Senior Systems Reliability Engineer

Senior SRE (Engineering & Reliability) Job Summary:We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Lead to oversee the reliability, scalability, and performance of our critical systems. As an SeniorSRE, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and implementing SRE practices, leading a team of engineers, and driving automation, monitoring, and incident response strategies. This position combines software engineering and systems engineering expertise to build and maintain high-performing, reliable systems. Experience:7+ yearsKey Responsibilities: Reliability & Performance: - Lead efforts to maintain high availability and reliability of critical services. - Define and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure business requirements are met. - Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system inefficiencies. Incident Management & Response: - Establish and improve incident management processes and on-call rotations. - Lead incident response and root cause analysis for high-priority outages. - Drive post-incident reviews and ensure actionable insights are implemented.Automation & Tooling: - Develop and implement automated solutions to reduce manual operational tasks. - Enhance system observability through metrics, logging, and distributed tracing tools (e.G., Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic APM). - Optimize CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments.Collaboration: - Partner with software engineering teams to improve the reliability of applications and infrastructure. - Work closely with product/ engineering teams to design scalable and robust systems. - Ensure seamless integration of monitoring and alerting systems across teams. Leadership & Team Building: - Manage, mentor, and grow a team of SREs. - Promote SRE best practices and foster a culture of reliability and performance across the organization. - Drive performance reviews, skills development, and career progression for team members. Capacity Planning & Cost Optimization: - Perform capacity planning and implement autoscaling solutions to handle traffic spikes. - Optimize infrastructure and cloud costs while maintaining reliability and performance.Skills & Qualifications:Required Skills: - Technical Expertise: o Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP) and Kubernetes.o Hands-on knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform /Helm/ Ansible.o Proficiency in Java o Expertise in distributed systems, databases, and load balancing. - Monitoring & Observability:o Proficient with tools like Prometheus, Grafana,, Elastic APM, or New relic. o Understanding of metrics-driven approaches for system monitoring and alerting. - Automation & CI/CD:o Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.G., Jenkins, Azure Pipelines etc).o Skilled in automation frameworks and tools for infrastructure and application deployments. - Incident Management:o Proven track record in handling incidents, post-mortems, and implementing solutions to prevent recurrence.Leadership & Communication Skills: - Strong people management and leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams. - Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills. - Clear and concise communication, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with database optimization, Kafka, or other messaging systems. - Knowledge of autoscaling techniques - Previous experience in an SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering leadership role. - Understanding of compliance and security best practices in distributed systems.