Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Advanced Software Engineer

ACARA Solutions and our client in Scottsdale, AZ have a contract-to-hire position available (conversion after 90 days)

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Advanced Software Engineer

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for GDMS's Space and Intelligence Systems line of business, you will be a member of a cross functional team responsible for maintaining survivability and reliability of mission critical resources. SREs monitor high priority systems and automate recovery mechanisms to ensure they remain operational for the warfighter.

We encourage you to apply if you have any of these skills or experiences:

• Ensuring Uptime of Critical Systems (Incident Response / Triage)
• Automating Systems Administration Activities (Bash / Python / Ansible are preferred)
• Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Enterprise Services (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
• Configuring Enterprise Services (Ansible, YAML, JSON)
• Developing recovery procedures for large systems (Backup and Restore, Blue/Green Deployment)

What sets you apart:

• Track record of ensuring system uptime demonstrated by diagnosing and triaging complex system wide incidents
• Collaborative team player with experience working on teams with diverse engineering skills
• Thorough knowledge of technology trends and willingness to champion new ideas and process improvements
• Experience monitoring large scale systems and using automation to triage emerging issues
• Mixed job experience involving software engineering, systems administration, and network engineering

Workplace Options:
This position is fully on-site, OR Hybrid/Flex with managers approval.
While on-site, you will be a part of the Scottsdale location facility

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering or Science or Mathematics.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in ensuring the Uptime of Critical Systems (Incident Response / Triage)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Monitoring and Troubleshooting Enterprise Services (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Configuring Enterprise Services (Ansible, YAML, JSON)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in developing recovery procedures for large systems (Backup and Restore, Blue/Green Deployment)

Preferred Skills:

• Master's Degree
• Agile experience.
• Experience in monitoring large-scale systems and using automation to triage emerging issues
• Automating Systems Administration Activities (Bash / Python / Ansible)
• Track record of ensuring system uptime demonstrated by diagnosing and triaging complex system-wide incidents
• Collaborative team player with experience working on teams with diverse engineering skills
• Thorough knowledge of technology trends and willingness to champion new ideas and process improvement
• Mixed job experience involving software engineering, systems administration, and network engineering

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person,' as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.
• Active Secret DoD Clearance.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.