Senior Site Reliability Engineer; SRE

VARITE is looking for a qualified Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for one of its clients located in Phoenix, AZ
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Java / Kubernetes / Azure
Location: Phoenix, AZ (Day 1 Onsite)
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience

Required:

14+ Years
Pay Rate Range: 105k - 125k/year
Travel: Only USC and GC (Due to the nature of the project)

Global technology company known for its comprehensive suite of software, cloud solutions, and hardware products. The company serves industries ranging from finance and healthcare to telecommunications and retail, providing integrated solutions that help organizations streamline operations, improve efficiency, and scale their businesses.

• Provide senior-level SRE support, ensuring system reliability, availability, and operational excellence across all environments.
• Develop and maintain services and automation scripts using Java as the primary programming language.
• Build, deploy, and optimize workloads running on Kubernetes clusters (including multi-cluster and federated deployments).
• Manage and enhance cloud infrastructure leveraging Azure services and best practices.
• Work with Linux/Unix systems and develop automation using BASH shell scripting.
• Build automation and tooling using Python or Go.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Git Lab CI/CD and Jenkins.
• Support application streaming, event processing, and analytics using Kafka Stream Generator, KSQLDB, and Spark Streams.
• Work with service mesh technologies including Istio and understand Anthos Service Mesh.
• Utilize VMware and other virtualization platforms for environment provisioning.
• Provide robust incident support, root-cause analysis, and production issue resolution.
• Implement eBPF-based observability and performance troubleshooting where applicable.
• Develop and enhance monitoring and alerting systems using Splunk, Prometheus, Datadog, and Kiali.
• Configure and manage Nginx Controller and Seesaw load‑balancing.
• Use Terraform for infrastructure‑as‑code and Docker for containerization.
• Manage Kubernetes storage using Portworx.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks and contribute to platform stability and efficiency.
• Provide support across all U.S. time zones, including rotational shifts, weekends, and occasional 24/7 escalations.

• Extensive experience in incident response, troubleshooting, performance engineering, and service reliability.
• Ability to automate manual operational tasks.
• Strong understanding of monitoring, alerting, and observability practices.
• Java (Proficient) – Hands‑on in building, supporting, and optimizing Java‑based systems and microservices.
• Kubernetes (Hands‑on) – Deployment, autoscaling, federation, ingress, storage, service mesh, and cluster operations.
• Azure (Highly Proficient) – Strong experience across Azure compute, networking, storage, Dev Ops, and security features.
• Functional languages proficiency:
  Prolog, Haskell, OCaml.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix internals and BASH scripting.
• Strong experience with Python or Go.
• VMware and virtualization technologies.
• Kafka ecosystem tools:
  Kafka Stream Generator, KSQLDB, Spark Streams.
• Experience with Istio/Anthos Service Mesh.
• Familiarity with eBPF for low‑level observability.
• Monitoring tools:
  Splunk, Prometheus, Datadog, Kiali.
• Load balancing with Nginx Controller and Seesaw.
• Docker and Terraform expertise.
• Experience working with Portworx for Kubernetes storage.

• Azure
• Kubernetes

IF THIS OPPORTUNITY INTERESTS YOU, PLEASE RESPOND WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS:

• Resume with contact details

• Current location

• Currently working or not working

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• Best time to call.

VARITE is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
• Phoenix, AZ, United States