Site Reliability Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal SRE Engineer based in the United States.

• Design, implement, and maintain reliable, scalable enterprise application platforms across hybrid and cloud environments.
• Own and evolve the organization’s CI/CD technology stack, establishing best practices for continuous integration, continuous delivery, testing, packaging, deployment, and version control.
• Build self-service tooling and automation that enables engineering teams to provision, configure, deploy, and scale infrastructure efficiently.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to automate environment setup and infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, configuration management, and related technologies.
• Architect, provision, monitor, and maintain AWS resources while supporting cloud, hybrid, and on-premises hosting strategies.
• Design and improve monitoring, alerting, observability, and operational processes to strengthen platform reliability and incident response.
• Automate security activities, including code scanning, package scanning, vulnerability detection, and other controls designed to identify and mitigate technology risks.
• Develop automated testing, deployment validation, code-versioning workflows, and GitHub Actions to improve software quality and release confidence.
• Define development, testing, release, update, and support processes in collaboration with technical teams across the organization.
• Manage and optimize container platforms using Docker and Kubernetes while supporting modern application delivery practices.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to establish DevOps execution strategies for individual projects and enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Research and recommend emerging technologies, solutions, protocols, and standards to modernize the enterprise CI/CD platform.
• Develop and maintain service-hosting decision frameworks that help determine when workloads should run on-premises, in hybrid environments, or in the cloud.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple projects and teams, balancing independent execution with collaborative delivery.
• Support mission-critical systems on a 24/7 basis when required and contribute to continuous improvement of platform reliability and operational efficiency.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technology discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 18–20 years of overall experience in technology-related roles, including 8–10 years focused on infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD, or large-scale technology transformation.
• Deep hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Python, and scripting languages.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD and DevOps tooling, including repositories, packaging, testing, code scanning, package scanning, and deployment technologies such as Maven, Gradle, Helm, and Sonatype.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Strong knowledge of AWS and cloud platforms, Linux operating systems, networking, databases, and modern enterprise application environments.
• Experience designing and implementing automation and Infrastructure as Code across complex technology environments.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence, with the ability to operate effectively across both Agile and traditional project teams.
• Knowledge of web application development and the ability to collaborate closely with application engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to modernize technology platforms, improve delivery processes, and introduce new tools and practices at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of security considerations within DevOps environments, including vulnerability identification, automated scanning, and risk mitigation.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and external partners.
• Strong leadership capabilities, including the ability to attract, retain, mentor, and develop engineering talent.
• Self-motivated, initiative-driven, curious, and comfortable asking questions and exploring new technologies.
• Action-oriented mindset with a willingness to experiment, learn from mistakes, and continuously improve.
• DevOps engineering certification is preferred.

• Competitive annual base salary ranging from $104,839 to $252,194 USD, depending on location, experience, skills, and qualifications.
• Typical California hiring range of $171,148.50 to $237,706.25 USD.
• Remote work flexibility from anywhere in the United States for most positions.
• Potential incentive bonus programs, including holiday, referral, and performance-based bonuses.