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Site Reliability Technician Lead at JABIL CIRCUIT, INC

JABIL CIRCUIT, INC Florence, KY

Job Description

Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services. Operating from over 100 facilities in 29 countries, Jabil delivers innovative, integrated, and tailored solutions to customers across a broad range of industries and end-markets, such as automotive, consumer lifestyle and wearable tech, defense and aerospace, connected home and building, industrial and energy, enterprise and infrastructure, healthcare, mobility, packaging and printing.

How will you make an impact?

  • As a Site Reliability Technician Leader within Jabil's Cloud Test Software Development team, you will directly contribute to the daily operations and development of our Cloud Test Platform Infrastructure deployed at multiple production facilities worldwide.

What will you do?

  • As the Site Reliability Technician Lead, you will provide the first line response to production issues including but not limited to outages, end user performance, change management, monitoring, improving the efficiency and usability of production test infrastructure and applications, and ensuring all site test infrastructure software and hardware is maintained with the latest updates to ensure high levels of performance and reliability.

How will you get here?

  • Sustaining support and maintenance for the manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11-L12) level test software and infrastructure deployed at our production facilities.

  • Support the site's manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11-L12) current test infrastructure as well as future expansions planning, deployments, and assembly.

  • Maintain manufacturing server (L10) and rack (L11-L12) test infrastructure documentation of installations, upgrades, management.

  • Communicate manufacturing test infrastructure enhancements while providing insights based on site operations and uptime challenges.

  • Support manufacturing test incident response, analysis, and corrective actions for the site operations.

  • Participate in closed loop analysis/responses to factory test failures.

  • Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on the test infrastructure, including MDF, IDF, and SUT TORs.

Management & Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • Reports to Management

Education:

  • BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Experience:

  • 1-3 years of software engineering and/or IT operations and infrastructure experience.

  • Experience in the following programming/scripting languages:

    • Python

    • Java

    • BASH

    • C, C++, experience a plus

  • Understanding of Linux fundamentals:

    • CentOS

    • Ubuntu

  • Familiarity with hardware and API solutions for controlling, managing and stressing L10 devices (servers, network and storage SSDs, NVMe):

    • IPMI,

    • Redfish,

    • mprime,

    • FIO,

    • Linpack,

    • ptugen,

    • memtester

  • Familiarity in the creation and configuration (DHCP, PXE boot, nginx) of Virtual Machines (VMs) using VMWare is a plus

  • Experience with leading edge networking systems, hardware, software and protocols including but not limited to enterprise ethernet datacenter switching/routing L1, L2, and L3 (BGP, DHCP Relay, ECMP).

  • Arista CloudVision is a plus.

  • Experience with networking systems, hardware, software and protocols including but not limited to enterprise ethernet datacenter switching/routing (L1 - L3).

  • Demonstrated systematic problem-solving capability, coupled with strong verbal and written communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

  • Experience working in multi-site and multi-cultural environments.

  • Domestic and/or international travel, up to 10%, may be required.

What Can Jabil Offer You?

Along with growth, stability, and the opportunity to be challenged, Jabil offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

  • Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options

  • 401K Match

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  • Paid Time Off

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance

  • Commuter Benefits

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Pet Insurance

  • Adoption Assistance

  • Annual Merit Increases

  • Community Volunteer Opportunities

Typical senior pay: $80k for Broadcast Technicians nationally

National salary averages
Expected senior-level
$80k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$29k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $115k

Top performers earn significantly more—skill and negotiation matter.

Senior roles pay 118% more than entry—experience is well rewarded.

Slight candidate advantage

Pay is responsive to skills and negotiation. Position yourself as a specialist.

Hiring leverage
Balanced
Wage leverage
Moderate
Mobility
Moderate
Durability
Mostly durable

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Specialists with niche skills
Weaker for: Generalists

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Expertise pays off

Limited new roles, but specialists earn significantly more.

-3%
10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.
Typical: Associate's degree

Consider building adjacent skills to stay marketable.

Labor data: BLS 2024