Jr Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Alcohol Monitoring Systems / Scram Systems - Montpelier, VT

Full-time - Entry Level

Montpelier, VT

About the position

The Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) position at SCRAM Systems is designed for motivated individuals who are eager to blend SRE principles with DevOps practices. This role is crucial for ensuring seamless application delivery, scalability, and reliability across Azure Cloud environments and co-located data centers. The position involves working with modern tools and technologies while also supporting legacy systems, contributing to automation, monitoring, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and maintain Kubernetes clusters using AKS in Azure and RKE2 in co-located facilities.
• Collaborate with teams to design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions.
• Design, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, enabling streamlined application deployments and updates.
• Automate repetitive tasks and enhance deployment efficiency using Ansible, Terraform, and custom scripts.
• Develop, test, and maintain Terraform and Ansible configurations for infrastructure and application management.
• Manage Helm charts to standardize and optimize Kubernetes application deployments.
• Leverage SOPS for secure management of secrets and sensitive data.
• Enforce compliance with organizational and industry security standards.
• Implement and refine monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for cloud and co-located environments using tools like Nagios, PagerDuty, Prometheus and Grafana.
• Actively participate in troubleshooting and resolving incidents to minimize downtime and impact.
• Partner with Development, Networking, and Infrastructure teams to ensure robust and efficient application delivery.
• Advocate for best practices in automation, performance optimization, and reliability.
• Provide operational support for legacy Windows systems as needed.
• Assist in modernization efforts to migrate or re-architect legacy applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing Kubernetes clusters in both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes-based environments (AKS in Azure and/or RKE2).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Basic knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Understanding of containerized application deployment and orchestration.
• Proficiency with Git for version control.
• Basic Windows administration skills for supporting legacy systems.
• Basic Linux administration skills for supporting Kubernetes, DevOps agents, and containers.
• Strong eagerness to learn and grow in a DevOps and SRE environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to Helm, SOPS, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
• Familiarity with Azure-specific services and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and challenges.
• A proactive approach to identifying and addressing operational improvements.