About the Role
NetworkUstad is reporting on an exciting DevOps SRE opportunity at Southwest Power Pool (SPP), a mission-driven technology team powering the reliability of the electric grid for millions across the central United States. As a DevOps SRE, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the performance, resilience, and long-term scalability of SPP’s production systems and user-facing services.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and lead implementation of large-scale, highly available infrastructure solutions across multiple platforms.
- Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex incidents, outages, and performance issues—ensuring rapid, effective resolution.
- Establish SRE best practices and operational frameworks that raise reliability standards across the entire organization.
- Mentor and develop senior and junior SRE team members through coaching, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing.
- Partner with leadership, architects, and technical teams to align reliability initiatives with long-term architectural strategy.
- Drive continuous improvement, automation, and reduction of operational toil across environments.
- Lead major enterprise projects involving new technologies, cross-team automation, and reliability enhancements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Lead: 8+ years of experience building highly available systems and supporting SaaS cloud-based infrastructure.
- Senior: 6 years of experience building highly available systems and supporting SaaS cloud-based infrastructure.
- Expertise with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, or other Infrastructure/Configuration-as-code tooling.
- Expert knowledge of Unix/Linux systems, including basic command-line proficiency, system administration tasks, and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience using at least one scripting language such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar.
- Experience deploying to cloud-based technology (AWS).
- Experience with continuous integration (CI/CD) and automated build tools.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive and transparent pay with bonus opportunities.
- Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans, employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Relocation bonus (if applicable).
- Hybrid working environment for eligible positions.
- Fantastic contributions to 401(k) savings plan with employer-match and a pension (defined benefit plan) fully funded by SPP.
How to Apply
Interested candidates can apply directly via the Apply Now button above. Visit the original listing for full application details.
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