Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

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Title: Sr Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)Job Type: Contract to hireDuration: 6 months (then hire)Location: 100% RemoteIndustry: Fintech ABOUT THE TEAM:Our client is looking for key people to build out our SRE team.You will be part of an overall organization composed of various engineers and specialists that focus in infrastructure, operations, development, observability, and security.Along with a few other specialist people, the Platform Engineering/SRE is instrumental in the future public API-driven services which define the road forwardThis role will report into our VP, Systems Confidence ABOUT THE ROLE:Be a foundational member of our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practiceWith senior Engineering leadership and in consultation with functional areas (Systems Engineering/Operations, Development, QA, Program Management, Data Engineering, etc), scope, create, deploy, and manage platforms to measure and increase site availability and responsivenessWill bring significant experience to bear in assessing and remediating site reliability issuesBelieves in robust automation everywhere (of course)Exhibits extreme ownership mentalityCan anticipate future infrastructure/platform/applications needs at scale, and can offer and implement practical solutionsBe on-callWork Pacific time hoursWill successfully mentor others in SRE fundamentals ABOUT YOU:Have excellent verbal and written communications skillsExperience as an SRE, developer, systems engineer, DevOps, or other such contributorExperience as a Sr. SREExperience with AWS servicesStrong facility with either Java or Python is required; strong ability with both is highly desiredYou are an expert at Bash developmentAdequate capability in JavaScript, Ruby, and/or Perl is a plusModern, agile SDLC practices, orchestration tooling, and CI/CD platforms (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, CodeDeploy, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc).Very deep experience with common security monitoring, SIEMs, penetration, and other such platforms (e.g., Splunk, AWS GuardDuty, Qualys, AlienVault, etc)Ability to make nuanced threat assessmentsExperience with the NIST family of Information Security-related publications including 800-37, 800-30, and 800-53Significant experience with PCI, SOC2, SOX, HIPAA, or other compliance regimes BONUS POINTS FORSignificant experience with financial systems or loan origination systemsHave strong connections with industry leaders who we could leverage for topical discussions Apply below! The client is currently conducting interviews.