SRE - Site Reliability Engineer - Senior
Spectraforce
Austin, Texas
6 days ago
Job Description
Job Title: SRE - Automation Engineer
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: 08 Months
Description:
Key Responsibilities
Required Skills & Experience:
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $55.00/hr.
Location: Austin, TX
Duration: 08 Months
Description:
- We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Engineer with a strong systems engineering background to build scalable, resilient, and intelligent automation solutions. This role demands someone who thrives in aggressive environments, embraces complex challenges, and can operate effectively in uncertain situations. Someone with an automation-first mindset to drive efficiency, reduce manual toil, and enhance operational excellence using modern automation solutions will be a great fit.
- As part of a mission-critical team, you will work on automating infrastructure, integrating tools via APIs, improving observability, and implementing AIOps-driven solutions. If you’re passionate about problem-solving, AI/ML in operations, and optimizing large-scale cloud environments, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop Python-based automation solutions to streamline on-prem (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Windows & Linux based VMs) and Cloud infrastructure management on GCP and Kubernetes.
- Continuously identify and implement the opportunities to enhance the operational excellence.
- Build proactive and innovative solutions that can scale.
- Implement and manage configuration automation using Ansible (desirable).
- Integrate various tools and services via APIs and client libraries, enabling seamless interoperability across systems.
- Enhance deployment reliability by implementing automated chaos strategies, failover mechanisms, and self-healing infrastructure.
- Develop proactive monitoring and alerting solutions using tools like Splunk, GCP Operations Suite, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Perform deep root cause analysis (RCA), incident management for complex system failures and develop automation to prevent recurrence.
- Work on system resilience and performance tuning, ensuring mission-critical applications run efficiently.
- Apply AI/ML techniques to automation workflows, enhancing anomaly detection, predictive scaling, and intelligent alerting.
- Identify and develop AIOps opportunities, reducing operational overhead through intelligent automation.
- Experiment with machine learning models to optimize log analysis, monitoring insights, and failure predictions.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong background in Systems Engineering with a focus on automation and reliability.
- Proficiency in Python (intermediate to expert level) for developing automation and integrations.
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (GCP or any major cloud).
- Experience integrating various tools and platforms via APIs and client libraries.
- Deep understanding of monitoring and alerting using Splunk, GCP Operations Suite, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Ability to work in aggressive, high-stakes environments where reliability and uptime are critical.
- Strong problem-solving skills, capable of navigating uncertainty and handling complex challenges.
- Experience with Ansible for infrastructure automation.
- Prior experience working in mission-critical teams handling large-scale, high-availability systems is a plus.
- Enthusiasm for AI/ML and AIOps, with a desire to apply it in automation and operations.
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $55.00/hr.