Job Description

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation, information technology and services

Position: Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer

Location: Aliso Viejo, CA

Duration: 11 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description

• We are seeking a highly experienced SRE / DevOps Engineer to support and scale a Kubernetes-based API Gateway platform built on a Java technology stack.
• The role focuses on reliability, observability, automation, and performance, while also contributing to POCs around next-generation AI Gateway capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Reliability & Operations

• Own reliability, availability, scalability, and performance of API Gateway services running on Kubernetes
• Design and implement SRE best practices including SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, error budgets, and incident management
• Lead production readiness reviews, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident improvements
• Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and resilience testing

Kubernetes & Cloud Engineering

• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters (EKS / AKS / GKE / On-prem)
• Develop and maintain Helm charts, manifests, and deployment strategies
• Implement rollout strategies such as blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure cloud-native design patterns

Observability & Monitoring (Strong Focus)

• Build and maintain enterprise-grade observability (O11y) solutions:
• Prometheus & Grafana for metrics and dashboards
• Splunk for centralized logging and alerting
• OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing
• Define actionable alerts and dashboards for platform and application health
• Improve MTTR through better visibility and automation

CI/CD & Automation

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, or Groovy

Security & Compliance

• Implement DevSecOps practices including secrets management, image scanning, and RBAC
• Work closely with security teams on vulnerability remediation and compliance controls

Innovation & POCs

• Actively contribute to POCs for AI Gateway / Intelligent API Gateway initiatives
• Evaluate and prototype integrations with AI/ML-driven routing, observability, and security features
• Stay current with emerging SRE, cloud, and AI gateway technologies

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have

• 7 8 years of experience in SRE / DevOps / Platform Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Solid understanding of Java-based applications and JVM performance considerations
• Deep expertise in Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and observability practices
• Experience operating API Gateway platforms (Kong, Apigee, NGINX, Istio, etc.)
• Strong Linux fundamentals and networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)

Nice to Have

• Experience with OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing
• Exposure to AI Gateway / Intelligent Traffic Management concepts
• Experience with service mesh (Istio / Linkerd)
• Certification in Kubernetes (CKA / CKAD) or Cloud platforms

Soft Skills

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally with developers, architects, and security teams
• Proactive mindset with a passion for automation and reliability
• Good documentation and communication skills

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

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