Site Reliability Engineer in Waterloo, IA

Site Reliability Engineer job description

Site reliability engineers develop and maintain computer systems and monitor application performance. These professionals use software engineering principles and coding and automation skills to solve infrastructure and operations problems and create highly scalable and reliable systems. Site reliability engineers can be involved in all aspects of software, application or system development. Strong problem-solving, organizational, analytical and communication skills are essential for this role. Employers value candidates with formal training in common programming languages, such as C++ and Java, and experience working with different types of operating and programming platforms, Linux, and cloud computing systems. A bachelor’s degree in computer science is often preferred.

Typical site reliability engineer duties:

Implementing systems, applications, and software, and testing these IT assets to ensure they are secure and functioning properly

Using monitoring and metrics to diagnose and respond to issues such as outages and participating in post-event analyses

Working with technical support teams, helping with support tickets or defects, and providing emergency support

Documenting historical knowledge and creating runbooks that other tech teams can reference for problem-solving and incident response

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Agile Scrum

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Containerization

DevOps

Infrastructure as code

Infrastructure automation

Linux administration

Reliability engineering

Scripting and automation

Version control

Salary for Site Reliability Engineer in Waterloo, IA

105075 - 157950

Low

105075

The candidate is new to the role or has limited experience and is still developing core skills.

Mid

128475

The candidate has moderate experience in the role or one similar, meets most requirements and may hold transferable skills or relevant certifications.

High

157950

The candidate has extensive experience in the role, demonstrates advanced skills and often brings specialized certifications or industry experience.

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