Lead DevOps (Site Reliability Engineer)

Anza Mortgage Insurance Corporation•McLean, VA

12d

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team. The Lead SRE will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cloud-based systems hosted in AWS. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, operations teams, and other stakeholders to enhance system reliability and developer productivity through automation, monitoring, and incident response.

Requirements

BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Argo CD and Argo Workflows
IaC: Terraform and Terragrunt
Kubernetes and and related plugins
GitHub Actions
AWS (EKS, Fargate, Aurora)
Security and Compliance
Containerization (Docker)
Logging and Monitoring Tools
Programming Scripting Language
DB Management
Version Control (Git)
Incident Management

Nice To Haves

MA in Computer Science
Experience with Datadog
Experience with Cloudflare
Mortgage Domain Knowledge
Advanced Security Practices (GuardDuty, Security Hub)
Disaster Recovery Planning
Experience with workflow automation tools such as Camunda
AWS Associate, AWS DevOps Professional

Responsibilities

Lead a team of SREs consisting of FTEs and contractors
Define and assign the tasks to SREs, review the PRs and provide the feedback
Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure in AWS.
Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding solutions to ensure system health and uptime.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools like Terraform and Terragrunt
Implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and improve development workflows.
Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes to prevent recurring issues.
Optimize system performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness in collaboration with engineering teams.
Drive infrastructure improvements and advocate for best practices in system design and operations.
Establish and manage disaster recovery plans, ensuring system availability during unexpected events.