Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Remote

SitusAMC

4d • $150,000 - $175,000 • Remote

About The Position

SitusAMC is on a digital transformation journey to implement and automate infrastructure and platform creation through Infrastructure as Code. The Lead Site Reliability Engineer works closely with Delivery, Platform, and Capability teams to consume in-house products and build and manage AWS cloud environments across various AWS services. The role develops infrastructure environments and capabilities, improves automation and operational efficiency, and supports the reliability, security, monitoring, and performance of systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of industry and/or relevant experience; the posting typically associates this with 2 or more years in an AVP-level role or external equivalent.
• Experience and in-depth understanding of AWS services such as RDS-MSQL, Elastic Beanstalk, and EKS.
• Experience with Scrum or Agile methodologies.
• Experience in scripting and automation using a scripting language; Python is preferred.
• Knowledge of and development experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• In-depth knowledge of a Git platform such as Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Experience building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding using CloudWatch and Datadog.
• Experience with ITIL methodologies in some areas.
• Experience with programming languages such as Java or .NET.
• Prior experience working on a team.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment.
• Self-motivation and ability to stay focused amid distractions.
• Experience with dashboarding and reporting management.

Nice To Haves

• Python scripting and automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain new infrastructure environments and capabilities.
• Collaborate with Delivery teams to understand and meet client requirements.
• Drive automation solutions that reduce toil, streamline processes, reduce manual interventions, and improve efficiency for product engineering and SRE teams.
• Develop and maintain monitoring tools, alerts, and dashboards that provide visibility into system health and performance.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and availability issues.
• Implement patching and vulnerability remediation policies.
• Manage IAM roles and conduct basic security audits.
• Build and administer automated pipelines.
• Administer source code repositories in ADO.
• Mentor, coach, and share knowledge with team members.
• Participate in incident response, conduct post-incident analyses, identify root causes, and implement preventive measures.
• Perform other activities as assigned by the manager.

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO).
• Paid holidays.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• 401(k).
• Certain positions may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, subject to program guidelines, position eligibility, and senior management approval.

What This Job Offers

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