This role pays more than
55%
of similar roles. Most pay
$164,608–$214,500
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$183k
versus about
$190k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About MSD
MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) is the international name for Merck & Co., a major U.S.-based pharmaceutical company.
MSD currently has
26 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$142,400–$224,100
across 25 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Principal Reliability Engineer in our Digital Platforms & Services team, you will lead the evolution of reliability engineering practices across IT systems, ensuring that engineering teams build reliable and resilient systems by design. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building relationships with various IT teams to increase adoption of SRE, Observability, and Resilience practices, defining strategic vision for enterprise reliability, and establishing standards for Service Level Objectives using Nobl9. You will collaborate on architecture reviews, consult on resilience patterns, and mentor a community of reliability practitioners while driving continuous improvement through research and innovation. The role requires expertise in capacity management, system integration, software development, release management, and proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment, and performance optimization. This position is highly visible and impactful within the animal health domain, focusing on enhancing operational effectiveness and reliability at scale.