Sre/java Engineer - Remote Eligible

SRE / Java Engineer

Our client is looking for a forward-thinking, energetic Site Reliability Engineering Manager to join our team. This client serves the ecommerce needs of leading and growing grocery retailers with millions of shoppers located throughout the East Coast and Midwest. This client strives to enable our retailers to be number one in all markets they operate in by:

• Leading IT staff, vendors and third-party providers to make our clients more competitive by using enabling IT technology
• Delivering innovative and simple to use business processes and systems
• Achieving excellence in the end user (shopper) experience

Experience:

• Working with the Applications, Engineering, Platform, Operations and infrastructure and Cloud teams to ensure we are a premier software delivery organization
• Drive software engineering standard processes into all of our operational spaces by leading from the front and by example
• Passionate about leading a 24/7 engineering organization and enabling automation
• Lifelong learner who furthers diversity of thought in their approach to management
• Willingness to learn eCommerce and/or fulfillment operations and PDL business processes and interdependencies
• Driven to deliver results on time with high quality

Required Skills:

• 5+ years' experience in eCommerce business systems OR 5+ years Supply Chain, Warehouse Management, Transportation
• 5+ years SRE or DevOps role
• 5+ years Scrum Agile methodology
• Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions that are easily maintainable, understandable, and diagnosable
• Able to write clear and consumable documentation
• Track record of building and running high-performance teams
• Extensive experience leading customer facing systems in a high uptime 24/7 environment
• Expertise analyzing complex application, database, network, and OS issues across a distributed large scale customer facing system
• System configuration management experience with automation tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or Salt
• Advanced experience with programming and/or scripting languages (Python, Java, bash)
• Experience with DevOps tools, processes, and culture
• High-level technical understanding (development methodologies, phases, etc)
• Proven track record in working collaboratively across functional areas to get results
• Interact effectively with representatives from Technology and Business Partners

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment
• Effectively communicate to various levels of management
• Ability to work within a team centered environment

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.