Site Reliability Engineers Salaries in North Carolina

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USD 139,327 /yr

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Average annual salary:

USD 114,000

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USD 136,400

Average of salary range

USD 157,230

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Cities in North Carolina with the Most Jobs for Site Reliability Engineers

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CompTool's Squirrel includes 269 jobs postings for Site Reliability Engineers in cities across North Carolina.

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Key Responsibilities<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

Capacity Ingestion and\rManagement:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Designs\rand architects infrastructure and\/or service according to terms for reliability\rand functionality.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Forecasts\rdemands for infrastructure and responds to capacity needs, ensuring systems have\rsufficient resources to handle current and future workloads and identifying\rresource gaps.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Collaborates\rwith the software development team to develop infrastructures, ensuring\rfeatures are reliable and scalable according to deployment requirements.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Proactively\ridentifies opportunities for prototyping and drives prototyping initiatives\r(e.g., testing new applications or infrastructures, assisting in onboarding) to\rexplore novel approaches.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Incident and Service\rLifecycle Management:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Exercises\rjudgment when performing data collection, triage, technical analysis, and\rredirection to maintain and optimize operations and infrastructure reliability.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Takes\rproactive steps to monitor services, maintain up-to-date knowledge of their\rperformance, and document their condition.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Leverages\radvanced knowledge to perform incident response, root cause analyses, and\/or\rmaintenance on assigned services (e.g., software installs, version upgrades,\rsecurity updates, backup and recovery).<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Provides\rcomprehensive health and performance reporting and takes appropriate actions\rbased on trends in data.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>May\rperform provisioning to support infrastructure, applications, and services.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>May\rexperiment with new approaches for and performs decommissioning (e.g., shutting\rdown servers, removing data from databases) to remove objects that are no\rlonger needed.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Automation:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Identifies\rand recommends opportunities for automation and assesses potential benefits to\renhance operational efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Develops\rand implements design, automation tools, or scripts to provide solutions,\rgather metrics, monitor, analyze, mitigate, or remediate issues\/defects within\rinfrastructures.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Conducts\rtesting on moderately complex automations to ensure they perform tasks\rcorrectly and produce expected results.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Technical Communication and\rGuidance:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Writes\rrelease notes and\/or communicates comprehensive information about the scale,\rcapacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of services and\rtechnology with customers and immediate and related teams.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Proactively\ranticipates and articulates the potential impact of infrastructure, feature,\rand tool changes, considering their impact across team operations.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Serves\ras a resource to team members on what information to communicate and how to\rcommunicate.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Troubleshooting and\rResolution:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Provides\rcomprehensive operational support for technology, serving as a key escalation\rpoint for incidents and moderately complex issues arising within Oracle\rservices.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Drives\rand actively participates in on-call shifts to address issues.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Executes\rthe resolution of technical issues spanning multiple services, applying\radvanced investigation and debugging techniques to achieve SLOs (service level\robjectives).<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Documents\rincidents according to reporting methods and performs root cause analyses,\rcapturing essential information for analysis and future reference.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Performs\rpost-mortem procedures to prevent incident reoccurrence.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Innovation and Improvement:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Conducts\radvanced experiments and evaluations of cutting-edge tools and technologies to\roptimize infrastructure performance and reliability, taking proactive steps to\radhere to security standards.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Identifies\rand seeks opportunities to execute improvements for performance bottlenecks and\rdeployments, ensuring efficient resource usage, speed, and scalability.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Develops\rand maintains advanced knowledge of site reliability trends, sharing valuable\rinsights and information with senior team members, management, and beyond to\rpromote innovative building, testing, deploying, and running services.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Performs\rmoderately complex analyses and provides clear data on production to drive\rbusiness development decisions (e.g., design changes).<\/span><\/p>\r\r

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Core Responsibilities<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

Planning & Execution:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Manages\rand coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and deliverables\rto ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a moderately\rsized project or initiative. Efficiently delegates, monitors, and prioritizes\rwork across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and adjusting plans\rto address shifts in resources or timelines.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Collaboration &\rPartnership:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Collaborates\racross the organization to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.\rLeverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders, and\/or customers to\rensure proposed solutions meet their needs. Supports inclusivity by actively\rseeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring others feel heard and\rrespected.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Problem Solving:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Identifies\rand addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of data\rand\/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard practices.\rProactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough assessment\rand suggests potential solutions. Reviews, contributes to, and documents\rproblem solving strategies.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Continuous Learning:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Pursues\rlearning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and\/or tools in new areas\rand stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices. Proactively\rseeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills. Coaches\rand mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and knowledge\rsharing within and across teams.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Continuous Improvement:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Develops\rideas, recommends updates, and\/or collaborates on the implementation of process\rimprovements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes,\rprotocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on key\rstakeholders. Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative approaches\rand methods for continued improvement.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

Performance and Development:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\r

-      \r<\/span><\/span>Contributes\rto the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews,\rassessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.<\/span><\/p>\r\r

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Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization\/occupational health mandates, and\/or drug testing requirements.<\/b>

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only<\/b>

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $84,900 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.


Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee\/Spouse\/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.
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Job Summary<\/span><\/b><\/p>

The Red Hat IT OpenShift team is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, develop, scale, and operate our Red Hat Hybrid OpenShift Platforms (on-prem & cloud). As a Senior Engineer, you will contribute to running Red Hat OpenShift at scale by enabling customer self-service, making our monitoring system more sustainable, and eliminating toil through automation.<\/span><\/p>

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In the IT OpenShift team you will have the opportunity to influence the complex challenges of scale which are unique to Red Hat IT managed cloud platform services, while using your skills in coding, operations, and large-scale distributed system design. We develop, deploy, and maintain Red Hat's next-generation mission critical platform across hybrid cloud infrastructures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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We are a global team operating on-premise and in the public cloud, using the latest technologies from Red Hat and beyond. Red Hat relies on teamwork and openness for its success. We learn from our failures in a blameless environment to support the continuous improvement of the team. At Red Hat, your individual contributions have more visibility than most large companies, and visibility means career opportunities and growth. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business.<\/span><\/p>

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At Red Hat, our commitment to open source innovation extends beyond our products - it\u2019s embedded in how we work and grow. Red Hatters embrace change \u2013 especially in our fast-moving technological landscape \u2013 and have a strong growth mindset. That's why we encourage our teams to proactively, thoughtfully, and ethically use AI to simplify their workflows, cut complexity, and boost efficiency. This empowers our associates to focus on higher-impact work, creating smart, more innovative solutions that solve our customers' most pressing challenges.<\/p>

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What You Will Do<\/span><\/b><\/p>

Job Title Company Salary
Sr. Reliability Engineer Chemours USD 141,635
Senior Site Reliability Engineer Lead Akamai Technologies, Inc. USD 170,000
Principal Site Reliability Engineer Oracle USD 147,200
Reliability Engineer Alten USA USD 95,000
Principal Site Reliability Engineer Oracle USD 147,200
Senior Site Reliability Engineer Red Hat USD 157,140
Reliability Engineer ALTEN Technology USD 95,000
Reliability Engineer ALTEN Technology USD 95,000
Senior II Site Reliability Engineer Lead Akamai Technologies, Inc. USD 205,000
Principal Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Ally USD 145,000

FAQs

Here are some frequently asked questions related to Site Reliability Engineers job postings and salaries in North Carolina:

Q What qualifications are required for a Site Reliability Engineer position in North Carolina?
A Qualifications typically include a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, experience with coding languages, knowledge of systems administration, expertise in automation tools, understanding of cloud services, and practical experience with CI/CD pipelines. Strong problem-solving skills and experience in managing scalable and reliable IT systems are also important.
Q What are the primary responsibilities of a Site Reliability Engineer in North Carolina?
A Site Reliability Engineers in North Carolina are typically responsible for ensuring the reliability and availability of IT services. This includes developing and maintaining software to automate operational processes, managing incident responses, creating system documentation, working with deployment and monitoring tools, and collaborating with other technical teams to improve the stability and performance of systems.
Q How does the salary of a Site Reliability Engineer in North Carolina compare to other regions?
A Salaries for Site Reliability Engineers can vary widely based on the region. While specific numbers are excluded, it's important to note that the cost of living, demand for the role, and the prevalence of the tech industry within the region can affect salaries. North Carolina's tech hub areas may offer competitive salaries that reflect the industry standard, although they may be lower or higher than tech-centric regions like Silicon Valley.
Q Are there any specific industries in North Carolina that have a high demand for Site Reliability Engineers?
A North Carolina, particularly in areas such as the Research Triangle Park, is known for its growing tech industry. Therefore, industries such as information technology, financial services, healthcare, and education may exhibit high demand for Site Reliability Engineers due to their reliance on robust IT infrastructure and the need for high system availability.

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