What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Reliability Engineer II position at Optomi?
Site Reliability Engineer II | 6-month Contract to Hire | Hybrid (Irving, TX) | 2x onsite per week
Optomi, in partnership with a leading financial services company, is seeking a highly skilled, hands-on Site Reliability Engineer to join our client's engineering team for a hybrid role! This role is focused on building, optimizing, and supporting cloud-native systems. The ideal candidate brings strong engineering fundamentals, experience in Azure, and the ability to improve reliability through automation, infrastructure as code, and modern DevOps practices.
Responsibilities of the right candidate:
Hands-On Engineering
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, cloud-native systems with a strong emphasis on engineering over operations.
- Drive automation, performance tuning, and resilience improvements across services and infrastructure.
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Implement and manage infrastructure using Terraform.
- Work extensively with Azure Cloud Services, including:
- Service Bus
- EventHub
- SQL Server
- AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
- Function Apps
- App Services
Containerization & Development
- Build and deploy containerized applications using Docker (2–3 years of experience required).
- Leverage a strong .NET development background to improve system reliability and automate engineering workflows.
DevOps & CI/CD
- Use Azure DevOps (ADO) to build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
Monitoring & Observability
- Implement and support observability solutions; experience with Splunk Observability Cloud is strongly preferred.
Experience of the right candidate
- 3–5 years of direct Site Reliability Engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience required.
- Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.
- Hands-on expertise with Azure cloud services and Azure DevOps
- 2–3 years of Docker containerization experience
- Experience with .NET development fundamentals
- Preferred experience with Splunk Observability Cloud
Salary : $140,000 - $150,000