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# Sr Site Reliability Engineer (SRE for Compute Platform)

- **Company:** ClearBridge Technology Group
- **Location:** San Ramon, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,400.0 - $208,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computing Platforms, Bash Shell, Ubuntu (Operating System), DevOps, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, OpenStack, Dell PowerEdge, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Private Cloud Environment, SUSE Linux, Delivery Pipeline, Git, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bare Metal, Multiaccess Edge Computing, Terraform, Api Management, Cisco
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9194063/sr-site-reliability-engineer-sre-for-compute-platform

## About the Role

* 6+ years in infrastructure/platform engineering or DevOps with a heavy focus on compute system design.
 * Hands-on experience automating bare-metal environments at scale, PXE boot, network-based provisioning, and BMaaS.
 * Practical experience with Redfish APIs and enterprise hardware (Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, Supermicro, or HPE).
 * Expert-level Ubuntu Linux skills alongside KVM hypervisors (e.g., OpenStack, SUSE Harvester).
 * Strong track record deploying production-grade Kubernetes clusters using Terraform and Ansible.
 * Must be explicitly interested in and eligible for a permanent contract-to-hire transition.

Desired Skills

 * Advanced OpenStack or Ubuntu KVM administration.
 * Experience in telco, edge cloud, or massive-scale enterprise environments.
 * Compliance knowledge (CIS/NIST security standards) or ITIL certifications.
 * Certifications: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist), or Ubuntu certifications.

## Description

Our client, a large professional services firm located in San Ramon, CA, is looking to hire a deeply technical Sr. Site Reliability Engineer for a 3-month contract with potential to hire position. The consultant will be expected to design, implement, and support Kubernetes on bare-metal and hypervisor platforms in a private cloud environment. This role drives the architecture, standardization, and automation of enterprise compute spanning bare metal infrastructure, operating systems, private cloud orchestration, and Kubernetes using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and GitOps practices., * Lead the design of enterprise compute, virtualization, and container orchestration layers (Kubernetes on bare metal via ArgoCD).

 * Design and implement Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) frameworks, PXE-based provisioning environments, and Redfish API integrations.
 * Develop and maintain automation workflows using Ansible, Terraform, Helm, Git, Python, and Bash.
 * Build pipelines for automated OS deployment (Ubuntu, Harvester), server builds, firmware management, patching, and rollbacks.
 * Conduct deep-dive troubleshooting across storage, Kubernetes, hypervisors, and networking; participate in escalation support.