Senior Vice President, Site Reliability Engineer

BNY Mellon; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in Manchester is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (Vice President) to enhance reliability and performance. The successful candidate will drive automation, collaborate cross-functionally, and lead incident management efforts. Expertise in cloud infrastructure, containerization, and observability tools is essential. This role offers competitive compensation and a culture focused on innovation and excellence.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible well-being programs

Generous paid leaves

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure and containerization.
• Proficiency in observability tools and incident response.
• Solid programming and scripting skills for automation.
• Deep understanding of SRE principles and system design.
• Experience in Agile environments and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Drive reliability by defining SLOs/SLIs and improving observability.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with teams to reduce incidents and build resilient services.
• Lead incident management and minimize downtime.
• Build monitoring systems for real-time alerting and analysis.
• Mentor engineers and ensure technical excellence.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure expertise (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm)

Observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

Programming skills (Python, Go, Java)

SRE principles

Collaboration and communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Prometheus

Grafana

AppDynamics

Splunk

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (Vice President)

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. This role is based in Manchester.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Drive reliability and performance by defining SLOs/SLIs, improving observability, and proactively identifying and addressing system bottlenecks across cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure and operations using Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools to eliminate toil and enable scalable, fault-tolerant deployments.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to reduce incidents, build resilient services, and ensure architectural clarity.
• Lead incident management by participating in on‑call rotations, conducting postmortems, and implementing automated recovery to minimize downtime.
• Build and maintain monitoring systems with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, and Splunk to support real‑time alerting and root cause analysis.
• Develop platform tooling and pipelines for container orchestration, third‑party integrations, and cloud‑native operations to improve system efficiency and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and champion SRE best practices, embedding a reliability‑first culture and ensuring technical excellence across engineering teams.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm).
• Proficiency in observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, Datadog, Splunk, and experience with incident response and on‑call support.
• Solid programming and scripting skills in languages like Python, Go, or Java, with a focus on automation, tooling, and system integration.
• Deep understanding of SRE principles, including SLAs, SLOs, error budgets, postmortems, and reliability‑focused system design.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working in Agile environments and partnering with cross‑functional engineering, product, and operations teams.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023‑2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023‑2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay‑for‑performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.