Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure)
Description
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Enterprise Platform)
Location: US – Open to Europe if happy to overlap with EST
Remote | Full-time
Compensation: $150K – $200K
Our client is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) to architect and scale a robust infrastructure foundation for a high-growth distributed systems platform. This position is critical for ensuring that the platform operates as a secure, scalable, and production-ready environment capable of supporting complex enterprise use cases and high reliability standards.
The successful candidate will take a lead role in designing infrastructure from first principles, bridging the gap between product requirements and technical execution. This is a high-impact opportunity for a seasoned engineer to build greenfield Azure environments and establish operational excellence across a global ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Design: Architect and deploy secure, scalable Azure infrastructure tailored for production-grade distributed systems.
- Automation & IaC: Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure as code to enable repeatable, automated deployments across various environments.
- Technical Leadership: Translate ambiguous product and customer requirements into structured technical architecture and actionable execution plans.
- Platform Enhancement: Build and optimize platform services, APIs, and integrations to extend core system capabilities.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to deliver enterprise-ready infrastructure solutions.
- Operational Excellence: Drive improvements in reliability, observability, and incident response while providing Tier 2 infrastructure support for customer deployments.
Performance Goals: What Success Looks Like
In the first 6–12 months of this role, the following milestones are expected to be achieved:
- Production Readiness: The Azure environment is established as a fully production-ready deployment setting for the platform.
- Scalable Deployments: All customer deployments are verified as repeatable, scalable, and secure.
- Feature Parity: Azure achieves full feature parity with all other supported cloud environments within the organization’s ecosystem.
Interview Process
- Recruiter & Technical Screening: Initial HR call followed by an introductory technical interview covering foundational questions.
- Hiring Manager Interview: A deeper dive into experience, alignment, and role-specific expectations.
- Technical Interview: A comprehensive evaluation of architectural and technical execution skills.
- Final Leadership Interview: A concluding session with the VP of Engineering.