Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Position Description 

Our Senior SRE works with our Manager, Distinguished and Staff Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of technology, risk management, site reliability engineering principles and strategic planning to design and implement resilient systems that safeguard our business from potential threats. 

Position Responsibilities 

​​As an SRE, you will: 

• ​Drive the overall strategy for the organization, aligning it with the organization's business goals and objectives 

• ​Provide thought leadership in the organization, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance the reliability of our services. 

• ​Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities 

• ​Design and implement robust strategies to ensure data safety, integrity, and correctness  

• ​Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions 

• ​Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data safeguard best practices into the development and deployment processes 

• ​Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our backup/restore systems 

• ​Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event  

​of a disaster 

• ​Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Software Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others) 

• ​Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our data safeguard capabilities including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility 

• ​Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our data safeguard capabilities 

• ​Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of data safeguarding and foster a culture of resilience 

• ​Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on best practices managing and securing our data,  to technical and non-technical stakeholders 

• ​Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community 

• ​Influence and educate executives 

• ​Analyze cost and forecast 

• ​Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning