Lead Site Reliability Engineer

The Federal Reserve

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CARichmond, VA
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About The Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States—one of the world's most influential, trusted and prestigious financial organizations.

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Lead Site Reliability Engineer The Lead Site Reliability Engineer joins the engineering team to drive the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical systems. This role involves designing and maintaining highly available cloud infrastructure, establishing SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs, and leading incident response and root cause analysis. The candidate will build internal tools, manage automated deployment pipelines, and implement security controls like SAST and DAST into CI/CD workflows. Technical requirements include proficiency in Java, Python, and Node.js, along with experience in microservices architecture and distributed systems. The role requires expertise in AWS services, Terraform for infrastructure as code, GitLab for CI/CD, and containerization via Docker and Kubernetes. Additionally, the candidate will utilize monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog to ensure operational excellence across complex financial and payment systems while mentoring junior team members on SRE practices.

Skills

AWS Terraform Kubernetes Docker GitLab Python Java Node.js CI/CD S3 DynamoDB RDS Lambda ECS Fargate CloudWatch X-Ray Grafana Datadog Splunk SAST DAST Microservices Agile

What you'll do

Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable systems across cloud infrastructure.
Establish and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure optimal system performance.
Lead incident response efforts, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
Architect and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
Automate deployment pipelines, monitoring tools, and operational workflows.
Develop internal tools and observability frameworks to improve operational efficiency.
Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines and manage vulnerability assessments.
Mentor junior SRE team members and provide technical guidance on system design.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related roles.
3+ years of experience in a lead or senior technical position.
Proficiency in Java, Python, and Node.js with experience in microservices and distributed systems.
Extensive experience with AWS services, including compute, storage, database, and networking components.
Expert-level knowledge of GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Terraform for infrastructure as code, and container orchestration like Kubernetes or ECS.
Experience with security tools (SAST/DAST), identity access management, and monitoring platforms like Grafana or Datadog.
Knowledge of LLMs, agentic applications, serverless architectures, and chaos engineering principles is a plus.

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