Contract Site Reliability Engineer
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AI Summary
CTG is seeking to fill a Contract Site Reliability Engineer opening for our long-standing Fortune 500 client.
Location: Remote candidates may live anywhere in the U.S.
Type: W2 Contract
Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. or 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. EST
Pay Rate: $54.23 - $70.43 hourly
Education: Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required; equivalent professional experience will be considered.
Overview
The Contract Site Reliability Engineer will join a Model Operations and Deployment Engineering team supporting innovative materials science and engineering applications. This role focuses on maintaining, enhancing, and evolving Kubernetes platforms that enable teams to deploy, operate, and scale critical applications across on-premises and cloud environments.
The ideal candidate has strong Linux systems administration expertise and hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Rancher. This position will contribute to platform reliability, infrastructure automation, infrastructure-as-code, GitOps practices, and continuous improvement of operational capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and enhance Kubernetes platforms across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Provision, upgrade, troubleshoot, and manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters using Rancher.
- Provide advanced Linux systems administration, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, networking, scripting, and operational support.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions for platform deployment and management.
- Support GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Git-based configuration management.
- Automate operational processes using Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
- Collaborate with developers, scientists, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable platform services.
- Identify opportunities to improve platform resilience, observability, security, automation, and maintainability.
- Work effectively within Agile environments, including Scrum and Kanban.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years of strong Linux systems administration experience.
- Hands-on experience operating and supporting Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
- Strong experience managing Kubernetes clusters in on-premises and cloud environments.
- Required experience with Rancher for Kubernetes cluster management.
- Strong Linux administration skills, including troubleshooting, scripting, networking, and system performance analysis.
- Experience implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions for platform provisioning and lifecycle management.
- Experience with GitOps and deployment automation practices.
- Experience with ArgoCD and Git version control.
- Experience working in Agile teams using Scrum, Kanban, or similar methodologies.
Technical Skills
- Kubernetes: Cluster operations, upgrades, networking, storage, troubleshooting, and workload support.
- Rancher: Kubernetes cluster management, provisioning, upgrades, and platform operations.
- Linux: Advanced Linux/Unix systems administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and automation.
- Infrastructure as Code: Strong IaC experience; Cluster API (CAPI) preferred.
- GitOps/CI-CD: ArgoCD, Git, configuration management, and deployment automation.
- Scripting/Automation: Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
- Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or other public cloud platforms preferred.
- Observability: Familiarity with monitoring, logging, alerting, and platform observability tools preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premises and public cloud environments.
- Experience with Kubernetes ecosystem tooling for observability, logging, monitoring, and alerting.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and Linux security best practices.
- Experience supporting scientific research, high-performance computing, or computational science environments.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline development and modern platform automation patterns.
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.
CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services for this role.
To Apply:
To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!
About CTG
CTG, a Cegeka company, delivers IT and business solutions that enhance clients’ digital agility, empowering them to seize new opportunities and overcome any challenge. Backed by more than 60 years’ experience and a commitment to being a reliable, results-driven partner, we work shoulder to shoulder with clients to shape digital together. Our vision is to be an indispensable partner to our clients and the preferred career destination for digital and technology experts. With more than 9,000 team members in over 15 countries, we combine global expertise with local insight to deliver innovative solutions. We operate across the Americas, Europe, and India, working with over 3,000 clients in many of today's highest-growth industries.
Together, we shape what’s next—working shoulder to shoulder to deliver impactful solutions for our clients and society. Our culture is built by the people who work at CTG, the values we hold, and the actions we take. It's a living, breathing thing that is renewed every day through the ways we engage with each other, our clients, and our communities. At CTG, you’ll find a workplace where you are encouraged to grow, supported in your ambitions, and empowered to shape your own career journey. For more information, visit www.ctg.com.
CTG will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws.
CTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CTG will assure equal opportunity and consideration to all applicants and employees in recruitment, selection, placement, training, benefits, compensation, promotion, transfer, and release of individuals without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age, disability, marital or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other discriminatory factors as required by law. CTG is fully committed to promoting employment opportunities for members of protected classes.
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