PSTP – Site Reliability Engineer 3
About The Position
UW MEDICINE IT SERVICES has an outstanding job opportunity for a Site Reliability Engineer 3 position. PLEASE NOTE: This is a fully benefitted, temporary position that is expected to last 12 months. WORK SCHEDULE 40 hours per week Day Shift – UW MEDICINE ITS SERVICES CORE HOURS ARE 08:00 – 17:00 (PST), Monday-Friday DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION UW Medicine IT Services (ITS) is a shared services organization that supports all of UW Medicine. UW Medicine is comprised of Harborview Medical Center (HMC), UW Medical Center-Montlake Campus (UWMC-Montlake), UW Medical Center-Northwest Campus (UWMC-NW), UW Medicine Primary Care (UWMPC), UW Physicians (UWP), UW School of Medicine (SOM), and Airlift Northwest (ALNW). ITS is responsible for the ongoing support and maintenance of the infrastructure and applications which support all these institutions, along with the implementation of new services and applications that are used to support and further the UW Medicine mission. POSITION HIGHLIGHTS 100% remote opportunity 15 days of vacation your first year – Also, 12 days of sick time, 1 personal holiday, and 11 paid holidays each year 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent combination of education/experience
- 4+ years of professional experience systems engineering, infrastructure operations, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or related field must include the below:
- Supporting Linux-based server environments (e.g., RHEL or similar distributions)
- Working within at least one major cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
- Building, deploying, or maintaining containerized applications
- Using version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Supporting web application infrastructure (e.g., web servers, application stacks)
- Supporting authentication or single sign-on (SSO) solutions
- Supporting network or firewall configurations
- Participating in production support and incident response activities
- Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues in production environments
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a team-based operational environment
Responsibilities
- Apply software engineering methodologies to infrastructure and operational systems to reduce toil and increase reliability
- Support day-to-day operations of public-facing web and mobile applications, including uptime management, vulnerability assessment, patching, and lifecycle maintenance
- Lead and support the transition toward container-based infrastructure and modern orchestration platforms
- Support strategic expansion of services into cloud environments where appropriate, balancing cost, security, compliance, and performance
- Participate in security reviews and implement required mitigations in alignment with institutional and regulatory standards
- Design and support highly available cloud-native application deployments
- Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring and observability frameworks
- Develop and test disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
- Participate in an on-call rotation (approximately one weekend per month) to support critical services
Benefits
- 15 days of vacation your first year – Also, 12 days of sick time, 1 personal holiday, and 11 paid holidays each year
- 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
