Sr. SRE Engineer (Only W2)

Sr. SRE Engineer for New York City, NY - Need Onsite day 1, hybrid 3 days from office).

Experience: 12+ Years

Domain: Strong Banking

Interview: Client Will ask for In-Person interview

Only Local Candidates

Job Description:

Position Overview:

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Engineer to lead our SRE team in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our production systems.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud infrastructure, automation, and system monitoring, with excellent leadership and communication skills to collaborate across teams and foster a culture of operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the SRE team to uphold system reliability, availability, and performance standards.
• Design, implement, and optimize scalable infrastructure and automation solutions to support business needs.
• Build, maintain, and enhance monitoring dashboards and alerting systems utilizing tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Develop and continuously improve detailed runbooks detailing operational procedures, incident response, and recovery processes.
• Drive Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes to minimize downtime and improve system resilience.
• Collaborate closely with development, DevOps, and security teams to design resilient, secure, and scalable systems.
• Define, monitor, and refine SLAs, SLOs, and KPIs for critical services to ensure continuous improvement.
• Evaluate emerging tools and technologies to enhance operational efficiency and reliability.
• Promote a proactive culture of automation, reliability, and problem-solving within the team.
• Mentor and develop team members, encouraging continuous learning and technical growth.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communication related to system reliability and operational activities.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Extensive experience with IT infrastructure, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), and modern DevOps/SRE methodologies.
• Hands-on expertise with monitoring and observability tools: Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk.
• Familiarity with ITSM and operational tools such as ServiceNow and OpsRamp.
• Experience with project and incident tracking tools like JIRA.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools.
• Proven track record managing distributed and large-scale production environments.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and evolving operational landscapes.

Preferred Certifications:

• SRE Foundation
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect / Azure Solutions Architect

ITIL Foundation or higher certifications