Entry Level Python Programmer Jobs in Pennsylvania

Shift work:

3pm-11pm EST Monday-Friday

Top Skills:

The ideal candidate will have he following qualifications:

• Proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
• Experienced operation in a 24x7 environment
• Experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps Engineering
• Expertise in one or programming languages such as Java, Python, or Go
• Strong working knowledge of RHEL 8 and higher to include bash shells cripting
• Able and eager to develop technical skills and employ a continuous improvement mindset
• Deep understanding of performance measurement (MTTD, MTTR, MTRS)

Description

As an Entry Level Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will combine your software and systems expertise to manage applications and to create innovative and automated solutions to simplify operations, eliminate toil, and increase the reliability and availability of our critical applications and business services.

Objective

• Run the production environment by monitoring availability and taking a holistic view of system health

• Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications

• Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions

• Measure and optimize system performance, with an eye toward pushing our capabilities forward, getting ahead of customer needs, and innovating for continual improvement

• Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large-scale distributed software applications

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Candidates should possess foundational knowledge or have interest in learning:

• Engineering and support of micro app/service architectures

• Working knowledge of web services technologies such as SOAP, JSON and REST

• Application Platforms such as OpenShift, Docker and Kubernetes

• Development Frameworks such as React, Node.js and Spring Boot

• Expertise in database technologies including SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle and Mongo

• Understanding of distributed tracing and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Jaeger and Humio

• Experience with Kafka event streaming

• Strong working knowledge of modern development technologies and tools such as Agile, CI/CD, Git and Jenkins

• Strong working knowledge of Internet protocols such as HTTP, TCP/UDP

Responsibilities of this position

• Gather and analyze metrics from operating systems as well as applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding

• Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures

• Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning

• Create sustainable systems and services through automation and uplifts

• Balance feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service-level objectives

• Partner with technology teams across the enterprise to establish SRE best practices and automated solutions with a focus on operational excellence

• Identify opportunities to evangelize adoption for greater self-healing and resiliency patterns

• Troubleshoot priority incidents and participate in blameless post-mortems

• Perform analytics on previous incidents and usage patterns to better predict issues and take proactive actions.

• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and escalation workflows

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Pittsburgh, PA.

The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $25.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Pittsburgh,PA.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 16, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.