Site Reliability Engineer III - Kforce Inc.

Boca Raton, FL 33487

About the Job

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer III in Boca Raton, FL. Summary: Our CCoE is responsible for owning architecture and execution in partnership with the business units for our business migration to Azure. Our experts will help shape the operations and support for critical Windows and Linux based applications, customers, and projects, working closely with Development, QA, IT Operations and Customer Operations teams. The role also requires On-Call rotation for off peak hours to maintain 24/7, 365 system availability. Main Responsibilities:

Serve as Liaison to the Architects and Technical leadership to a specific business units
Consult and provide expertise on migration, architectural modernization, technical debt remediation, and future state definition for production, revenue-generating applications
Delivery of resilient application stacks via "Infrastructure as Code" and other DevOps practices
Ensure that business unit application stakeholders accurately understand and define the migration process and ideal future state
Implement templates and guidelines as defined by the CCoE
Evangelize best practices for cloud architecture around the key pillars of cloud application operations
Facilitate conversation with Upper-level leadership around status, roadblocks, and solutions for business unit-specific cloud migrations
Consult and implement on future state cloud application monitoring using Splunk and Datadog
Diagnosis and resolution of complex system and application issues
Working with diverse technical and non-technical teams, including Development, QA, IT Operations, Customer Operations and Project Management teams
Establish container strategy and best practices using Kubernetes
Some hands-on tasks involving Infrastructure-as-Code, Cloud Application Containers, and Azure
Write and maintain systems/application documentation for technical and non-technical audiences

Requirements:

BSc in Engineering/Computer Science or relevant experience
Proven background working in a technical, IT related position
Desirable - AWS / Azure Certifications
Configuration Management tools - e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or equivalents
Professional experience of working within the public cloud - Azure, AWS or GCP
Hands-on experience of Linux and Windows server including support and troubleshooting
System and application monitoring - e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, etc.
Professional experience with common source control tools - e.g. Git, SVN
Cloud Architecture and system design to solve key business problems and facilitate team goals
Strong and enthusiastic technologist, able to demonstrate a broad technical knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to act as a point of expertise, advise others in the team on best practice and impart knowledge

Desirable Skills:

Experience migrating application from on-premises to public cloud
Experience with Blue-Green deployment methodologies
Continuous Integration/Delivery tools - e.g. Gitlab or Jenkins
Experience working with containerized workloads such as Docker
Experience with Log Management tools e.g. - Elastic Stack, Graylog or Splunk
Experience working with an enterprise RDBMS such as MySQL and/or Microsoft SQL Server
Knowledge of change control and associated procedures
Use of orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible or CloudFormation
Use of Secret Management services e.g. - Hashicorp Vault
Experience with any high-level programming language

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Source : Kforce Inc.