Local to WA - Site Reliability Engineer (Platform Engineering) - Seattle, WA (Fully Onsite)

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Hope you’re doing well.

My name is Mayank, and I am a Technical Recruiter from Empower Professionals Inc. We are sourcing for a “Site Reliability Engineer (Platform Engineering)” role located at “Seattle, WA” and it’s a long-term contract with possible extensions.

 

If you have any suitable profiles, please share their updated resumes with the candidate’s location, work authorization and expected rate so that we can proceed.

 

LOCAL TO WA | LOCAL DL IS MUST

Title: Site Reliability Engineer (Platform Engineering)
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Seattle, WA (Fully Onsite)

Job Description:

Seeking a skilled Platform Engineering SRE with expertise in Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to build and operate highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud platforms. This role combines software engineering principles with infrastructure expertise to ensure platform resilience, automation, and operational excellence.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Platform Engineering & Azure Infrastructure

·         Design, build, and maintain cloud-native platforms on Microsoft Azure

·         Architect and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters for production workloads

·         Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform

·         Design multi-region, highly available architectures leveraging Azure services

 

Kubernetes & Container Orchestration (AKS Focus)

·         Deploy, manage, and optimize AKS clusters

·         Ensure Kubernetes best practices (RBAC, network policies, pod security, etc.)

·         Manage containerized workloads using Docker

·         Troubleshoot cluster performance, networking, and workload issues

 

Reliability & Operations

·         Lead incident response, production support, and post-incident reviews

·         Implement observability for underlying systems

·         Ensure high availability, minimal downtime and scalability for platform services

 

Automation & DevOps

·         Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines

·         Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and operational runbooks

·         Improve developer experience through self-service platform capabilities

 

Security & Governance

·         Implement Azure security best practices including Managed Identities, Key Vault, and RBAC

·         Secure Kubernetes clusters (network policies, pod identity, secrets management)

·         Ensure compliance with enterprise security and governance standards

 

Required Qualifications:

·         3+ years experience in SRE / DevOps / Platform Engineering

·         Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure

·         Expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

·         Experience with Docker and Kubernetes ecosystem tools

·         Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

·         Experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps preferred)

·         Strong scripting/programming skills (Python, Go, Bash)

·         Solid understanding of Linux, networking, and distributed systems

 

Key Skills

·         AKS cluster administration and troubleshooting

·         Cloud-native architecture design on Azure

·         Automation-first mindset

·         Observability and monitoring expertise

·         Incident management and root cause analysis

·         Cross-team collaboration and communication

In compliance with the salary transparency law, the expected pay range for this role is $50 - 60/hr. Actual compensation depends on experience and interview evaluation.

Thanks

Mayank Verma

Senior Technical Recruiter | Empower Professionals

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Mayank@empowerprofessionals.com | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayankdverma/

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