Site Reliability Engineer

Company: TEKsystems
Location: Ann Arbor
Posted on: January 12, 2021

Job Description:

Description:A local client is looking for a Site Reliability Production Engineer that will be responsible for designing and developing fully automated deployment solutions, as they head down the path to continuous deployment. The Site Reliability Production Engineer serves as an infrastructure and operations engineer within the company's Technology---s eCommerce department. This role possesses a mix of system administration, development, networking, and security, as the Site Reliability Engineer is required to provide application support, production support, developer support, and many other tasks. The Site Reliability Engineer works closely with developers, facilitating the development process by removing obstacles interfering with development, and by satisfying infrastructure requirements or delegating them to the infrastructure group for fulfillment. In addition to building full-scale environments and deploying full application solutions on demand, you will have the pleasure of implementing creative monitoring solutions and providing full visibility into all areas of our system. Continuous Innovation and Continuous Improvement is key to succeeding in this role. The ideal candidate has strong Linux administration experience in a production environment (5 years), a solid understanding of application/web servers, knowledge of Java fundamentals, and experience with Kubernetes (PKS). The candidate should also be familiar with automation, CI/CD pipelines, Containers and have proven themselves to learn and adapt in new technology environments. Heavily preferred but not a must to have worked at an E-Commerce company/department in the past. Candidates will be working with two teams the core Linux/Unix team and the core SRE team. Candidates will be exposed to some Cloud technologies but this is not a Cloud/Dev Ops Engineer role.Nice to haves: Automation (any tools), Jenkins, Python, Quick learner willing to step in and adapt to new technologies.Top Skills Details:1. 5 years Linux administration in a production environment2. Strong understanding of Application/Web Server technologies (examples: Apache, Squid, NodeJS, etc)3. Kubernetes (deploying containers/keeping clusters healthy)4. Understanding of the core tenants of Java (troubleshooting JVMs, garbage collection, heap, etc) Additional Skills & Qualifications:--- Bachelor---s degree in computer science or equivalent experience--- 5 years public facing production application support experience in high uptime / high transaction volume environment--- 5 years UNIX administration experience including diagnosis of performance issues, package management, load estimation, kernel tuning, networking configuration, etc.--- 4 years software engineering experience (Java, C, C++, Python, Go)--- MUST HAVE Strong scripting skill --- MUST have worked with automation tools such as Terraform and Puppet --- Understand or worked with CI/CD environment and tools such as Jenkins--- Understanding of networking principles, esp. TCP/IP--- Excellent troubleshooting and analytic skills--- Ability to work independently on large, complex projects with minimal guidance--- MUST HAVE experience deploying and operating Container technologies with Kubernetes in Production Great communication, ability to think out side the box, adaptability, ability to work in a fast pace environment. This is an Agile environment and very team oriented.About TEKsystems:We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.Job SummaryJob number: JP-001973075Date posted : 2021-01-05Profession: OtherEmployment type: Contract to Regular

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