Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Azure / AKSLead Azure Cloud Engineer

About the Position

Akvelon is an American company with offices in Seattle, Mexico, Ukraine, Poland, and Serbia. Our company is an official vendor of Microsoft and Google. Our clients also include Amazon, Evernote, Intel, HP, Reddit, Pinterest, AT&T, T-Mobile, Starbucks, and LinkedIn. To work with Akvelon means to be connected with the best and brightest engineering teams from around the globe and working with an actual technology stack building Enterprise, CRM, LOB, Cloud, AI and Machine Learning, Cross-Platform, Mobile, and other types of applications customized to client’s needs and processes.

We are looking for experienced Site Reliability Engineers to join a long-term project for a global technology leader. We are building a dedicated SRE team responsible for supporting business-critical cloud infrastructure. This is an opportunity to work with enterprise-scale Azure environments, modern cloud technologies, and highly available distributed systems supporting services used worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the reliability, availability, and performance of production services.
• Support and operate large-scale Azure infrastructure.
• Manage and troubleshoot Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents across infrastructure and application layers.
• Automate operational processes using scripting and infrastructure automation.
• Work closely with software engineers to improve system reliability and deployment processes.
• Manage configuration, templating, and infrastructure changes.
• Troubleshoot networking issues involving HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, BGP, and hybrid cloud networking.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices, patching, dependency management, and authentication standards.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting the team’s 24×7 DRI coverage model.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or in a similar production operations role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized workloads.
• Strong understanding of automation, templating, and configuration management.
• Solid networking knowledge, including HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and BGP.
• Experience troubleshooting production environments across infrastructure and application layers.
• Ability to perform basic code debugging and implement small fixes when needed.
• Understanding of distributed systems and modern infrastructure architecture.
• Experience with PowerShell or another scripting language.
• Knowledge of security best practices, patch management, package management, and secure authentication.

Nice to Have

• Experience managing Dell Edge servers or similar compute infrastructure.
• Experience with Dell iDRAC or comparable remote management solutions.
• Experience supporting large-scale, multi-region datacenter environments.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or Azure AI.

Working Conditions

Location: Remote within Washington, California, Florida, Virginia, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Wisconsin.

Employment: Full-time, 40 hours per week, W-2 employment. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Contract duration: 6 months

Expected start date: September 1, 2026

Working hours: Full overlap with PST

Pay range: $50–$55 per hour. The range represents the hourly base pay Akvelon reasonably expects to offer for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation may depend on relevant experience, skills, and qualifications.

Benefits

• Vision, dental, health general insurance
• Professional growth while attending challenging projects and the possibility to switch your role
• Master new technologies and skills with company support
• Personal Career Development Plan (CDP)

Step into your future – apply now 🚀 and send us your CV.

Yuliana Budiak

IT Recruiter