Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Red Hat

Senior SRE operating Red Hat’s enterprise OpenShift platforms across hybrid cloud infrastructure. Automating reliability, monitoring, CI/CD, and incident response at scale.

Posted 8/4/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $118,600 - $195,680 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and managing large-scale infrastructure across cloud environments, with a strong focus on Kubernetes and OpenShift. Proficient in automation, CI/CD practices, and incident response, while mentoring peers and collaborating within agile teams.

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Kubernetes/OpenShift ExperiencePython ProgrammingGo ProgrammingGitOps WorkflowsLinux Systems Administration

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Hard Skills

KubernetesOpenShiftPythonGoGitOpsCI/CDInfrastructure as CodeMonitoring SolutionsTCP/IPDNS

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationIncident ResponseProblem-SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

Google CloudAzureAmazon Web ServicesArgoCDOpenShift PipelinesTektonOperator SDKLinuxRHELFedora

Industry Keywords

SRE PrinciplesAuto ScalingLoad BalancingMonitoringAlertingAgile MethodologiesOn-Call SupportBlameless PostmortemsOpen-Source ContributionsApplication Configuration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDNSGoGrafanaKubernetesLinuxOpenShiftPrometheusPythonSplunkTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and manage large-scale infrastructure and platform services across public cloud, private cloud, and datacenter environments
Automate cloud infrastructure using auto scaling, load balancing, Python, Go, and monitoring and alerting solutions
Design and develop Red Hat OpenShift offerings using emerging industry standards
Build and support standardized CI/CD platform components with OpenShift Pipelines, Tekton, and GitLab
Apply Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practices with ArgoCD
Break down complex engineering efforts into deliverable chunks with partner teams
Design and develop Kubernetes operators, webhooks, and CLI tools
Implement and maintain intelligent infrastructure and application monitoring
Ensure production environments operate according to established procedures and best practices
Lead escalation support for high-severity and critical platform-impacting events
Provide feedback on bugs and feature improvements to Red Hat Product Engineering teams
Design software tests and lead peer reviews
Mentor peers through knowledge sharing and collaboration
Participate in on-call support
Drive incident response and lead blameless postmortems
Work within a small agile team to develop SRE methodologies and improve operations

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience operating production services on Kubernetes/OpenShift
3+ years of programming experience in Python and Go
2+ years of experience using cloud providers and technologies such as Google Cloud, Azure, and Amazon
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and Linux
AWS experience
Experience with GitOps workflows for infrastructure or application configuration
Strong Linux systems administration knowledge; RHEL/Fedora preferred
Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/TLS, and LDAP authentication protocols
Comfort with incident response and on-call responsibilities
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while keeping the team informed
Knowledge of SRE principles, including SLOs, error budgets, and toil measurement
Contributions to open-source projects considered a plus
Experience with Operator SDK or building Kubernetes operators considered a plus
Must be able to work without current or future visa sponsorship
Must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Family planning reimbursement
Tuition reimbursement
Transportation expense account
Employee assistance program