Site Reliability Engineer - SRE

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Engineering Focused Dallas, TX (Hybrid/Onsite as required) Contract‑to‑Hire About the Role We are building an engineering‑first Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to support a large, enterprise application ecosystem. This is not a traditional production support role. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer who is excited to apply engineering principles to reliability, automation, observability, and resiliency at scale. You will work as part of a growing SRE organization that supports 45+ applications across multiple engineering teams. The goal of this team is to reduce incident resolution time, improve system resiliency, and build automation and observability as code. What You’ll Be Doing Act as an engineering‑focused SRE supporting a broad application portfolio Participate in incident investigation and resolution by debugging code and systems directly Build automation tools, scripts, and services to reduce manual effort and operational toil Develop observability as code, monitoring patterns, and reusable SRE frameworks Create and maintain runbooks, playbooks, and operational documentation Analyze application behavior, reliability gaps, and resiliency patterns Partner with application engineering teams to proactively improve reliability Contribute to greenfield SRE initiatives (automation, tooling, and patterns built from scratch) First 90 Days – What Success Looks Like Actively involved in alerts and incident response Ownership of select applications while remaining flexible during cross‑app incidents Delivery of: Initial automation scripts/services Runbooks and playbooks Process improvements and tooling enhancements Demonstrated understanding of system behavior, failure modes, and remediation paths Required Qualifications Strong software engineering background (not support‑only SRE experience) Enterprise engineering experience (strong candidates with ~3 years preferred) Hands‑on experience writing, debugging, and maintaining production‑quality code Proficiency in: Java (Spring ecosystem) Python Experience building automation and backend services Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP acceptable) Comfortable working across many applications and problem domains Ability to ramp quickly with limited onboarding runway Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have Experience with: Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps practices Observability platforms and monitoring tools Resiliency engineering concepts Frontend familiarity (lightweight UI work; no specific framework required) Exposure to AI tools or automation (not required) SRE tooling and observability platforms can be trained. Strong engineering fundamentals are non‑negotiable. Disclaimer: Brooksource, Medasource, and Calculated Hire are part of the Eight Eleven Group family of companies and operate under Eight Eleven Group, LLC. All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment. EEO: We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Benefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc. Pay Disclaimer: The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Pay: $35.00 - $40.00 per hour Benefits: Dental insurance Health insurance Vision insurance Work Location: Hybrid remote in Fort Worth, TX 76155