The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a key member of the architecture team in support of the Administration Office for the US Courts (AO) Case Management Systems Office (CMSO). Our company works with the AO to develop systems that provide Probation and Pretrial Services Officers, judges, and other stakeholders the automated functionality they need to perform more efficiently and make informed decisions.

Additional Responsibilities May Include

We are seeking a self-motivated SRE with 10+ years of experience in IT architecture design and development. The SRE will work with a team of enterprise architects and system architects to develop an architecture roadmap to support next generation IT capabilities for the AO. The SRE will work to improve the reliability and performance of front-end and back-end IT services in close collaboration with the architecture team and developers with a focus on automation, availability, performance, and efficiency.

  • Writing scripts to monitor and automate processes
  • Troubleshooting issues across the entire stack
  • hardware, software, application and network
  • Taking part in 24x7 on-call rotation as needed

  • Participating in code reviews Experience working with Agile Teams is preferred. The ideal candidate is energetic, innovative, and has superior technical, analytical, and problem solving skills. The successful candidate will be a key contributor, working closely with members of our newly formed agile teams in a fast-paced environment.

  • Software engineering experience in Internet scale environments

  • Experience troubleshooting performance, availability, scalability and reliability issues in production with enterprise-grade applications and driving architectural improvements to address these issues
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, web application security, and multi-tier web application architectures
  • Hands-on experience developing event-driven back-end systems
  • Knowledge of shell scripting and at least one scripting language (Python, Ruby, Perl)
  • Experience with open source projects (Mesos, Hadoop, Scribe, Zookeeper, etc.)
  • Previous experience as a primary contributor to an architecture team in systems design, building, testing, and implementation.
  • Assesses current or future customer needs and priorities through communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills, and team skills
  • Ability to listen to the needs of our internal clients, communicate clearly, and determine ideal configurations for a new development teams and projects.

Years Of Experience

  • 10+ years

Required Education

  • Bachelor’s (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
  • Master’s preferred

Desired Skills and Experience

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