Senior Site Reliability Engineer, SRE
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Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSJenkinsKubernetesPostgresPythonTerraform
About the role
- Allowed Staffing Countries: Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico or Brazil, (Remote)
- Term: Contract
- High Tech Genesis is seeking a 3-month contractor who can hit the ground running to support our SaaS platform on AWS.
- Kubernetes/EKS Operations – Manage, troubleshoot, and optimize workloads on EKS; handle Helm-based deployments.
- Postgres/Patroni Administration – Support and troubleshoot HA Postgres clusters (Patroni), including replication, failover, and performance tuning.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Build and maintain Terraform modules for AWS networking, compute, and storage (Transit Gateway, VPC endpoints, IAM, Security Groups).
- RBAC & IAM – Design and troubleshoot IAM policies, roles, and RBAC permissions across AWS and Kubernetes.
- Storage Troubleshooting – Debug and optimize EFS/EBS performance and availability issues.
- Automation & Scripting – Write automation in Python and Bash to improve reliability and streamline infrastructure operations.
- CI/CD & DevSecOps – Support GitLab CI/CD pipelines, integrate security scanning (SAST/DAST, Trivy, SonarQube), and enforce best practices.
- Data & Application Migration – Lead migration efforts for GitLab, Harbor artifacts, MinIO data, and SaaS applications.
- Cross-Team Collaboration – Partner with SRE, platform, and application engineers to unblock teams and stabilize environments.
- AI-Enhanced Engineering – Leverage AmazonQ or similar AI tools for faster troubleshooting and automation.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on with AWS core services: Transit Gateway, VPC Endpoints, IAM, Security Groups, EFS, and EBS
- Deep expertise with EKS, Helm, Terraform, Kubernetes RBAC, and troubleshooting at scale
- Proven experience with Postgres/Patroni administration and troubleshooting
- Advanced automation in Python (preferred) and Bash
- CI/CD experience (GitLab/Jenkins or equivalent)
- Strong troubleshooting mindset — ability to debug infra, networking, and storage issues quickly
- Experience with large-scale migrations of environments, data, and applications
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices (secrets management, vulnerability scanning, compliance automation)
- Desired skills: Familiarity with AmazonQ or similar AI coding assistants
- Hands-on with Harbor, MinIO, ArgoCD/GitOps workflows
- Certifications: AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA/CKS
- Cost-optimization experience in AWS
