Principal Software Engineer

Summary As a Principal Engineer in Site Reliability Engineering SRE you ll be a technical leader shaping the reliability scalability and efficiency of our cloud-based platforms You ll architect fault-tolerant systems champion automation to reduce toil and mentor teams on SRE principles This individual contributor role is perfect for a seasoned engineer passionate about cloud ecosystems distributed systems and turning complex challenges into streamlined high-impact solutions You will define SRE best practices drive automation observability incident response performance and collaborate with cross-functional teams e g Dev Security Product to ensure that the systems meet the highest standards of reliability You will be a senior technical leader who influences architecture leads complex projects mentor others and acts as a stabilizing presence during incidents GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator Our mission is to create a world where healthcare has no limits Unlock your ambition turn ideas into world-changing realities and join an organization where every voice makes a difference and every difference builds a healthier world Key Responsibilities Lead Platform Reliability Initiatives Design and optimize multi-region highly available cloud architectures using services like container orchestration compute instances managed databases and object storage to achieve SLIs SLOs and error budgets that exceed 99 99 availability Drive Automation and IaC Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code IaC pipelines with tools like CDK Terraform or CloudFormation automate deployments via CI CD tools and serverless functions to accelerate delivery while minimizing operational overhead Reliability Availability Resilience Establish track and enforce SLIs SLOs error budgets Ensure systems availability latency and throughput meet targets Build strategies for redundancy high availability multi-AZ multi-region failover backups disaster recovery Enhance Observability and Monitoring Implement comprehensive monitoring stacks with cloud-native metrics open-source monitoring and visualization tools define alerting thresholds conduct root cause analyses RCAs and optimize performance for distributed systems including message brokers caching layers and relational databases Champion Security and Compliance Enforce cloud best practices for identity and access management encryption networking and policy-as-code with tools like OPA integrate security into CI CD pipelines to protect sensitive data in regulated environments Innovate on Scalability Evaluate and implement advanced cloud features like serverless architectures service meshes and autoscaling solutions to support growing user demands and reduce latency Operational Excellence Participate and lead incident response for production issues and continuously improve processes to balance feature velocity with system reliability Cost Performance Monitor and optimize cloud spend resource usage rightsizing discount strategies and waste elimination Mentor and Influence Guide junior engineers through design reviews incident post-mortems and adoption of SRE practices collaborate with stakeholders to shape cloud strategy cost optimization and capacity planning for enterprise-scale workloads Educational Qualification Bachelor s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science or STEM Majors Science Technology Engineering and Math Technical skills 15 years in software engineering site reliability engineering or cloud platform roles with significant exposure to AWS production systems Deep hands-on expertise with core cloud services including container orchestration compute databases storage monitoring identity management serverless and networking Expert level skill in Infrastructure as Code Terraform CloudFormation AWS CDK or similar Proficiency in programming languages like Python Go or Java for automation scripting and building tools Deep understanding of observability tooling metrics logging distributed tracing alerting e g CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana ELK etc Strong experience with incident management debugging performance tuning root cause analysis Proven track record of cost optimization in cloud environments Security mindset knowledge of AWS security services governance compliance standards Proven track record in implementing SRE practices SLIs SLOs error budgets monitoring alerting and incident management Strong communication and collaboration abilities to influence without authority and translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Good-to-Have Skills Experience working with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud deployments Familiarity with container orchestration Kubernetes EKS service meshes serverless frameworks Certifications in AWS e g Solutions Architect Professional DevOps Engineer Security Specialty Experience in regulated industries finance healthcare government etc Inclusion and Diversity GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters Employment decisions are made without regard to race colour religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviours to act with humility and build trust lead with transparency deliver with focus and drive ownership - always with unyielding integrity Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities Our salary and benefits are everything you d expect from an organization with global strength and scale and you ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care collaboration and support Everyroleisvital LI-SM1 Hybrid Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided No