Alpha Consulting Corp. · 1 month ago
Network/Operations - Dev Ops Engineer
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelAlpha Consulting Corp. is seeking a Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for their enterprise-scale API Gateway platform team. The role involves managing a critical application that handles billions of transactions per day, focusing on platform stability, automation, and operational excellence.
ConsultingPharmaceuticalStaffing Agency
No H1B
Responsibilities
Work as part of a ~30-member platform team supporting an enterprise API Gateway
Participate in weekly on-call rotations: Primary and Secondary on-call roles
Rotation runs Thursday to Wednesday
Support production releases, including: Weekly paper releases, Bi-weekly night releases (typically 9 PM – 12 AM)
Troubleshoot high-priority incidents involving: API traffic issues, Network and certificate failures, Infrastructure or database latency
Collaborate closely with engineers, IT support, and leadership
Attend daily standups (10 AM) and operational calls as required
Act as a first responder for gateway-related incidents impacting internal and external customers
Qualification
Required
Strong hands-on experience with AWS (ECS, EKS, NLBs, Aurora, CloudWatch, large-scale infra)
Python development experience (debugging, scripting, feature fixes)
CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab, or similar tools)
Strong production support & troubleshooting skills across: Infrastructure, Networking, Certificates / TLS, Databases
Experience supporting high-throughput, mission-critical systems
Ability to debug issues end-to-end with low MTTD (Mean Time to Detect)
Willingness and ability to work onsite in Richmond from Day 1
No visa sponsorship requirement
Preferred
Prior Capital One experience (strongly preferred)
Banking or financial services domain experience
Experience with Kong API Gateway (or other API gateway platforms)
SRE background supporting large enterprise platforms
Experience handling large-scale traffic (hundreds of TPS or more)
Company
Alpha Consulting Corp.
Alpha Consulting Corp. has been exceeding expectations in the IT, pharmaceutical, and clinical staffing business since 1994.
Founded in 1994
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase