Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Title: Senior Site Reliability Engineer - NC, TX

Location: Charlotte, NC and Irving, TX

Employee Type:
Contract

Job Type:Pay Range:
$61 - $65 per hour

Job Description:

Job#: 3028557

Job Description:

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC and Irving, TX (Hybrid)

Employment Type: 18 Months Contract

Pay Rate: $61.00 and $65.00

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a background in software engineering and a passion for solving complex problems at scale. This role supports large-scale production systems for regulated communication archives critical for compliance and eDiscovery. The position blends software engineering with operational expertise to deliver stable, scalable, and resilient services while reducing manual work through automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated tooling to eliminate manual toil and optimize operations.
• Build and enhance monitoring, alerting, and overall system observability.
• Champion SRE best practices by modeling standards, mentoring peers, and collaborating with platform SRE teams.
• Enhance system availability and resiliency patterns in a multi-cloud environment.
• Introduce and scale AIOps, including self-healing and autonomic systems using AI/ML and RPA.
• Automate key SRE metrics such as SLO/SLI adherence, error budgeting, and incident response.
• Support critical applications, lead agile-based remediation efforts, and conduct blameless postmortems to perform root cause analysis.
• Implement and guide Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) during modernization initiatives.
• Participate in production support rotations, which may include weekend on-call work.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 5+ years of Systems Engineering or Technology Architecture experience. This must include a minimum of 2 years of direct experience leading or operating within an SRE team.

Technical Skills:

• Expertise in container platforms, specifically Kubernetes and OpenShift (OCP).
• Proficiency in Python and/or Java/J2EE.
• Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk/ELK, AppDynamics, Aternity, or ThousandEyes.
• Strong database knowledge, including Oracle, DB2, SQL, or MongoDB.
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and messaging technologies like Kafka or MQ.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, SonarQube, Artifactory, or Ansible.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AutoSys scheduling.
• Background in AIOps platforms like Moogsoft or experience with AI/ML frameworks for predictive alerting and self-healing automation.
• Exposure to corporate banking or financial crimes environments (KYC, AML).
• Familiarity with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow or Remedy.
• Knowledge of foundational AI concepts, including classification, regression, and anomaly detection.

Compensation & Benefits

A competitive compensation package is offered for this position. The pay rate is between $61.00 and $65.00 per hour. A benefits package is available to eligible employees.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. 

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.