Site Reliability Engineer

LTD Global

Berkeley, CA · HybridContract$80/hrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

Berkeley, CAHybridContract$80/hrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation

$80/hr

Location

Berkeley, CAHybrid

Schedule

Contract

Work Authorization

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Job overview

The national HPC facility seeks a sharp, self‑motivated Site Reliability Engineer to monitor, automate, and improve compute, storage, network, and facility systems, ensuring uninterrupted service for thousands of scientists. The role involves real‑time alert triage, tool development, data‑center floor operations, and coordination of maintenance activities across teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Linux/Command-LinePythonCC++PerlJavaKubernetesPrometheusVictoriaMetricsAlertmanagerBuilding Management/Cooling SystemsNetwork Security FundamentalsCross-Team CommunicationCollaborationSelf-Starter Mindset

Full job description

📍 Hybrid — Berkeley, CA

📅 1 Year Contract Assignment with possibility of extension based on performance and organizational needs.

💰 $80/hr

Ever wondered what powers breakthrough research in energy, physics, materials science, and chemistry? You're looking at it. This national HPC facility supports 11,000+ scientists pushing the boundaries of what's possible, and we need a sharp, self-motivated SRE to help keep that engine running without interruption.

If you love solving real problems on live infrastructure, thrive on ownership, and want your work to directly enable world-class science, this is your seat.

What You'll Own

Monitor and triage alerts across compute, storage, network, and facility systems in real time
Build automation that prevents issues before they become outages
Develop new tools and integrations across the monitoring pipeline (APIs → alerts → action)
Walk the data center floor to keep power, cooling, and environmental systems humming
Coordinate maintenance activities across teams and keep incidents accurately tracked
Dig into complex, ambiguous problems and drive them to resolution

What You Bring

Comfort working Owl shift (12am–8am), 5 days/week, hybrid onsite in Berkeley, CA
Solid Linux/command-line (SSH) chops
Programming/scripting experience: Python, C, C++, Perl, or Java
A self-starter mindset, eager to pick up Kubernetes, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Alertmanager, and building management/cooling systems
Network security fundamentals (ACLs, firewalls)
Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills

Nice to Have

Experience building or deploying Agentic AI / autonomous automation for technical workflows
ServiceNow implementation experience
ITSM best-practice know-how

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