What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Reliability Engineer position at Apptad?
Job Summary
We are seeking a motivated Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with hands-on experience in AWS cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, and shell scripting. The ideal candidate will help maintain system reliability, availability, performance, and scalability while supporting infrastructure automation, monitoring, incident management, and continuous delivery.
Mandatory Skills
- AWS Cloud Services
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Shell Scripting / Bash
Roles and Responsibilities
- Monitor the availability, reliability, and performance of cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
- Support AWS infrastructure operations, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
- Develop and maintain shell scripts to automate routine operational tasks.
- Assist with incident management, root cause analysis, issue resolution, and preventive measures.
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
- Assist with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
- Work with Linux systems, networking, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and VPN configurations.
- Support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Participate in disaster recovery planning, high availability, and infrastructure performance improvements.
- Collaborate with development, operations, and infrastructure teams to improve system stability and operational efficiency.
- Follow ITIL processes and established operational procedures.
Technical Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Scripting and Programming: Shell Scripting, Bash, Python, PowerShell, Go
- DevOps and Automation: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD
- Containers and Operating Systems: Docker, Kubernetes, Linux
- Monitoring and Observability: Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Splunk, Elastic Stack
- Networking: DNS, Load Balancing, Firewall, VPN
- Reliability and Operations: Site Reliability Engineering, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management, Issue Analysis, Performance Testing, ITIL
Required Qualifications
- 4–5 years of relevant IT experience in SRE, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or production operations.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure support.
- Strong knowledge of Shell Scripting or Bash for automation and troubleshooting.
- Experience with Linux administration and system troubleshooting.
- Understanding of monitoring, alerting, incident response, and root cause analysis.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code concepts.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, or Splunk.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and automated deployment practices.
- Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and cloud infrastructure reliability
Work Location: Atlanta, GA & Frisco, TX