Junior SRE

Nordstrom

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$104,500–$162,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $166k
This role $134k
$93k most similar roles pay here $215k

This role pays less than 71% of similar roles. Most pay $129,431–$202,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $134k versus about $166k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Nordstrom

Nordstrom is a leading American luxury department store chain offering a wide selection of clothing, shoes, accessories, and beauty products through its stores, Nordstrom Rack outlets, and online. Industry: Luxury Department Store Retail

Nordstrom currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $142,000–$220,500 across 23 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Junior SRE

Junior SRE joins the Nordstrom Technology team to ensure the reliability and performance of critical systems through proactive monitoring and incident response. This role involves maintaining "eyes on glass" dashboards to detect anomalies, participating in on-call rotations to mitigate outages, and performing deep technical root cause analysis to prevent recurring issues. The position also focuses on enhancing observability, writing scripts for automation, tracking SLOs and SLIs, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should possess a background in site reliability engineering principles and experience with tools like Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, Splunk, or Elasticsearch. Technical requirements include proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or Java, along with familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes to improve system fault tolerance and scalability.

What you'll do

  • Maintain real-time "eyes on glass" monitoring dashboards to identify and respond to system performance anomalies.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot issues, mitigate outages, and restore services quickly.
  • Conduct deep technical investigations to identify root causes of incidents and prevent recurrence.
  • Refine monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to provide actionable insights for the engineering team.
  • Write and maintain scripts to automate routine operational tasks, incident remediation, and reporting.
  • Support the definition and tracking of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Indicators (SLIs).
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines and workflows to ensure seamless deployments and minimize system downtime.
  • Create and maintain detailed documentation for monitoring configurations and incident handling procedures.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Foundational understanding of site reliability engineering principles including monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
  • Exposure to observability tools such as Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, or Grafana.
  • Experience with logging platforms like Splunk or Elasticsearch.
  • Basic proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or Java.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure.
  • Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills for technical troubleshooting and cross-functional collaboration.

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