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ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with strong expertise in AWS infrastructure and performance testing. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cloud-based systems and applications. This role involves close collaboration with development, operations, and QA teams to build robust systems and improve service uptime
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure on AWS.
- Monitor system performance and availability using tools like New Relic and Splunk and AWS CloudWatch.
- Conduct performance testing using tools such as JMeter, Performance Center to identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software delivery.
- Implement and manage incident response processes, including root cause analysis and postmortems.
- Created dashboards and configured alerts in Splunk, New Relic, and AWS CloudWatch to monitor system performance, availability, and application health.
- Collaborate with development teams to improve system reliability and performance.
- Ensure security and compliance standards are met across infrastructure and applications.
- Continuously improve observability and alerting systems.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- 8-9+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps Engineer, Performance engineer or similar role.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, EBS, Lambda, RDS, S3, ECS, EKS etc.).
- Proficiency in performance testing tools like JMeter, Performance Center and methodologies.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools like CloudWatch, New Relic and Splunk.
- Strong scripting skills (Bash, Groovy, Java Script, Python).
- Experience with performance diagnostics, tuning, and JVM/JBoss EAP on Linux and on AWS EKS.
- Working knowledge of Agile development practices.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
- Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Experience with NoSQL databases.
- Exposure to other cloud platforms like Azure, Google Cloud, or VMware.
- Understanding of high availability and disaster recovery architectures.
- Knowledge of application networking, firewalls, and load balancing.
- Experience with both Linux and Windows operating systems.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or equivalent
- AWS Certifications are preferred
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Sparksoft helps the clients achieve their business objectives by providing Innovative, best-of-breed software products and technology solutions at substantial cost savings. Sparksoft Team has considerable industry experience with wide range of leading companies.
