Site Reliability Engineer

Dayforce

38d•$80,500 - $143,800•Remote

About The Position

Site Reliability Engineers bridge the gap between Development and Operations teams to enable faster feature delivery and improve service quality. As part of Dayforce’s Site Reliability Engineering team, you will help build scalable, reliable, and highly available systems while contributing to proactive monitoring, automation, and operational excellence across Dayforce environments. U.S. based applicants must successfully pass a Dayforce background screening, USFedPASS (U.S. Federal Personnel Authorization Screening Standards), including a credit check, criminal/misdemeanor background check, and drug test. Employment is contingent upon successfully passing the screening. Due to federal requirements, only U.S. citizens, naturalized U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or Green Card holders will be considered. Candidates must also be eligible for U.S. security clearance.

Requirements

Self-starter with a passion for learning new technologies and improving operational efficiency.
2–4 years of experience as an SRE, System Administrator, Network Engineer, Database Administrator, or Software Engineer.
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language, preferably C#.
Experience with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell.
Experience with at least one database platform and querying language such as MSSQL/TSQL or PostgreSQL/PLSQL.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to work effectively in fast-paced operational environments.
Understanding of operational excellence, automation, and reliability engineering concepts.

Nice To Haves

Experience with containerization technologies and Kubernetes.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
Experience automating operational workflows and remediation activities.
Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices.
Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills in distributed cloud environments.

Responsibilities

Learn and develop a deep understanding of Dayforce’s cloud infrastructure and application ecosystem.
Onboard new applications and features, ensuring successful completion of Production Readiness Reviews.
Contribute to projects that improve platform reliability, automate operational tasks, and enhance SRE processes.
Participate in incident response activities, root cause investigations, and remediation efforts.
Create and maintain runbooks and reusable operational components.
Contribute to the internal SRE repository and engineering best practices.
Build trusted relationships across Development, Operations, and broader business teams.
Participate in PagerDuty on-call rotations as required.
Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, performance, and service reliability.