2026 Summer Associate - Site Reliability (St. Petersburg, FL)

Raymond James • Saint Petersburg, FL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Raymond James Overview One of the largest independent financial services firms in the country could be the place you build a career beyond your expectations. Our focus is on providing trusted advice and tailored, sophisticated strategies for individuals and institutions. Raymond James Financial is a diversified holding company, headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL. Raymond James provides financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies engaged primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to capital markets and asset management. At Raymond James, we are putting the power of perspectives into action and building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects our commitment to associates, and clients of the future. Our company values associate development and growth, offering opportunities through developmental programs, mentorships, and continuing education options. We strive to ensure everyone feels welcomed, valued, respected and heard so that you can fully contribute your unique talents for the benefit of clients, your career, our firm and our communities. Raymond James is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. Department Overview Site Reliability Engineering focuses on enhancing system resiliency, performance, and scalability. The team blends engineering and infrastructure expertise to ensure reliable user experiences and rapid incident recovery. Key responsibilities include designing fault-tolerant systems, applying chaos engineering to identify vulnerabilities, hardening platforms for security and performance, conducting root cause analysis, and establishing monitoring and alerting standards for proactive system health management. Seasonal Associate Job Summary Under general supervision, the seasonal associate will assist with ongoing development of our Site Reliability Engineering practice. They will identify, define, develop, and implement best practices that provide more comprehensive observability into the performance of our software products and platforms. Define SLI/SLOs and guide other teams in SRE practices Partner across IT departments to create a culture focused on performance, availability and resiliency Create dashboards and alerts to track and measure performance/availability Develop, select, define technologies and processes related to monitoring Develop reusable components, frameworks, and libraries Identify and remediate performance impacting errors and behaviors Participate in all phases of software engineering including requirements, design, coding and testing (mainly focused on non-functional performance and resiliency) Design and implement product features in collaboration with product managers and stakeholders Consult on projects providing SRE best practice support Speak and prepare oral and written communication clearly and effectively, fostering open communication, listen to others, and deliver presentations. Designs and supports mission-critical, high-availability architectures Demonstrate strong technical skills across a variety of platforms Provide deep troubleshooting support and expertise across environments Engage and possibly lead triage of availability/performance problems for critical applications in production environments May participate in software system testing and validation procedures, programming and documentation May participate in projects including preparing project plans, assigning tasks, monitoring statuses, coordinating efforts, validating team recommendations, integrating efforts into a comprehensive strategy and delivering results on time Writes and/or reviews technical documentation This is a temporary role.

Requirements

• Self-driven, innovative and pushes for high-quality measurable outcomes
• Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions
• Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message
• Strong predisposition towards ownership
• Use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; recommend or take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences
• Programming experience with languages such as Java or Python
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics, Splunk, etc.
• Experience with SDLC technologies such as: Java, SpringBoot, Maven, Hibernate, DevOps CI/CD, Oracle PLSQL, ODI, SQL Server, Stored Procs, MQ, Javascript, Visual Studio Core, Team Foundation Server (TFS), GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube
• Operating standard office equipment and using or having the ability to learn, required software applications.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a virtual/hybrid team.
• Ability to Organize and prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Provide a high level of customer service.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.
• High School (HS)

Responsibilities

• Partner across IT departments to create a culture focused on performance, availability and resiliency
• Create dashboards and alerts to track and measure performance/availability
• Develop, select, define technologies and processes related to monitoring
• Develop reusable components, frameworks, and libraries
• Identify and remediate performance impacting errors and behaviors

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees