Site Reliability Engineer (Closed)

SkillStorm is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for our client in Richardson, TX. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Job Description:

• Network Operations organization is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who is a subject matter expert. This position will work with Architecture, Engineering, Service Delivery teams, Tools team & other Operations teams to deliver Best in Class service levels. The candidate should have experience with networking technologies (such as Wireless), monitoring tools and expert in writing software for automation. This includes, reducing the toil for manual work, repetitive work including working on network configuration, full end-to-end traffic analysis and troubleshooting. SRE is responsible for providing day 2 support, reducing toil & working on enhancing monitoring capabilities to provide end to end analysis, triaging of actionable events, and opening of incident tickets. Provides technical troubleshooting capabilities on bridges as needed, and demonstrates a wide awareness of various network technologies.

Required Skills:

• SRE individual should be skilled in one or two fields with a wide breadth of knowledge in many technologies and software development skills.
• ~5 years’ experience in Wi-Fi network principles particularly HPE(Aruba)’s most current products including enterprise controller-based architecture and their Central management product and related toolsets.
• ~4 years’ experience with software engineering/development
• Experience with debugging complex networking problems
• Experience with designing, building & operating large scale network systems/services
• Experience with automating infrastructure, testing & deployments
• Experience with monitoring & observability, such as Splunk
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux shell, can write shell scripts
• Knowledge on Python, Ansible, similar
• Knowledgeable on JIRA, Confluence
• Understand configuration management with tools such as Puppet
• Understand containers, such as Docker or Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with using source control: Git, GitHub
• Ability to work in a UNIX based environment, including intermediate level sys admin tasks, without supervision.
• Proven ability to effectively collaborate with others, initiate action and adapt to change.
• Proven ability to make tough decisions and accept challenging assignments.
• CCNA is preferred or other applicable technical certifications
• Good knowledge of Agile framework & SCRUM ceremonies
• SRE individuals in addition to the technical skill set, should also have some specific personality traits
• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication. – Must be able to communicate at all organizational levels
• Strong analytical skills. – Must be able to think outside the box.
• An impatience with drudgery & toil
• An eye for details, helps to prevent foreseeable issues
• A good sense of the big picture, helps to write better code knowing how it fits into wider system

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