Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for an opportunity in Reston, VA (Hybrid).

Position Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid)

Anticipated Start Date: 8/18/2025.

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6+ Months Contract with Strong Possibility of Extension.

Job Type: [Contract (40 hours weekly)], [Hybrid]

Pay Range: $50/hr - $55/hr

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:
Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) . The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and modern software development frameworks. The SRE will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud infrastructure while ensuring operational excellence, high availability, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Cloud Infrastructure & Automation:
* Design, implement, and manage cloud-based infrastructure using platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
* Utilize Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible to automate deployments and configurations.
* Create robust automation targeted at anomaly detection, toil reduction, recovery processes, and self-healing mechanisms, and optimize cloud costs.
2. DevSecOps & CI/CD:
* Deep understanding of DevSecOps principles and CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus/Artifactory, and Docker.
* Implement security best practices, including IAM roles, RBAC, vulnerability remediation, and SAST/DAST/SCA tools.
3. Observability & Incident Management:
* Design and implement monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing solutions using tools like AWS CloudWatch, Splunk/SignalFX, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry.
* Lead root cause analysis, blameless postmortems, and proactive incident management to minimize MTTR and MTTD.
* Define and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to ensure system reliability.
4. Microservices & API Management:
* Architect and manage microservices, serverless computing, and RESTful APIs.
* Ensure fault tolerance and resilience using design patterns like Circuit Breaker, Retry, Timeout, and Bulkhead.
5. Chaos Engineering & Resiliency:
* Conduct chaos engineering experiments using tools like AWS FIS and Chaos Toolkit.
* Perform resiliency assessments using Resilience Hub and implement self-healing solutions.
6. Database & Application Support:
* Manage and optimize database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Oracle, and Redshift.
* Provide production support, including incident response, problem management, and runbook creation. Participate in on-call rotations.
7. Collaboration & Communication:
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement shift-left testing practices (BDD, TDD, Unit, Regression).
* Create and maintain architecture diagrams, knowledge articles, and disaster recovery plans.
* Communicate effectively with stakeholders and demonstrate strong relationship management skills.

Required Qualifications
1. Well versed in AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, Redshift, EMR, Lambda, Route 53, Step Functions). Must have hands on experience
2. DevOps - Infrastructure as Code, CICD - Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform
3. Well versed in SRE concepts - SLO, Error Budget, Alarms, Monitoring etc. Must have implemented these concepts hands on
4. Programming using Python/Java
5. Experience in APM & observability using Splunk, Dynatrace

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

Keywords:

AWS, DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 241263 when responding to this ad.

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