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Site Reliability Engineer 2 - Freewheel
site reliability engineeringSREAWSOCIPythonGoKubernetesDockerLinuxDevOpsinfrastructure as codecloudautomationmonitoringcybersecuritydistributed systems
Key details
Salary
Not specified
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority
Mid-level
Years experience
3-5
Location
Chicago, United States; Reston, United States
Full job description
The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is responsible for ensuring availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning for FreeWheel platforms. The role involves designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems, debugging and optimizing code, and automating routine tasks. The SRE collaborates with engineering, vendors, and client services to deliver technical solutions and resolves complex issues. Responsibilities include managing infrastructure components, supporting cybersecurity programs, integrating with software release cycles, supporting major live events, authoring infrastructure as code, and driving operational improvements. Candidates should have hands-on experience with AWS and OCI cloud services, programming languages such as Python and Go, SDLC tools including Kubernetes and Docker, Linux administration, and network security. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is preferred. The position requires good communication skills and availability for weekend on-call shifts. Salary ranges from $92,524.07 to $138,786.11 in Virginia and $84,478.50 to $138,786.11 in Illinois.
What you'll do
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Manage availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning for FreeWheel platforms
Design, analyze, and troubleshoot large-scale distributed systems
Debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks
Provide subject matter expertise and resolve complex break/fix scenarios
Partner with engineering, vendors, and client services to deliver technical solutions
Own infrastructure service or platform components
Perform code-level debugging on escalated issues
Engineer technical solutions for infrastructure and application management with focus on standardization and automation
Support cybersecurity program needs including patching, vulnerability cleanup, secure server configuration, testing, validation, and incident remediation
Integrate with software release cycles and collaborate with developers to ensure well-planned and monitored releases
Support major live events powered by FreeWheel (e.g., Super Bowl, Olympic Games, March Madness, FIFA World Cup)
Plan, deploy, test, and evaluate FreeWheel products
Author infrastructure as code following best practices and quality assurance
Drive improvements in production quality, operational efficiency, and engineering productivity
Advocate for engineering and operations procedures, policies, and SRE best practices
Exercise independent judgment and discretion in significant matters
Work nights, weekends, variable schedules, and overtime as necessary
Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
Hands-on experience with cloud technologies (AWS & OCI preferred)
Linux administration, network security, system infrastructure experience
Experience coding and providing technical solutions at an internet company is a plus
Experience supporting services pre-launch including system design consulting, capacity planning, launch reviews is a plus
Technical influence in product/tech areas is a plus
Good communication and collaboration skills across teams and geographies
Availability to work weekends during on-call schedule
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of coursework and experience
Tech stack
AWSOCIVPCsubnetsnetwork access control listssecurity groupsEC2S3IAMRoute 53LambdaPythonGoHTMLJavaScriptRESTful web servicesContainersKubernetesDockerSaltAnsibleChefPuppetJenkinsGitLinux
Benefits
Competitive base pay with ranges depending on locationBonus eligibility for non-sales positionsComprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional well-beingPersonalized support through various life milestonesEqual opportunity employment
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