Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Federal Reserve System • St. Louis, MO

1d • $146,700 - $234,300 • Onsite

About The Position

The Federal Reserve Financial Services portfolio provides technology capabilities that power the U.S. payment systems infrastructure. This portfolio enables critical payment services that are foundational to the nation's financial system, focusing on delivering speed, resilience, and choice to meet evolving marketplace needs. We are seeking an experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineer to join our engineering team and drive the reliability, scalability, and performance of our critical systems. This role combines deep technical expertise in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices to ensure our services meet the highest standards of availability and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, and Node.js
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
• Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Extensive experience with AWS services including: Compute: Lambda, ECS, EC2, Fargate; Storage: S3, EBS, EFS; Database: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora; Networking: VPC, Route53, CloudFront, API Gateway; Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray
• Expert-level knowledge of GitLab (CI/CD pipelines, runners, GitOps)
• Advanced Terraform skills for infrastructure provisioning and management
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS)
• Proficiency with configuration management tools
• Hands-on experience with SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools
• Knowledge of DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) methodologies
• Understanding of security best practices, OWASP Top 10, and compliance frameworks
• Experience with secrets management and identity access management (IAM)
• Experience with monitoring tools (Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or similar)
• Log aggregation and analysis (CloudWatch Logs, Splunk)
• Distributed tracing with aws X-Ray
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related roles
• 3+ years in a lead or senior technical position
• Proven track record of managing large-scale production systems
• Experience with on-call rotations and incident management
• Must be a U.S Citizen or a Green card holder with intent to become a U.S Citizen.

Nice To Haves

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) preferred
• GenAI based Applications: Working knowledge of LLMs and agentic applications a plus
• Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven systems
• Familiarity with chaos engineering principles and practices
• Background in Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient systems across cloud infrastructure
• Establish and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure optimal system performance
• Lead incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Automate deployment pipelines, monitoring, and operational workflows
• Optimize cloud resource utilization and cost management
• Build and maintain internal tools and services to improve operational efficiency
• Collaborate with development teams to implement reliability best practices
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance on system design
• Develop monitoring solutions, alerting systems, and observability frameworks
• Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines (SAST/DAST)
• Implement and maintain security controls across infrastructure and applications
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
• Conduct security assessments and vulnerability management
• Mentor junior SRE team members and promote SRE culture across the organization
• Partner with software engineering teams to improve system reliability
• Drive technical initiatives and contribute to architectural decisions
• Document processes, runbooks, and technical specifications

Benefits

• Base Salary Range: Min: $146,700 Mid: $190,500 Max: $234,300 (Location: San Francisco)
• The Bank is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
• The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior