Staff Site Reliability Engineer
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer based in the United States.
The Staff Site Reliability Engineer will define the technical vision and reliability strategy for a mission-critical cybersecurity platform operating at global scale.
This role combines advanced software engineering, infrastructure architecture, and DevOps leadership to build resilient, secure, and scalable systems.
You will design automation frameworks, improve operational excellence, and enable engineering teams to deliver reliable software across diverse deployment environments.
The position requires deep expertise in distributed systems, Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, and infrastructure security.
You will serve as a technical leader, driving engineering standards, mentoring teams, and solving complex reliability challenges.
This is an opportunity to shape the future of secure technology platforms while working in a collaborative, innovation-driven environment.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer based in the United States.
The Staff Site Reliability Engineer will define the technical vision and reliability strategy for a mission-critical cybersecurity platform operating at global scale.
This role combines advanced software engineering, infrastructure architecture, and DevOps leadership to build resilient, secure, and scalable systems.
You will design automation frameworks, improve operational excellence, and enable engineering teams to deliver reliable software across diverse deployment environments.
The position requires deep expertise in distributed systems, Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, and infrastructure security.
You will serve as a technical leader, driving engineering standards, mentoring teams, and solving complex reliability challenges.
This is an opportunity to shape the future of secure technology platforms while working in a collaborative, innovation-driven environment.
Accountabilities:
- Define and execute the long-term infrastructure strategy supporting secure, repeatable deployments across hosted environments, customer-managed hardware, and restricted environments.
- Architect resilient distributed systems and deployment frameworks that support global-scale operations and diverse customer requirements.
- Lead the evolution of CI/CD platforms, Kubernetes environments, and configuration management practices to improve developer productivity and deployment reliability.
- Design advanced application packaging and infrastructure automation solutions using technologies such as Jsonnet, Grafana Tanka, Kustomize, and GitOps methodologies.
- Establish and govern Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets to balance reliability and feature delivery.
- Develop enterprise observability strategies using monitoring, alerting, and tracing solutions to improve visibility into system health and performance.
- Drive infrastructure security architecture, including container security, zero-trust principles, network segmentation, and automated compliance practices.
- Partner with engineering teams to establish self-service tooling, operational standards, and reliable development workflows.
- Act as a technical advisor across engineering teams, reducing operational complexity and improving engineering effectiveness.
- Lead incident response efforts for high-severity issues, including incident command, root cause analysis, and long-term architectural improvements.
- Conduct blameless post-mortems and implement systemic solutions to prevent recurring failures.
- Mentor engineers and promote a culture of reliability, automation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
- Influence technical strategy across the organization by collaborating with engineering and product leadership.
- 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
- Proven experience operating at a Staff, Principal, or Lead engineering level with ownership of organization-wide technical initiatives.
- Strong software engineering background with the ability to design and build production-quality systems and internal tooling.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Go or Python.
- Deep architectural knowledge of Kubernetes in multi-cluster and production environments.
- Advanced experience with Kubernetes configuration management, application packaging, and tools such as Jsonnet, Grafana Tanka, and Kustomize.
- Extensive experience designing CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as GitHub Actions and ArgoCD.
- Experience architecting complex deployment models across self-hosted, on-premises, VMware-based, and air-gapped environments.
- Strong expertise in observability platforms, monitoring strategies, alerting frameworks, and distributed tracing.
- Experience designing secure infrastructure architectures, including container hardening, vulnerability management, and network security practices.
- Ability to operate effectively in regulated or customer-managed environments with strict security requirements.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions and align teams around reliability goals.
- Strong mentoring skills and a passion for improving engineering practices across teams.
- Competitive base salary range of $165,000–$230,000.
- Eligibility for additional bonuses based on company performance and individual contributions.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one.
- Health savings and financial wellness programs.
- Access to company-paid mental health support, counseling, and coaching resources.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching.
- Unlimited vacation policy and dedicated health and wellness days.
- Paid parental leave programs.
- Equity stock options at hire with opportunities for additional performance-based grants.
- Employee referral rewards program.
- Wellness benefits including fitness memberships and equipment discounts.
- LinkedIn Learning access for continuous professional development.
- Monthly social connection reimbursements to support team engagement.
- Additional perks including legal plan coverage, pet insurance, and wellness reimbursements.
- Opportunity to work on impactful cybersecurity technology in a collaborative and growth-focused environment.
The Staff Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for leading reliability engineering strategy, architecting scalable infrastructure solutions, and establishing best practices that improve system performance, security, and operational efficiency.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is a highly experienced Site Reliability or Platform Engineer with strong software engineering capabilities and a proven ability to lead large-scale infrastructure initiatives.