Site Reliability Engineer Jobs
Site Reliability Engineer jobs are open across cloud infrastructure, fintech, healthtech, e-commerce, and enterprise software, from junior SRE to staff and principal level, with specializations in platform engineering, chaos engineering, and observability. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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INTRODUCTION
AWS Cloud SRE with Qualys Patching Config.
Location: Clinton, NJ (Complete Onsite)
Job Type: Full-Time
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Configure and implement Qualys Patch Management module for AWS EC2 environment
- Design and execute tag-based patching strategy (Env, OS, criticality, patch window)
- Set up patch baselines, patch jobs, reboot strategy, and exception handling workflow
- Ensure agent compliance, asset onboarding, and patch readiness across servers
- Drive non-prod and prod rollout with validation and compliance tracking
- Enable Vulnerability (VIT) remediation through integrated patching workflow
- OS-level issue resolution (Linux/Windows)
- Agent compliance and monitoring
- Incident/problem management support
- Collaborate with platform and operations teams for stability, reliability, and automation
- Strong hands-on with Terraform (design + build + troubleshooting)
- Create reusable Terraform modules
- Manage infra lifecycle (provision → modify → destroy)
- Experience with CI/CD-integrated IaC pipelines
- Hands-on EKS cluster operations and management
- Cluster setup, node groups, scaling
- Workload management, resource optimization
- Linux (RHEL / Amazon Linux) + Windows administration
- System troubleshooting, performance tuning
Hands-on handling:
- OS-level issues
- Server failures, disk/volume issues
- Ability to manage CXO / Cloud Business Office / App teams / Platform teams
- Drive alignment across multiple value streams
- Qualys Patching config experience
- AWS Cloud expertise mandatory
- Terraform skills
- Participated in Well architecture framework
INTRODUCTION
AWS Cloud SRE with Qualys Patching Config.
Location: Clinton, NJ (Complete Onsite)
Job Type: Full-Time
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Configure and implement Qualys Patch Management module for AWS EC2 environment
- Design and execute tag-based patching strategy (Env, OS, criticality, patch window)
- Set up patch baselines, patch jobs, reboot strategy, and exception handling workflow
- Ensure agent compliance, asset onboarding, and patch readiness across servers
- Drive non-prod and prod rollout with validation and compliance tracking
- Enable Vulnerability (VIT) remediation through integrated patching workflow
- OS-level issue resolution (Linux/Windows)
- Agent compliance and monitoring
- Incident/problem management support
- Collaborate with platform and operations teams for stability, reliability, and automation
- Strong hands-on with Terraform (design + build + troubleshooting)
- Create reusable Terraform modules
- Manage infra lifecycle (provision → modify → destroy)
- Experience with CI/CD-integrated IaC pipelines
- Hands-on EKS cluster operations and management
- Cluster setup, node groups, scaling
- Workload management, resource optimization
- Linux (RHEL / Amazon Linux) + Windows administration
- System troubleshooting, performance tuning
Hands-on handling:
- OS-level issues
- Server failures, disk/volume issues
- Ability to manage CXO / Cloud Business Office / App teams / Platform teams
- Drive alignment across multiple value streams
- Qualys Patching config experience
- AWS Cloud expertise mandatory
- Terraform skills
- Participated in Well architecture framework
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Apple40
- MongoDB28
- ByteDance15
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)15
- Saransh14
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software262
- Electronics & Hardware44
- Consulting & Professional Services42
- Investment & Asset Management26
- Banking & Financial Services24
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in site reliability engineer jobs.
- Proficiency with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform or Pulumi
- Hands-on background with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Fluency in at least one scripting or programming language such as Python or Go
- Experience designing and maintaining observability stacks using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation tooling
Tips for Your Site Reliability Engineer Job Search
Quantify your reliability impact clearly
Recruiters and hiring managers scan for SLO, SLA, and SLI metrics you've owned or improved. Include uptime percentages you maintained, incident response times you reduced, and toil-automation wins. Numbers tied to reliability engineering stand out far more than general infrastructure experience.
Tailor your resume to the stack
Site reliability engineer postings vary widely between Kubernetes-heavy shops, Terraform-centric teams, and observability-first orgs. Read each job description for the exact tooling mentioned and mirror that language in your resume. A generic SRE resume loses to one matched to the hiring team's actual stack.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists site reliability engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight on-call ownership and postmortems
Many candidates skip on-call history, but hiring teams treat it as proof you've operated systems under real pressure. Note the scale of systems you were on-call for, any blameless postmortem culture you contributed to, and runbooks or playbooks you authored or standardized.
Prepare for system design and failure scenarios
SRE interviews almost always include a distributed systems design question and at least one incident simulation or troubleshooting walkthrough. Practice narrating your diagnostic reasoning out loud, covering how you'd isolate a latency spike or cascading failure across dependent services.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
When evaluating an offer, ask specifically about on-call rotation frequency, escalation paths, and headcount on the SRE team. Understaffed teams mean heavier rotations. Understanding operational load before you accept is as important as any other term in the offer.
Site Reliability Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most site reliability engineers?
The companies hiring the most site reliability engineers right now include Apple, MongoDB, and ByteDance, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is consistently high at large cloud-dependent organizations and high-growth SaaS companies.
How many site reliability engineer jobs are remote?
About 34% of site reliability engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting the infrastructure-as-code shift that makes most SRE work location-independent. Roles focused on platform engineering, automation, and observability tend to carry the highest share of remote options, while on-site demand is more common for regulated industries like finance and healthcare.
How do you become a site reliability engineer?
Most site reliability engineers start with a strong foundation in either software engineering or systems administration before moving into SRE roles. Building hands-on experience with Linux, networking, and at least one cloud platform is essential. From there, learning infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, and observability tooling rounds out the core skill set. Contributing to open-source reliability projects or building a home lab with realistic failure scenarios accelerates the transition significantly.
Can you get a site reliability engineer job with little experience?
Breaking into SRE with limited experience is possible by targeting junior or associate SRE roles, which often value demonstrated systems curiosity over years on a resume. Building a public portfolio that shows you've automated something, monitored something, and broken something on purpose is more compelling than certifications alone. Cloud platform certifications from AWS or Google can also help hiring managers assess readiness when your professional history is short.
What does the site reliability engineer interview process look like?
The site reliability engineer interview process typically begins with a recruiter screen focused on your background with cloud infrastructure and on-call experience. Technical rounds usually include a coding exercise in Python or Go, a systems design question covering distributed reliability, and a troubleshooting or incident walkthrough where you diagnose a staged failure scenario. Final rounds often include a conversation with engineering leadership about SLO philosophy and how you'd approach reducing toil on the team.
Where can I find and apply to site reliability engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to site reliability engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and stack, then apply directly to each one that fits. No additional steps are needed between finding a role and submitting your application.
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