Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Mastercard

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Work type: On-site
Location: O Fallon, IL
Salary: $122,000–$207,000 / yr
Posted: 129 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 92 roles within 25 mi

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Similar $182k

This role $164k

$109k most similar roles pay here $239k

This role pays less than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $149,580–$213,564 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $164k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

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About Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry, processing transactions between financial institutions and merchants using its extensive network of credit, debit, and prepaid card products. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

Mastercard currently has 116 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $122,000–$207,000 across 104 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Site Reliability Engineer

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The Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2 joins the Business Operations team as a production readiness steward responsible for ensuring platform stability and health. This role involves fostering developer ownership, designing resilient infrastructure, performing root cause analysis through blameless post-mortems, and managing capacity planning and monitoring to create fault-tolerant, scalable products. The position requires building automation to reduce manual intervention, supporting CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing operations standards while managing risk and compliance across all environments. Candidates must possess proficiency in Java, Spring Framework, Python, or Go, along with experience in distributed systems and configuration management. This role addresses the technical challenge of maintaining high-performance services for global operations by aligning product priorities with operational needs through proactive engagement in the development lifecycle to maximize customer experience and ensure consistent service reliability.

Skills

Java Spring Framework Python Go Site Reliability Engineering DevOps CI/CD Distributed Systems Automation Configuration Management Observability Root Cause Analysis ITSM Capacity Planning Monitoring

What you'll do

Ensure the stability, health, and performance of Java and Spring Framework applications.
Design resilient infrastructure and automate alerts to improve system reliability.
Perform root cause analysis and conduct blameless post-mortems after incidents.
Support developers during the build phase with operational design, capacity planning, and monitoring.
Automate manual tasks and improve CI/CD pipelines to enhance service lifecycles.
Manage risk mitigation and ensure compliance across all production environments.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within the SRE team.
Proactively manage production and change activities to maximize customer experience.

What we're looking for

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
Proficiency in Java and the Spring Framework.
Proficiency in Python or Go.
Strong DevOps and configuration management skills.
Experience with distributed systems and automation.
Proven problem-solving, communication, and leadership abilities.
Passion for observability and continuous improvement.

8+ yrs exp

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