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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE II) | Berkeley, CA | $80/hr
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE II) | 100% Onsite | Berkeley, CA | $80/hr | 1-Year Contract
Important Notes:
- Permanent overnight schedule of midnight to 8:00 a.m., five days per week
- 100% onsite in Berkeley, California
- No third-party agencies, Corp-to-Corp (C2C), or subcontracting arrangements
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship
We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE II) to support Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). As part of a 24x7 operations team, you'll help maintain the reliability and performance of critical high-performance computing infrastructure that supports scientific research and discovery. This role is ideal for an operations-focused engineer with strong Linux troubleshooting skills and experience in monitoring, alerting, incident response, automation, and production support.
What You'll Do:- Monitor computing, storage, network, and facility systems
- Review and respond to production alerts and incidents
- Troubleshoot issues across Linux, applications, storage, networking, and infrastructure
- Develop and maintain automation, monitoring, and alerting solutions
- Build tools and integrations that support operational workflows
- Support incident management and documentation through ServiceNow
- Collaborate across technical teams to improve reliability and operational processes
- Perform periodic data center walkthroughs to verify environmental, cooling, and power systems
Qualifications:
Required
- Experience supporting Linux-based production systems in a 24x7 operations, SRE, NOC, data center, or similar environment
- Strong Linux administration and command-line experience
- Experience troubleshooting production issues from alert through resolution
- Experience developing tools or automation using Python, Perl, Java, C, C++, Bash, or similar
- Experience with monitoring, alerting, and operational support workflows
Preferred
- Experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, NOC, Systems Administration, Infrastructure Operations, or Platform Engineering
- ServiceNow experience
- Experience with Kubernetes, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Alertmanager, or similar monitoring platforms
- Familiarity with IT Service Management (ITSM) best practices
- Experience supporting HPC, research computing, scientific computing, or other mission-critical environments
- Experience developing automation tools; AI-driven automation experience is a plus
Perfect Timing is a temporary staffing agency and direct hire recruiting firm that serves clients throughout the entire San Francisco Bay Area. We've been helping companies hire and people find jobs in the Bay Area for almost 40 years. Based in San Rafael, we specialize in temp, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements across administrative support, accounting, finance, healthcare, government, and nonprofit sectors.
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