Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Job Title: Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location: Charlotte, NC - hybrid onsite 3 days a week

Pay Rate: $60 - $80/hr.

**This contract role is not open to 3rd parties**

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join a technology operations team supporting a large-scale infrastructure modernization initiative. This position will play a key role in strengthening disaster recovery capabilities, supporting data center transition activities, and enhancing the resilience of business-critical applications across cloud and hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the planning and implementation of disaster recovery solutions for enterprise applications and supporting infrastructure.
• Assist with migration activities related to data center consolidation, infrastructure modernization, and recovery platform transitions.
• Evaluate and improve recovery architectures to meet business continuity and service availability requirements.
• Contribute to backup, recovery, and failover strategies across cloud and hybrid technology environments.
• Coordinate and execute disaster recovery exercises and recovery validation activities.
• Verify recovery procedures, restoration processes, and application dependencies.
• Document test results, findings, and recommendations for remediation.
• Work with stakeholders to address identified risks and strengthen recovery readiness.
• Support operational activities across cloud-hosted and hybrid infrastructure platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement and maintain backup, monitoring, and resiliency solutions.
• Develop and maintain operational runbooks, recovery procedures, and technical documentation.
• Assist in the continuous improvement of platform reliability and operational efficiency.
• Partner with application owners, infrastructure engineers, vendors, and security teams throughout project execution.
• Track project milestones, technical dependencies, and operational risks.
• Provide regular status updates and support governance and compliance requirements where applicable.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Disaster Recovery, and Cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery planning, backup technologies, and business continuity practices.
• Hands-on experience supporting enterprise infrastructure in cloud, hybrid, or multi-platform environments.
• Familiarity with infrastructure migration projects, operational readiness activities, and service resiliency frameworks.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results within structured project timelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting data center migration, consolidation, or facility exit initiatives.
• Knowledge of cloud-native backup, replication, and recovery technologies.
• Experience working within regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or insurance.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, monitoring, and observability tools.
• Exposure to governance, compliance, and risk management processes.

If interested in the role, please apply and email your most updated resume to Liam at Liam.Schmidt@oliverjames.com.