Job Title: Senior SRE Specialist
Location: New York NY 10281
Contract to hire
US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor H1b candidates at this time
Job Description
***3-6 month contract to hire. NYC 3 days a week. Final round is on-site. ***
Summary of job
- Uptime, Stability, and Capacity Planning. Additionally, having an Operations/Support background earlier in the career would be beneficial
- Clear need for a true SRE profile with deep experience in incident response, reliability, availability, capacity planning, and production ownership, not a DevOps or cloud architect background
- Role requires a strong hands-on focus, roughly 70 percent execution and 30 percent strategy, including being in incidents, writing runbooks, and fixing real production issues
- Stand up and own a real SRE function from scratch in a scaled SaaS environment, focused on reliability, availability, incident response, on call, capacity planning, and production ownership for always on systems.
- Be a senior, hands on SRE who spends most of the time in the writing runbooks, handling incidents, fixing production issues, and improving monitoring, alerting, and automation rather than operating at a purely theoretical or enterprise level.
What we’re looking for
- 8+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, systems engineering or software engineering within complex, high-availability environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
- Expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and distributed systems.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Go for automation and system optimization.
- Experience building observability capabilities using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog or similar platforms.
- Demonstrated capability in capacity planning, scalability modelling, and system performance analysis.
- Strong background in incident response, structured root-cause analysis, and preventative remediation.
A reasonable, good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum hourly wage for this position is $75 to $85/hr.
Benefits for our contractor
At Harvey Nash, we know that great technology professionals deserve great support. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive—professionally and personally. From company-contributed medical, dental, and vision plans to a 401(k), we invest in your health and future. You’ll also enjoy perks like referral bonuses, commuter savings, a mobile payroll app for easy access to your pay and benefits, and a variety of voluntary insurance options to fit your lifestyle. Join a global IT leader that values your expertise, rewards your contributions, and supports your well-being every step of the way.
* The pay range listed above reflects the expected starting salary /Pay rate for this role. This range may be adjusted based on market conditions, location, and other relevant factors. The Company will determine the final starting salary/Pay rate in consultation with the selected candidate(s), in full compliance with applicable laws
