DevOps Engineer/ Site Reliability EngineerWe are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer with SRE capabilities to join our team in Seattle, WA. This hybrid role (4 days onsite) focuses on enabling application development through automation, CI/CD, containerization, and observability, while bringing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices into action.Roles and ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and maintain automation pipelines to support application development.Implement Docker containerization (dockerfiles, docker builds, docker compose, registries, kaniko, devcontainers).Manage and optimize Kubernetes environments from the application development side (CKAD certification preferred).Drive GitOps workflows using tools like ArgoCD or Flux.Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket, etc.).Implement strong observability practices – monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding using Datadog, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, ELK, OpenTelemetry.Perform Linux administration, scripting, and troubleshooting (bash, shell scripting, common commands).Collaborate with developers to enhance reliability, scalability, and performance of applications.Must-Have SkillsExpertise in Docker & Kubernetes (application development side).GitOps tooling experience (ArgoCD or Flux).CI/CD expertise (Github Actions or Azure DevOps preferred).Observability tools – Datadog or similar.Strong Linux administration & shell scripting.Nice-to-Have SkillsKnowledge of Node.js, TypeScript, Go, or Python.Kubernetes Administration (CKA certification).Advanced Linux / Ansible experience.Basic Terraform exposure.Familiarity with Azure / AKS.