Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States Hybrid Internship USD 75,800 – 107,075 / year

Empower Retirement, LLC is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and respond to alerts in production environments, participating in on-call rotations with guidance from senior team members
  • Assist in incident response, documenting issues and participating in postmortems to drive continuous improvement
  • Support deployment pipelines using GitLab CI/Jenkins, learning GitOps practices and Infrastructure as Code principles
  • Help maintain Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and containerized applications, developing fundamental container orchestration skills
  • Create and maintain basic monitoring dashboards in Datadog and Splunk under supervision
  • Execute runbooks and standard operating procedures for routine operational tasks
  • Contribute to infrastructure automation using Terraform with guidance from Lead and Senior SREs
  • Learn and apply financial services compliance requirements in day-to-day work
  • Document procedures, system configurations, and incident resolutions
  • Collaborate with development teams to understand application architecture and reliability requirements

Requirements

  • 0-2 years of relevant experience in systems administration, DevOps, or software engineering
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
  • Basic understanding of Linux/Unix systems administration
  • Familiarity with at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Bash, Go)
  • Foundational knowledge of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing)
  • Understanding of version control systems (Git)
  • Strong desire to learn and grow in SRE/DevOps practices
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively
  • Willingness to participate in on-call rotation

Nice to Have

  • Internship or academic projects involving cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
  • Exposure to containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD concepts
  • AWS certifications (Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate)
  • Understanding of monitoring and observability concepts

Tech Stack

AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, Splunk, GitOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Python, Bash

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
  • Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
  • Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
  • Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
  • Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
  • Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Additional Information

  • Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.
  • For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption.
  • You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet.
  • Other necessary computer equipment will be provided.
  • You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.
  • Job Posting End Date at 12:01 am on: 03-14-2026
Required Skills
AWSEKSKubernetesTerraformDatadogGitLab CIJenkinsPythonBash
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Empower Retirement, LLC
Empower is a financial services company focused on transforming financial lives by helping individuals achieve financial freedom through advice, people, and technology. The company offers retirement, wealth management, and financial planning solutions.
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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category infrastructure
Posted 3 months ago