NEW JOB OPENING
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (SRE)
IN AUSTIN, TX, USA!

 

Date Posted: 04/01/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 499196
Industry: Government
Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Job Location: Austin, TX, USA, 78751
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: 2 days on-site, 3 days remote
Shift: M-F, 8-5
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 5
Min Hourly Rate($): 90.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 96.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: AWS, BASH, Docker, GCP, Java, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, Root Cause, Security, SLIP, State Agency experience, UNIX
Experience Desired: Systems Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering roles (8+ yrs); Linux/Unix systems and system internals (8+ yrs); Programming or scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Bash. (8+ yrs); Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) and cloud native services (8+ yrs); Containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). (8+ yrs); Hands on experience defining and managing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets (8+ yrs); Integrating security and compliance into operational and reliability workflows. (8+ yrs)

**C2C is not available**

 

Job Description
**Candidates must be located in the Austin, TX area **

Minimum Requirements:
• 8+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering roles.
• 8+ years of strong experience with Linux/Unix systems and system internals.
• 8+ years of proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Bash.
• 8+ years of experience designing and operating highly available, distributed systems.
• 8+ years of strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) and cloud native services.
• 8+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• 8+ years of strong understanding of monitoring, alerting, and logging concepts.
• 8+ years of hands on experience defining and managing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• 8+ years of familiarity with incident management processes, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortem development.
• 8+ years of experience integrating security and compliance into operational and reliability workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:
• 4+ years of experience using observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Application Insights, Datadog, or Splunk.
• 4+ years of experience supporting 24x7 production environments with on call rotation responsibilities.
• 4+ years of experience with chaos engineering, resilience testing, or fault injection practices.
• 4+ years of experience implementing feature flags, canary deployments, and progressive delivery strategies.
• 4+ years of experience producing high quality documentation, including runbooks, dashboards, and operational standards.

Responsibilities:
• Independently plan, design, and execute solutions for complex system reliability and scalability challenges (8+ years).
• Ensure high availability and performance of distributed, production grade systems through automation and engineering best practices (8+ years).
• Understand business objectives and technical problems; identify alternative solutions and perform technical and cost benefit analyses (8+ years).
• Analyze user requirements, workflows, and operational procedures to automate processes or enhance existing systems (8+ years).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather detailed input/output requirements, data formats, reporting needs, and system dependencies (8+ years).
• Produce detailed documentation describing user needs, system functionality, and program development steps (8+ years).
• Evaluate system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling constraints to determine feasibility of system changes within existing environments (8+ years).
• Define, measure, and manage SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to guide reliability and operational decisions (8+ years).
• Lead or participate in incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post incident reviews to drive continuous improvement (8+ years).
• Partner with development teams to implement reliable deployment strategies, resilience patterns, and observability standards (8+ years).

  • **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

  • **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

 

Benefits:
For information and details on employment benefits offered with this position, please visit here. Should you have any questions/concerns, please contact our HR Department via our secure website.

California Pay Equity:
For information and details on pay equity laws in California, please visit the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website here.

Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department.

Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).

 

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About Rose

  • Founded in 1993
  • Office Locations Across the U.S.
  • 150+ Clients: Corporations and Government Agencies
  • Employee Oriented Company
  • Challenging Assignments Across the U.S.
  • Continuous Professional Development

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