Directory, Azure AD Connect, Azure AD, and Ping Identity or other SSO solutions.

• Advanced knowledge of Linux OS, DNS, DHCP, Kerberos, and Windows Authentication.

• Experience with CI/CD tools like Git/Jenkins and the GitOps model.

• Excellent understanding of Linux/Windows operating systems administration.

• Experience in container security and vulnerability remediation.

• Systematic problem-solving approach with a strong sense of ownership and drive.

• Ability to juggle competing priorities and adapt to changes in project scope.

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation).

• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team with direct responsibilities.

• Experience with Openshift, RKE, and CSP Kubernetes services such as AKS and EKS.

• Experience with Terraform, ArgoCD, Tekton, and K-native technologies.

• Familiarity with agile deployment methodologies (GitOps) and various container runtimes.

• Understanding of the operator deployment pattern.

• Experience working in a highly available multi-datacenter environment.

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Splunk, Dynatrace, Sysdig, or similar tools.

• Understanding of cost management, inventory management, and the FinOps model.

If this is a role that interests you and you’d like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

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