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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Platform Engineer
Perfict Global, Inc.
Location not stated
4 months ago
- OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Datadog
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Azure
- GitOps
- CI/CD
- ArgoCD
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Vault
- Incident Response
- NGINX
- Secrets Management
- Bash
- Python
- IaC
4 months ago
Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid — 2 days onsite / 3 days remote)
Type:3- 6 month contract to hire
Roles & Responsibilities
- Operate, tune, and optimize OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters (scheduling, ingress, upgrades, quotas, policies).
- Stand up and/or refineobservability (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)—dashboards, alerts, SLOs, runbooks.
- Map currenthybrid topology and critical delivery pipelines; identify toil and prioritize automation (Terraform/Ansible).
- Begin supportingAzure environments (compute, networking, storage, data services) used by analytics teams.
- DriveGitOps-first workflows; harden CI/CD withArgoCD/Jenkins/GitHub Actions and policy-as-code guardrails.
- Implement or enhanceplatform services (Vault, Kafka/AMQ, ingress, service mesh) for dev and data teams.
- Lead incident response and postmortems; institutionalize RCA, blameless learning, and continuous improvement.
- Advance thehybrid service model—migrations, integrations, reliability/latency tuning, cost and performance optimization.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Operate and optimizeOpenShift/Kubernetes clusters, ingress (e.g., Nginx), and container networking/service mesh.
- ManageAzure services (compute, VNet, storage, data services) supporting analytics workloads.
- Build and maintainautomated infrastructure withTerraform, Ansible, and GitOps workflows.
- Implement and evolveobservability (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana): metrics, traces, logs, alerting, SLOs, runbooks.
- Design, harden, and supportdelivery pipelines withArgoCD/Jenkins/GitHub Actions.
- Provideplatform tooling and enablement for application developers, data engineers, and operations teams.
- Ensuresecurity and access management (HashiCorp Vault, secrets management, least privilege).
- Lead incident response, coordinate cross-functional resolution, and drive corrective actions and platform improvements.
- Script or develop tools inBash, Python, or Go to eliminate toil and improve developer experience.
Tech You'll Work With
- Kubernetes / OpenShift
- Azure (compute, networking, storage, and data services)
- Automation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, GitOps
- Observability: Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana
- Networking & Ingress: Nginx, service meshes, container networking
- Messaging: Kafka, AMQ
- Secrets & Access: HashiCorp Vault
- CI/CD: ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- Scripting/Coding: Bash, Python, Go
- 5+ years hands-on operating and managingKubernetes and OpenShift clusters.
- Strong experience withMicrosoft Azure (compute, networking, storage,and data services).
- Proven skills inautomation and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, GitOps).
- Proficiency withobservability tooling (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
- Scripting/coding ability inBash, Python, or Go.
- Experiencebridging on-prem and cloud in a hybrid service model (migration, integration, optimization).
- Expertise withKafka/AMQ,HashiCorp Vault, andArgoCD/Jenkins/GitHub Actions.
- Backgroundleading incident response and postmortems with strong RCA and continuous improvement practices.
- Hybrid: 2 days onsite inReston, VA; 3 days remote.
- You'll be part of theIT organization, collaborating daily withdevelopers, data engineers, infrastructure operations, and security.
- You're ahands-on engineer who thrives in regulated, high-impact environments.
- You favorautomation over repetition, andobservability over guesswork.
- You collaborate openly, communicate clearly, andleave systems better than you found them.
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Platform Engineer · Perfict Global, Inc.