Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Java SRE – C2C – Hybrid (Pheonix, AZ) Job Title: Broadcast Operations Specialist / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Relevant Experience: 15+ Years Location: Hybrid (Pheonix, AZ) Duration of Assignment: 12 Months Education: Electrical Engineering or Network/System Engineering Domain: BFSI Role SRE teams are expected to provide 24 x 5 (weekdays) support covering 4 time zones: UK, HK, IN, US (East Coast) which means that SREs must participate in weekend on-call rotations, and be open to flexible working hours. Standard working is remote: 8 hours each day, 5 days per week, with 1h for lunch, exact hours to be agreed with the team lead, with flexibility to work occasionally outside of their agreed hours. The SRE will be assigned to work in one region. Flexibility is required for this role, for example they may be asked to work 08:00-17:00 or 10:00-19:00. Start times may vary across the team and will be discussed and agreed by the team lead with each SRE. On-call: SREs are expected to participate in mandatory on-call weekend rotations (2 weekend in 4). Exact dates and times to be agreed with team lead to ensure coverage across all regions, The SRE on-call is expected to acknowledge incident within 10 mins and respond appropriately. If the SRE on-call is not available for any reason, they must inform the team lead and arrange a swap with another team member, On-call hours and any extra hours worked should be taken as time off in lieu or considered as paid overtime. Additional hours: There are occasions when the team’s client requires 24/7 online support e.g., for major regulatory releases, where a separate support rotation and schedule may be required to accommodate the requirement, SREs are not required to take time off in lieu following online support, it will be treated as paid overtime. Requirements Experience as a Senior SRE in an Agile environment. Experience with Linux/Unix systems and Shell Scripting (BASH). Experience with Kubernetes (GKE on Prem). Experience with Java. Ability to program (structured and OO) with one or more high level languages, such as Python or Go. Experience with any 2 (Rust, Erlang, Haskell, OCaml, Prolong). Experience with building and managing automated CI/CD pipelines and related tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins). Experience with VMware and other virtualization platform technology. Incident support and resolutions. Experience in EBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter). Implement and enhance monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes. Automate manual tasks to boost efficiency and minimise human error. Excellent analytical skills, capable of fast decision-making using sound judgement, and not afraid to explore new ideas. Excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with customers with differing technical specializations, able to work efficiently in a high-pressure environment. Good organizational and English communication skills are required, including prioritization of multiple projects and objectives. Istio knowledge and understanding of Anthos Service Mesh. Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Datadog, Kiali). Experience on Load Balancer and reverse Proxies (Nginx Controller, Seesaw). Experience with containerisation technologies (Docker) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform). Experience of Portworx for Kubernetes Storage. Experience in confluent resources (connectors, control center, replicators). Kafka Stream Generator, KSQLDB, cluster federation, Spark Streams. Certification Required: Kubernetes GCP Job Type: Contract Pay: $80.66 - $90.40 per hour Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week Experience level: 11+ years Schedule: 8 hour shift Monday to Friday Application Question(s): Need 15+ Experience in IT Do you have 15+ Any 2 Must be known (Rust, Erlang, Haskell, OCaml, Prolong) Work Authorization (USc ,GC.EAD) Experience: SRE: 10 years (Preferred) Bash: 7 years (Preferred) Kubernetes: 8 years (Preferred) Splunk: 8 years (Preferred) JAVA: 8 years (Preferred) Ability to Relocate: Phoenix, AZ: Relocate before starting work (Required) Work Location: On the road