Site Reliability Engineer

Job DetailExperience Level Sr LevelDegree Type Bachelor of Science (BS)Employment Full TimeWorking Type RemoteJob Reference 0000021111Salary Type AnnuallyIndustry Financial ServicesSelling Points Contribute to the reliability of a high-transaction payment platform. Collaborate remotely with a dynamic team in a growth-oriented environment. Leverage cutting-edge AWS technologies and SRE principles.Job DescriptionSite Reliability Engineer OverviewThe Site Reliability Engineer ensures the reliability, scalability, and performance of the client’s payment processing platform.Apply engineering principles to operational challenges, automating tasks and enhancing system resilience.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed reliability into application design and deployment practices.Operate and optimize AWS infrastructure, ensuring secure and scalable environments.Monitor and improve database operations, addressing performance issues and scaling for growth.Develop observability stacks to monitor system health and drive reliability improvements.Participate in incident response, maintaining runbooks and escalation paths for swift resolutions.Work remotely with opportunities for collaboration and professional growth.Site Reliability Engineer Key Responsibilities & DutiesRead, debug, and contribute to production C#/.NET code for reliability enhancements.Optimize AWS workloads using EC2 Auto Scaling, ECS Fargate, and Lambda services.Automate deployment pipelines and disaster recovery procedures to reduce operational toil.Manage RDS SQL Server deployments, ensuring failover readiness and performance optimization.Build observability stacks using CloudWatch metrics, AWS X-Ray, and structured logging.Design secure AWS network topologies, configuring VPCs, subnets, and security groups.Conduct root cause analysis for incidents and lead post-mortems to capture lessons learned.Collaborate with engineering teams to share best practices and mentor on SRE principles.Site Reliability Engineer Job RequirementsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.4+ years in SRE, DevOps, or systems-focused engineering roles.Proficiency in C#/.NET, AWS compute services, and RDS SQL Server operations.Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like CloudFormation or CDK.Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash for automation.Knowledge of AWS networking, security configurations, and observability tools.Preferred experience in fintech, payments, or high-transaction environments.Openness to leveraging AI tools for diagnostics and workflow improvement.