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Site Reliability Engineer Lead

Sunrise Systems Inc

Grand Rapids, MI

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Access Control, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Applications Security, Authentication, Automation, Autoscaling, Bootstrap, Change Control, Chargebacks, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cost Allocation, Cross-Functional, Cryptography, GitHub, IAM - Information Assurance Management, Identify Issues, Machine Tool, Maintain Compliance, Production Systems, Reliability Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Software Engineering, Team Player
LOCATION
Grand Rapids, MI
POSTED
30+ days ago

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer Lead
Job ID: 26-02197
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Duration: Through end of the 2026
 
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 
Must Have
 

  • AWS Cloud Expertise
  • GitHub & CI/CD
  • Operational & Collaboration Skills
  • Rundeck (Operational Automation)
  • Security & Compliance
  • Spacelift (Terraform Orchestration)
  • Terraform experience in production AWS environments.
 
Nice To Have
 
  • Experience migrating teams into centralized IaC or platform tooling.
  • FinOps experience (cost tagging, chargeback/showback)
  • Policy-as-code exposure (OPA, Sentinel, or equivalent)
  • Terraform tooling: tflint, checkov, tfsec, infracost
 
Job Summary:
 
We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Engineer (Contract) to support a centralized cloud enablement team responsible for building, deploying, and operating standardized AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Spacelift, Rundeck, and GitHub.
 
This role focuses on creating and maintaining reusable IaC patterns, build and deployment automation, and governance controls that enable secure, scalable selfservice infrastructure across a multiaccount AWS environment. The contractor will work closely with platform, security, and application teams to deliver reliable "paved road” solutions while maintaining strong compliance and operational rigor.
 
Essential Functions:
 
  • Design, build, and maintain Terraform modules and IaC patterns used by multiple delivery teams.
  • Implement and operate Terraform deployments via Spacelift, including stack design, approvals, drift detection, and environment promotion.
  • Develop and maintain Rundeck jobs for AWS operational automation, breakglass actions, and platform support workflows.
  • Build and support GitHubbased CI/CD pipelines using GitOps principles (PRdriven change control).
  • Establish and enforce AWS standards for:
  • Account structure and environments
  • Tagging, cost allocation, and ownership
  • Security, access control, and auditability
  • Implement secure automation using IAM roles, OIDC, and leastprivilege access.
  • Collaborate with application and platform teams to onboard workloads to standardized IaC tooling.
  • Produce and maintain documentation, runbooks, and onboarding guides.
  • Troubleshoot IaC, pipeline, and automation failures; participate in root cause analysis as needed.
 
Qualifications:
 
 
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
 
  • 5+ years of handson Terraform experience in production AWS environments.
  • Advanced experience with:
  • Module design, reuse, and versioning
  • Remote state using S3 and DynamoDB
  • Multiaccount and multienvironment deployments
  • Standards enforcement via validation and lifecycle rules
  • Experience supporting centralized Terraform modules consumed by many teams.
 
AWS Cloud Expertise
 
  • Strong, practical experience with:
  • AWS Organizations, SCPs, and multiaccount strategies
  • Crossaccount IAM role design
  • Account bootstrap / landing zone concepts
  • Handson experience provisioning AWS services via Terraform, including:
  • IAM
  • VPC and networking
  • EC2 / Auto Scaling
  • EKS or ECS (working knowledge)
  • S3, RDS
  • CloudWatch and logging
  • KMS and encryption
 
Spacelift (Terraform Orchestration)
 
  • Production experience using Spacelift for Terraform:
  • Stack and dependency design
  • Environment promotion and approvals
  • Worker configuration (private or AWShosted preferred)
  • Drift detection and scheduled runs
  • Experience integrating Spacelift with AWS IAM and GitHub workflows.
 
Rundeck (Operational Automation)
 
  • Experience designing and operating Rundeck jobs for AWS infrastructure operations.
  • Strong understanding of:
  • Job security, RBAC, and approvals
  • Credential management using IAM roles (no static keys)
  • Error handling, retries, and notifications
  • Familiarity with jobascode or versioncontrolled job patterns.
 
GitHub & CI/CD
 
  • Enterprise GitHub experience, including:
  • Branch protection rules and CODEOWNERS
  • Required reviews and PRbased change control
  • GitHub Actions for CI/CD
  • OIDCbased authentication to AWS
  • Strong understanding of GitOps delivery models.
 
Security & Compliance
 
  • Experience implementing:
  • Leastprivilege IAM and permission boundaries
  • Secure secrets handling (no credentials in code)
  • Approval workflows and separation of duties
  • Ability to embed security and compliance into IaC pipelines rather than manual processes.
  • Experience in regulated or risksensitive environments strongly preferred.
 
Operational & Collaboration Skills
 
  • Strong troubleshooting and operational mindset.
  • Experience supporting shared platforms used by many teams.
  • Ability to document solutions clearly and enable team adoption.
  • Strong communication skills and comfort working with crossfunctional stakeholders.

 
Contact:
Jaya Balaji: jayabalaji.s@sunrisesys.com | (732) 515-5373 | URL: www.sunrisesys.com

About the Company

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Sunrise Systems Inc

Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.

We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.

Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:

  • Business, management, and technical fields
  • Information technology consulting and software solutions.
  • Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
  • Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies

Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:

  • Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
  • Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
  • Data processing and data migration
  • Application re-engineering and platform migration
  • Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.
COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
1990
WEBSITE
http://www.sunrisesys.com/

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