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Site Reliability Engineer

Robert Half Technology

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Location
Chicago, IL
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Site Reliability Engineer will serve as the primary SRE for one team on a greenfield Trade Compliance and Innovation initiative, partnering with another SRE supporting a second team. The role supports Azure-based applications and platforms, builds and maintains cloud infrastructure, and works with software engineering teams to improve deployment processes, reliability, scalability, and performance across distributed teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Azure Cloud ServicesInfrastructure ManagementTerraformCI/CD PipelinesGitHubKubernetesAKSAzure Container AppsScriptingPythonGoJava.NETNode.jsCloud NetworkingCloud SecurityMonitoringSystem ReliabilityTroubleshootingProblem SolvingIndependent WorkCommunicationAzure CertificationsAzure OpenAIAzure AI ServicesGenerative AIMLOpsLLMOpsMessaging PlatformsWebhooksAzure FunctionsBlue-Green DeploymentScalingResiliencyDisaster RecoveryELK StackGrafanaMicroservicesDistributed SystemsRegulatory Compliance

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or Related3+ Years SRE, DevOps, Cloud or Infrastructure Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Description

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to support a greenfield Trade Compliance and Innovation initiative. This role will serve as the primary SRE for one team while partnering closely with another SRE supporting a second team within a geographically distributed team.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the primary Site Reliability Engineer supporting Azure-based applications and platforms.

  • Design, build, automate, and maintain cloud infrastructure across development, testing, and production environments.

  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and other cloud automation tools.

  • Partner with software engineering teams to improve deployment processes, reliability, scalability, and system performance.

  • Support Java and Python-based microservices deployed in Azure environments.

  • Manage and support Azure Container Apps (ACA), Kubernetes, and AKS environments.

  • Implement and support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and cloud-native deployment tools.

  • Drive operational excellence through automation, monitoring, alerting, logging, and incident response.

  • Research and resolve infrastructure, networking, and platform-related issues across complex systems.

  • Create and maintain infrastructure documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

  • Ensure adherence to security standards, resiliency requirements, and infrastructure best practices.

  • Support blue-green deployments, scaling strategies, and non-functional requirements (NFRs).

Requirements

Core Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.

  • Strong experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and infrastructure management.

  • Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.

  • Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines, preferably with GitHub.

  • Experience supporting containerized applications using Kubernetes, AKS, or Azure Container Apps.

  • Strong scripting or development experience using one or more of the following: Python, Go, Java, .NET, or Node.js.

  • Experience with cloud networking, security, monitoring, and system reliability practices.

  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently.

  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to support globally distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Azure certifications.

  • Experience supporting Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, or Generative AI platforms.

  • MLOps and/or LLMOps experience.

  • Experience with messaging platforms, webhooks, and Azure Functions.

  • Experience implementing blue-green deployment strategies.

  • Knowledge of horizontal and vertical scaling, resiliency, and disaster recovery practices.

  • Experience with ELK Stack, Grafana, or similar monitoring platforms.

  • Experience supporting microservice architectures and distributed systems.

  • Experience working in highly regulated or compliance-focused environments.

  • Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies and research technical solutions independently.

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,376 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Illinois median$127–219K/yr36 salary ranges
  • US median$65–71/hr28 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 40 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs in Illinois and 2,376 across the US. 20% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Site Reliability Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,977 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 690 of the 2,376 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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