Sr. Engineer, Site Reliability

ABOUT US

Syniti, part of Capgemini, tackles the hardest work in data for the world’s largest organizations. We combine intelligent software with deep data expertise to help the Fortune2000 tackle complex data challenges and drive measurable business outcomes with business-ready data. Syniti’s Data First strategy transforms data from an afterthought into a strategic asset—unlocking insights, reducing risk, and fueling growth. With over 5,000 successful projects, we support the full data lifecycle through a unified platform for migration, quality, replication, matching, master data management, analytics, governance, and strategy. Operating globally across industries, Syniti’s award-winning software, expert consultants give enterprises a unique edge in managing and maximizing their data.
Syniti’s cloud-native platform sets new standards in enterprise data management, combining powerful SaaS solutions with deep domain expertise. Designed for agility and scale, our technology helps customers accelerate digital transformation, drive innovation, and make confident decisions with trusted data. Every product enhancement is built to solve real business challenges—empowering organizations to unlock value from their data faster and more effectively.

THE ROLE

The Senior SRE – Applications will design and implement automation, CI/CD tooling, and resilient infrastructure for Syniti's cloud-hosted SaaS platform (SKP Northstar). This role sits within the Application SRE team, supporting 79+ microservices across data migration, quality, matching, orchestration, and catalog product lines. The engineer will lead Azure environment buildout while maintaining and improving existing AWS infrastructure, supporting Northstar's global compliance and scalability objectives including FedRAMP High, Cyber Essentials+, and SecNumCloud adherence. The role requires close collaboration with development, infosec, platform SRE, and compliance teams to enforce Zero Trust patterns and observability across all layers of the stack.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design and build automated cloud infrastructure for Syniti-hosted SaaS workloads across Azure and AWS.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD GitOps workflows for multi-environment deployments (dev, preprod, prod, GovCloud).
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning, including EKS/AKS clusters, Aurora PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch, and S3/Azure Storage.
• Integrate and maintain observability frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Jaeger) and enforce structured logging of application, audit, and security events.
• Support and extend Istio service mesh configurations including mTLS policies, AuthorizationPolicies, and SPIFFE-based workload identity.
• Implement and maintain supply chain security controls: container image signing (Cosign), SBOM generation (Syft), provenance attestation (SLSA), and vulnerability scanning (Trivy, Inspector, Snyk).
• Collaborate with security teams to meet FedRAMP High, Cyber Essentials+, NIST 800-53, and SecNumCloud control objectives across Azure and AWS environments.
• Provide L3 incident response and lead root cause analysis efforts for application-tier outages across the Northstar platform.
• Support the automated compliance gate (11 controls: NAC, FIPS, STIG, IRSA, SAST, DAST, SBOM, Sign, Vuln, Audit, Auth) and ensure application services pass all gates.
• Manage Kubernetes workload autoscaling (Karpenter, KEDA, HPA) and pod security policies (Kyverno) for production services.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong communication skills and ability to operate in a globally distributed team.
• Ability to work across development, compliance, platform SRE, and infrastructure teams.
• Self-starter with strong service ownership and ability to handle on-call escalations autonomously.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Solid documentation skills for runbooks, architecture decisions, and operational procedures.

TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure including AKS, Storage, Monitor, and IAM/Entra ID.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS (EKS, RDS/Aurora, IAM, S3, SQS, Cognito).
• 3+ years of Terraform module development for cloud infrastructure provisioning.
• 3+ years in CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or equivalent GitOps platforms).
• Strong Kubernetes operations experience: cluster management, pod security, autoscaling, troubleshooting.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy, or Linkerd) and workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE, IRSA, or workload identity federation).
• Proficiency in scripting languages: Python, Bash, or PowerShell. Go or .NET experience a plus.
• Experience implementing regional compliance controls (FedRAMP, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials+, or equivalent).
• Understanding of Zero Trust principles, mTLS, service identity, and network segmentation.
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or equivalent) and distributed tracing.
• Familiarity with container supply chain security (image signing, SBOM, vulnerability scanning) is a plus.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Trust in your talent. At Syniti you will find a supportive environment and access to learning tools, but micromanagement is not our style.
• Growth . We are growing rapidly and steadily solving the biggest challenges enterprise companies are faced with today. There was never a better time to join and grow with us. Most importantly you will have the chance to shape our journey and share in our success story.
• Support . We all rely on each other and enable each other to be successful. You won’t stand alone.
• Curiosity and genuine interest in you . We all have our different stories, all equally fascinating with each depicting a different journey and we want to hear them all.
• Recognition . We are the sum of individual achievements, and we always take the time to celebrate them.
• An open organisation . Titles don’t define access at Syniti. We stay humble regardless of where we sit in the organisation. We want to hear every voice, listen to all the ideas and make sure everyone’s work is seen and valued.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At Syniti, we’re committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and fair workplace where everyone belongs and thrives. We believe that diverse perspectives make us stronger — and we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and voices each person brings to our team.

We welcome applicants based on their skills and potential, and we’re dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities for all, regardless of personal background. If you need accommodations during the hiring process, please let us know — we’re here to support you.

Syniti discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to: relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Syniti, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for this role is $134,941.25 - $171,411.75. This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.