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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
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A Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining highly reliable and scalable software systems and infrastructure. They emphasize automation, code-driven infrastructure, and the use of software tools to manage systems efficiently. Monitors performance within production environments, identifies causes of incidents, and implements preventative measures to ensure software reliability.
$123,674 / year median in Texas
Job Description
Lead SRE and platform engineering across AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform, DNS, CDN, WAF, observability, and CI/CD. Drive reliability, security, automation, incident management, troubleshooting, and operational standards for large-scale customer-facing web applications. Mentor engineers, influence architecture, establish SLOs/SLIs, and lead global technical collaboration. Require 8+ years experience, including 3+ years as a technical lead, senior engineer, architect, or equivalent.