Empower Retirement is looking for an Associate Site Reliability Engineer (ASRE) to join our team. You will work alongside experienced SREs, learning to operate highly available systems in AWS while contributing to the reliability of our value streams.
What You'll Do
- 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
What We're Looking For
- 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
Technical Stack
- AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, Splunk, GitOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Python, Bash
Team & Environment
You will work alongside experienced SREs in a team that values learning and growth.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $75,800.00 - $107,075.00
- 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) – open to all
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position open to candidates in the US.
We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.
