Job Description
Optomi, in partnership with our client, are seeking an experienced SRE II to join their team for a 6 month contract to hire opportunity that is 2 days hybrid onsite in Irving, TX.
W2 only - no C2C/sponsorship at this time.
We are seeking a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer II to join our engineering organization. This role focuses on building resilient, scalable, and automated systemsnot traditional production support. The ideal candidate has hands-on engineering experience across cloud infrastructure, observability, automation, and reliability-focused development.
You will work closely with development, cloud engineering, and platform teams to ensure high availability, optimal performance, and operational excellence of critical customer-facing applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute directly to the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of critical applications.
- Build reusable services, automation, and frameworks that improve platform stability and developer velocity.
Cloud & Platform Engineering
Design and enhance cloud infrastructure using Azure services including:
- Azure Service Bus
- Event Hub
- Azure SQL
- AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
- Function Apps
- App Services
- Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
Containerization & Orchestration
- Build and deploy containerized applications using Docker (23+ years).
- Support Kubernetes workloads via AKS, including scaling, upgrades, and cluster reliability improvements.
Development & DevOps
- Collaborate with development teams using a working knowledge of .NET.
- Improve CI/CD workflows using Azure DevOps (ADO).
Monitoring, Observability & Incident Response
- Implement and optimize monitoring and alerting strategies.
- Use Splunk Observability Cloud (preferred) or equivalent observability platforms to enhance visibility and reduce MTTR.
- Drive proactive incident identification, root-cause analysis, and long-term fixes.
Performance, Reliability & Scalability Enhancements
- Design and implement SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
- Develop auto-scaling policies, failover strategies, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Optimize application and database performance to ensure reliability across high-traffic, mission-critical systems.
Required Qualifications
- 35+ years of hands-on SRE experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Masters degree preferred
Hands-on experience with:
- Azure Cloud (AKS, Service Bus, Event Hub, SQL, Function Apps, App Services)
- Terraform
- Docker
- Azure DevOps
- Monitoring tools (Splunk Observability Cloud preferred)
- .NET ecosystem (understanding of development fundamentals)
Preferred Skills
- Experience designing resilient, distributed systems
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Performance tuning across applications, databases, and cloud services
- Experience improving uptime, latency, throughput, or cost efficiency of production applications
- Familiarity with SRE principles and modern operational practices
Job Tags
Contract work, Part time,