Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Operations

SS&C•Kansas City, MO

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, scalability, and reliability of our systems and services. You will work closely with infrastructure, Engineering, DevOps, and security teams to build robust systems, automate operations, and implement best practices for incident response, monitoring, and disaster recovery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
3+ years of experience in a Site Reliability, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role.
Experience with Linux/Unix systems, Windows, shell scripting, and administration.
Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Go, Bash, etc.).
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Strong knowledge of networking, security, load balancing, and DNS.
Experience with monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog).

Nice To Haves

Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Familiarity with ITIL processes, incident/change/problem management frameworks.
Exposure to compliance and security standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA).
Experience in large-scale distributed systems and microservices architectures.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
Calm under pressure, especially during incidents and outages.
Passion for automation, continuous improvement, and innovation.

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve the uptime, performance, and availability of production systems.
Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure service reliability and user satisfaction.
Implement and manage monitoring, alerting, and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents, performing root cause analysis and postmortems.
Automate repetitive tasks and processes using scripts, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaaC).
Develop CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and operational processes.
Analyze system performance and capacity trends to plan for future growth.
Collaborate with engineering teams to design systems that scale reliably.
Support cloud and/or hybrid infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, etc.).
Manage system provisioning, configuration, and patching via tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet.
Act as a bridge between development and operations teams, championing DevOps and SRE principles.
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, reliability, and accountability.