

DevOps /SRE Sr. Engineer - Seattle, WA(Hybrid)
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This role is for a DevOps/SRE Sr. Engineer in Seattle, WA (Hybrid) for a 12-month contract. Requires 10-12 years of experience, expertise in Docker and Kubernetes, GitOps tooling experience, and familiarity with observability tools like Datadog.
π - Country
United States
π± - Currency
$ USD
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π° - Day rate
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ποΈ - Date discovered
September 18, 2025
π - Project duration
More than 6 months
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ποΈ - Location type
Hybrid
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π - Contract type
Unknown
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π - Security clearance
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
Seattle, WA
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π§ - Skills detailed
#Kubernetes #Monitoring #Scripting #Containers #Jenkins #Azure DevOps #GitHub #DevOps #Automation #TypeScript #Bash #Observability #Terraform #Datadog #Ansible #Python #Azure #BitBucket #Docker #Prometheus #Grafana #Linux
Role description
Position - DevOps /SRE Sr. Engineer
Candidate Location β Seattle, WA(Hybrid)
12 Months plus contract
Rate β DOE
Job Description
10-12 years of experience is must for this role
We would like someone to come on primarily as a βDevops Engineerβ but also have some SRE capabilities (see image below). This hybrid role is focused on enabling our application development by building automation and improving the health of our applications by bringing SRE best practices into effect.
Technologies
Tech β Must haveβs
Docker - expert working with containers β Docker expertise a must
Docker builds, docker files, docker compose
Container registries, kaniko, devcontainers
Kubernetes β expert at working with Kubernetes from the application development side
Certificate Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) a huge plus
Experience working with GitOps tooling: ArgoCD or Flux experience needed.
CI/CD
GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps preferred
Other platforms ok like Jenkins, BitBucket, AppVeyor, etc..
Observability
Application monitoring, alerting, dashboarding β Datadog preferred
Look for candidates with experience working with Datadog.. Or a suitable alternative...
Grafana, loki, prometheus, open telemetry, promtail, elk
Linux administration(some)
Should be highly competent with bash, shell-scripting, and many basic Linux commands
Tech β Nice-to-have's
-App Dev -
-Any Node.js and Typescript experience is a HUGE plus, though not fully necessary for this role
-Go β also nice-to-have, as it could be used for ci/cd and automation tooling
-Python β not used in our stack, but familiarity with app dev code is a big plus
Kubernetes Administration β cluster administration β certificated Kubernetes admin(CKA) preferred
Advanced Linux admin β ansible experience preferred
Terraform β minimal experience here needed
Azure / AKS β We shouldnβt need to do a lot
Position - DevOps /SRE Sr. Engineer
Candidate Location β Seattle, WA(Hybrid)
12 Months plus contract
Rate β DOE
Job Description
10-12 years of experience is must for this role
We would like someone to come on primarily as a βDevops Engineerβ but also have some SRE capabilities (see image below). This hybrid role is focused on enabling our application development by building automation and improving the health of our applications by bringing SRE best practices into effect.
Technologies
Tech β Must haveβs
Docker - expert working with containers β Docker expertise a must
Docker builds, docker files, docker compose
Container registries, kaniko, devcontainers
Kubernetes β expert at working with Kubernetes from the application development side
Certificate Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) a huge plus
Experience working with GitOps tooling: ArgoCD or Flux experience needed.
CI/CD
GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps preferred
Other platforms ok like Jenkins, BitBucket, AppVeyor, etc..
Observability
Application monitoring, alerting, dashboarding β Datadog preferred
Look for candidates with experience working with Datadog.. Or a suitable alternative...
Grafana, loki, prometheus, open telemetry, promtail, elk
Linux administration(some)
Should be highly competent with bash, shell-scripting, and many basic Linux commands
Tech β Nice-to-have's
-App Dev -
-Any Node.js and Typescript experience is a HUGE plus, though not fully necessary for this role
-Go β also nice-to-have, as it could be used for ci/cd and automation tooling
-Python β not used in our stack, but familiarity with app dev code is a big plus
Kubernetes Administration β cluster administration β certificated Kubernetes admin(CKA) preferred
Advanced Linux admin β ansible experience preferred
Terraform β minimal experience here needed
Azure / AKS β We shouldnβt need to do a lot