Site Reliability Engineer SRE

Job Category: Engineer

Job Type: Onsite

Job Location: District of Columbia Washington

Compensation: Depends on Experience

W2: W2-Contract Only;
Kindly note that applications on a C2C basis will not be considered for this role.

C2C: Contract - W2

Randstad is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for a high-impact role with a premier client based in Washington, DC
. In this position, you will bridge the gap between development and operations by applying a software engineering mindset to system administration and infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring the scalability, performance, and high availability of cloud-based services across AWS and Azure environments. By leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code, advanced observability with Dynatrace, and SRE principles like error budgets and SLOs, you will drive operational excellence and lead incident response efforts for mission-critical applications.

• Deployment & Automation:
  Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline) and automate global infrastructure using Terraform, Cloud Formation, or CDK.
• Performance & Capacity:
  Drive cost-optimization initiatives, manage auto-scaling thresholds, and execute resiliency/performance testing to ensure system durability.
• Incident Management:
  Act as a primary on-call responder using ITIL frameworks and Service Now; develop Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documentation and maintain knowledge bases.
• Observability & Monitoring:
  Implement distributed tracing and optimize monitoring via Dynatrace and Kibana to create advanced dashboards and anomaly detection.
• Reliability Engineering:
  Define and monitor SLIs and SLOs while managing error budgets to balance feature velocity with system stability.
• Security & Compliance:
  Oversee service accounts, manage digital certificates, and execute rapid remediation for security incidents.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience:
  
  2 to 4 years of professional experience in SRE, Dev Ops, or Infrastructure roles.
• Cloud Proficiency:
  Practical, hands‑on experience with both AWS and Azure platforms.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Mid-level proficiency in Python (or similar scripting languages) and configuration management tools like Ansible.
• Containerization:
  Solid understanding of Docker and orchestration via Kubernetes or ECS.
• Infrastructure Fundamentals:
  Strong knowledge of Linux systems, networking protocols, and both Relational/No
  
  SQL database architectures.
• Soft Skills:
  
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to manage competing priorities independently.
• Flexibility:
  Ability to participate in a production on-call rotation, including work outside standard business hours.