Sr Site Reliability Engineer

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Our team is searching for our next Sr. Site Reliability Engineer to strengthen the reliability and resilience of the systems powering T-Mobile's payment platforms, enabling faster, safer software delivery. You'll apply your expertise to reduce manual effort and prevent operational incidents across systems where uptime and trust are non-negotiable. Your skills in programming and scripting, incident response, and modern tooling will keep our payment systems adaptable, secure, and efficient. Through continuous learning, you'll help drive innovation as payments technology evolves. Our team's expertise and partnerships are central to the stability and performance of T-Mobile's payments infrastructure.

We pride ourselves on encouraging a culture of innovation, advocating for agile methodologies, and promoting transparency in all that we do. Join us in embodying the spirit of the 'Un-carrier' and make a tangible impact! Our team is dynamic where no day is the same, and we are diverse and inclusive passionate about growth and transformation.

Responsibilities

• Enhance system reliability and resilience by identifying issues and implementing preventive measures to reduce downtime
• Apply hands-on experience with Cassandra , other NoSQL databases, and SQL databases to strengthen the reliability and scalability of distributed payment systems.
• Automate processes to accelerate software development and deployment while minimizing manual interventions
• Conduct root cause analysis and collaborate with problem management to prevent incident recurrence and improve system operations
• Apply problem-solving and analytical skills to prevent operational incidents and maintain system stability
• Leverage programming, scripting, and incident response expertise to improve system robustness and efficiency
• Continuously learn new skills and technologies to adapt to changing environments and drive innovation
• Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by business management as needed

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree plus 3 years of related work experience
• OR advanced degree with 1 year of related work experience
• OR combination of education and experience deemed equivalent (Required)
• Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science, Engineering or related field (Required)
• 4-7 years Working in operations or develops environments (Preferred)
• 4-7 years Troubleshooting customer related issues and managing customer relationships (Preferred)
• 4-7 years Developing software solutions using Python or similar programming languages (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required:

• AWS
• Application Monitoring
• Automation
• Bash (Programming Language)
• CI/CD (Required)
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Capacity Planning
• Emotional Resilience
• Incident Management
• IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
• Kubernetes
• Mentorship
• Python (Programming Language)
• Scripting
• System Reliability

Licenses and Certifications

Preferred:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• This certification validates technical expertise in provisioning, operating, and managing distributed application systems on the AWS platform. (Preferred)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator
• This certification validates the skills required for day-to-day administration of Kubernetes environments. (Preferred)
• Google Cloud Certified - Professional DevOps Engineer
• This certification validates the ability to efficiently develop and deploy applications using Google Cloud technologies and to manage operations. (Preferred)

Travel

Travel Required (Yes/No): No

DOT Regulated Position

DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No

Safety Sensitive Position

Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No

Pay Range

***The pay range below is the 'National Pay Range' and does not reflect the actual range for the locations listed.

Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity: $123,395 - $222,525

National Base Pay Range: $107,300 - $193,500

The Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity represents the expected total cash compensation for this role at target performance, combining base salary and annual incentive opportunity. Actual earnings may be higher or lower depending on individual performance and overall company results.

The base pay range reflects the compensation component of this opportunity. The candidate's actual pay will be based on var