Site Reliability Engineer

ORION GROUPS is a professional services firm based in McKinney, Texas that provides experienced consultants to key organizations across the United States. We focus our talent expertise in both the financial and healthcare industries. Our capabilities in technology include application management, enterprise software systems, data strategies, integration, and IT infrastructure. We work diligently to listen and provide value to your unique needs. www.OrionGRPS.comOVERVIEWAt Orion, we are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure and automation to ensure seamless, efficient delivery of healthcare technology that supports clinicians and patients.OPPORTUNITY6-month W2 contract with extension; Fully Remote (U.S. – All Time Zones)SALARY $170,000 – $190,000 W2 contract plus health benefitsKEY RESPONSIBILITIESDesign, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools and modern DevOps practices.Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, and JFrog to ensure fast, reliable, and repeatable software delivery.Develop and manage containerized application environments with Kubernetes, ensuring optimal deployment, scalability, and service reliability.Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual interventions.Design and implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to ensure system health, performance, and reliability.Collaborate closely with development, product, QA, and security teams to design robust platform solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.Participate actively in Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives, driving continuous improvement and team collaboration.Contribute to operational support processes, including incident response, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and performance optimization for large-scale distributed systems.KEY EXPERIENCE5+ years of hands-on experience with tools such as Terraform and Ansible for building and managing infrastructure as code, and CI/CD automation tools like Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, and JFrog.Proven hands-on experience deploying and managing infrastructure and services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is required. Strong knowledge of GCP networking, IAM, security, cost optimization, and core services (e.g., Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, GKE, Firestore) is essential. Experience with AWS or Azure is a plus but not a substitute.Strong experience deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes, including service mesh, auto-scaling, and rolling update strategies.Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java, C++, Perl, Ruby, or SQL, with the ability to automate workflows and optimize infrastructure operations.Experience designing and implementing operational support models, including incident response, root cause analysis, monitoring, and alerting strategies.Demonstrated experience with reliability engineering practices such as capacity planning, fault tolerance, and resilience design.Experience working in Agile environments with familiarity in sprints, daily stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives.EDUCATION Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent work experience.INTERVIEW PROCESSQuick turnaround: preliminary interview followed by team interview on phone and Google Meets.Typically, one round with the hiring manager, joined by the team (virtual interview), possibly two rounds if necessary.Orion Groups is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Orion@OrionGRPS.com