About the role

What will you do at Patterson-UTI?

The NexTier Technology team is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to help build, scale, and maintain highly reliable systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role blends software engineering with infrastructure expertise to ensure our services are performant, resilient, and cost-efficient. Candidates will work closely with engineering teams to improve system reliability, automate operations, and embed best practices across the platform.

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Design, implement, and manage scalable, reliable infrastructure on GCP Maintain and improve system availability, performance, and latency Build and manage infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or similar Develop automation to reduce manual operational work Monitor systems using observability tools (metrics, logs, tracing) and respond to incidents Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response and postmortems Collaborate with development teams to improve service reliability and deployment processes Optimize cloud resource usage and cost efficiency Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable software delivery Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or similar roles Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services (e.g., Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage) Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java) Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) Solid understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring) Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, including: GCP: GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub (or equivalents) Cloud Monitoring & Logging BigQuery Dataflow Datastream IAM and networking Composer/AIrflow Kubernetes: deployment, scaling, reliability patterns CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar Observability: GCP Cloud Monitoring, Logging Experience operating systems in 24/7 production environments

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field. 3+ years experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Platform Engineering, or DevOps 3+ years operating production workloads on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Ability to understand and speak English at a level of proficiency allowing employee to issue, receive and respond to both safety and operations-related directions in English

Preferred Qualifications

Oil and Gas Industry knowledge Technology/Digital Industry knowledge The Evolving Oil Field Demands Evolving Service Providers NexTier is a leading provider of integrated completions that employs sustainable practices and equipment to support our customers’ ESG goals while accelerating production in the most demanding US land basins.
Patterson-UTI is committed to a workplace free from discrimination and harassment, offering equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of personal characteristics protected by law.
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Which skills does this role require?

TerraformPythonGoJavaDockerInfrastructure as CodeSRESLISLOError Budgets

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