DevOps / SRE Engineer

Varite, Inc

Philadelphia, PA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$110–$120 Per Hour
SKILLS
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Bash Scripting, Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP), Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cost Control, Cryptography, Debugging Skills, DevOps, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Distributed Computing, Docker, Electrical Engineering, Forecasting, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), GitHub, Go Programming Language (Golang), HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol), High Availability, IP (Internet Protocol), Identify Issues, Incident Response, Java, Jenkins, Linux Administration, Microservices, Microsoft Windows Azure, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, On Call, OpenSSL, Operational Improvement, Operations Processes, Problem Solving Skills, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Regulatory Compliance, Reliability Engineering, Requirements Management, Rust Programming Language, SQL (Structured Query Language), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Server Programming/Applications, System Architecture, Systems Reliability, Video Streaming, Web Hosting, Web Services, X.509 Digital Certificate
LOCATION
Philadelphia, PA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Job Title: DevOps / SRE Engineer
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Client: LTTS (Larson and Toubro)
Rate: $65/hr or $120K
Full-time


Job Description:
  • Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable infrastructure for secure video delivery.
  • Manage and optimize cloud environments (AWS: EC2, EKS, ALB, IAM, VPC) using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for rapid and reliable deployments (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Concourse).
  • Automate operational tasks and improve system reliability using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption for operational efficiency.
  • Monitor system health and performance; troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
  • Forecast capacity requirements and scale infrastructure to handle traffic growth.
  • Enforce security standards and compliance requirements across hosting platforms.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for critical systems.
  • Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment.
  • Solve reliability-related issues and contribute to overall platform stability.
  • Document architecture, configurations, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or related roles.
  • Strong proficiency in Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Expertise in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Concourse).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
  • Experience developing and debugging server-side applications or web services.
  • Programming & scripting skills: Golang, Python, Java, Bash, Rust.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
  • Knowledge of security and compliance practices.
  • Understanding of database structures and SQL.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working with standards-based cryptography and trust primitives (e.g., AES, RSA, Elliptic Curve, X.509 Certificates) and applying standard cryptographic libraries (e.g., OpenSSL).
  • Experience authoring and refining technical specifications.
  • Development experience in languages such as Java, Python and GoLang.
  • Familiarity with IP video streaming protocols (HLS, DASH) and associated DRM systems (Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay).
  • Experience working with HTTP network stack transactions.
  • Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
  • Exposure to cost optimization strategies in cloud environments.
  • Exposure to security and compliance in cloud environments.
  • Certifications in AWS/Azure/GCP or Kubernetes.
  • A Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

About the Company

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Varite, Inc