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# SRE

- **Company:** STELLARMETTLE PLACEMENTS, LLC
- **Location:** Ashburn, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Configuration Management, Static Program Analysis, Continuous Integration, Database Connection, Linux, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Domain Name System (DNS), Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Identity and Access Management, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Python (Programming Language), Network Troubleshooting, PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, Linux Servers, Reliability Engineering, Software Tools, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Ansible, Runbook, SQL Databases, TCP/IP, Scripting, Java Application Server, Docker Swarm, System Availability, Claude Code, Spring-boot, Software Troubleshooting, Reliability of Systems, AI Coding Agents, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Agentic-AI, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Cloudwatch, OpenAI Codex, Terraform, New Relic (SaaS), Docker
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ad6beacd-7a4c-4321-a80d-c9fdff32959b

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Linux systems engineering, or production infrastructure operations.
 * Strong hands-on Linux administration and production troubleshooting experience.
 * Production experience supporting Docker-based applications.
 * Working knowledge of PostgreSQL and SQL troubleshooting.
 * Experience troubleshooting Java applications and understanding JVM fundamentals.
 * Hands-on Terraform experience.
 * Experience with New Relic or a comparable monitoring/APM platform.
 * Proficiency with Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
 * Practical experience using AI-assisted coding or engineering tools for automation, troubleshooting, or infrastructure work.
 * Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and network troubleshooting.
 * Experience leading production incident investigations and implementing root-cause fixes., * Docker Swarm administration.
 * AWS experience, including EC2, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
 * Java/Spring Boot and JVM performance troubleshooting.
 * Terraform modules, Ansible, and CI/CD.
 * High availability, disaster recovery, and SRE practices such as SLIs/SLOs.
 * Experience applying AI agents to incident response and infrastructure automation.

## Description

StellarMettle is seeking a hands-on Senior SRE to support production applications and infrastructure across primarily on-premises Linux environments and hybrid AWS platforms. This role focuses on reliability, incident response, containerized applications, infrastructure automation, observability, and AI-assisted engineering., * Maintain and improve production system reliability, availability, and performance across Linux servers and application infrastructure.

 * Lead complex production incident investigations, troubleshooting issues across Linux, Docker, PostgreSQL, networking, and Java/Spring Boot applications.
 * Support Docker-based deployments, including container configuration, service networking, resource utilization, and operational troubleshooting.
 * Use logs, metrics, distributed traces, and JVM diagnostics to identify application and infrastructure performance issues.
 * Implement and maintain monitoring, dashboards, and alerts using New Relic or comparable observability platforms.
 * Lead root cause analysis and drive permanent corrective actions to reduce recurring incidents and improve system reliability.
 * Develop and maintain Terraform infrastructure code, automation scripts, and operational tools using Bash, Python, or similar languages.
 * Use AI coding agents such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or equivalent tools for scripting, troubleshooting, code analysis, and infrastructure automation.
 * Troubleshoot PostgreSQL issues involving queries, connection pools, database connectivity, locking, and performance.
 * Support hybrid on-premises/AWS infrastructure, deployment processes, configuration management, and rollback procedures.
 * Contribute to capacity planning, disaster recovery, system resilience, runbooks, and operational documentation.