Senior Software Engineer - Site Reliability

Synthlane; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Synthlane is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and evolution of highly available, scalable systems across our multi-cloud infrastructure.

In this role you will drive architecture decisions, establish reliability standards, mentor teams, and partner with engineering leadership to shape infrastructure strategy. You will implement automation, lead incident responses, manage on-call rotations, and ensure security and governance through code.

Qualifications

• Architect reliable, scalable infra for multi-cloud apps.
• Define SLOs/SLIs and error budgets.
• Design IaC with Terraform, Ansible, ARM/Bicep.
• Lead incident response and post-incident reviews.
• Mentor teams on reliability best practices.
• Oversee on-call rotations and runbooks.
• Ensure security, compliance and governance in lifecycle.
• Collaborate with architecture and security teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and evolution of highly available systems across multi-cloud environments.
• Drive automation to eliminate toil and enable self-service for development teams.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies for proactive issue detection.
• Guide teams on container orchestration with Kubernetes and modern deployment patterns.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Reliability engineering

SRE leadership

Observability

Automation

Security as code

Multi-cloud AWS/Azure

IaC Terraform/Ansible

Incident response

On-call management

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

ARM/Bicep

Kubernetes

AKS/EKS

Job description

Synthlane is a leading IT services and consulting firm that helps businesses, large enterprises, and government institutions solve complex technology challenges with strategic, scalable solutions. The company specializes in enterprise IT consulting, digital transformation, cybersecurity and risk management, cloud and infrastructure services, and custom software development. Synthlane focuses on aligning technology initiatives with business objectives, enabling clients to modernize operations, strengthen security, and improve productivity. Its experienced team of consultants, engineers, and strategists works closely with clients to design future‑ready solutions that deliver measurable results. Organizations seeking a trusted partner for reliable, innovation‑driven IT services rely on Synthlane to support long‑term success.

Role Description

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead the

design, implementation, and evolution of highly available, scalable, and resilient systems

across our multi‑cloud infrastructure. In this senior role, you will drive architectural

decisions, establish reliability standards, and mentor teams while ensuring operational

excellence across complex distributed systems. You will partner with engineering

leadership, development teams, and product stakeholders to shape infrastructure

strategy, implement sophisticated automation, and champion a culture of reliability

As a Senior SRE, you'll tackle sophisticated, large‑scale challenges using cutting‑edge

technologies across AWS and Azure platforms. You will lead critical initiatives that

impact system reliability at scale, architect solutions for complex infrastructure problems,

and guide teams in adopting industry‑leading practices that drive meaningful

improvements across our entire technology ecosystem.

Requirements

• Architect and implement highly reliable, scalable, and cost‑effective infrastructure
• solutions for mission‑critical applications across multi‑cloud environments (AWS and
• Lead the definition and refinement of service level objectives (SLOs), service level
• indicators (SLIs), and error budgets, establishing reliability standards across the
• organization.
• Design and implement sophisticated Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using
• Terraform, Ansible, and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep.
• Drive automation strategies to eliminate toil, improve operational efficiency, and enable
• self‑service capabilities for development teams.
• Lead incident response efforts, conduct thorough post‑incident reviews, and implement
• systemic improvements to prevent recurrence.
• Champion cloud‑native architectures and modern reliability practices, serving as a
• technical advisor for infrastructure and platform decisions.
• Participate in and help optimize the on‑call rotation, ensuring sustainable practices and
• Establish and maintain comprehensive documentation standards, runbooks, and
• knowledge repositories that enable team autonomy and effective incident response.
• Design and implement advanced monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies using
• observability platforms to enable proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Lead container orchestration initiatives using Kubernetes (AKS, EKS) and implement
• sophisticated deployment strategies including blue‑green, canary, and progressive
• delivery patterns.
• Ensure security, compliance, and governance standards are embedded throughout the
• infrastructure lifecycle, implementing security‑as‑code practices.
• Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost management initiatives
• Architect and implement highly reliable, scalable, and cost‑effective infrastructure
• solutions for mission‑critical applications across multi‑cloud environments (AWS and
• Lead the definition and refinement of service level objectives (SLOs), service level
• indicators (SLIs), and error budgets, establishing reliability standards across the
• organization.
• Design and implement sophisticated Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using
• Terraform, Ansible, and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Bicep.
• Drive automation strategies to eliminate toil, improve operational efficiency, and enable
• self‑service capabilities for development teams.
• Lead incident response efforts, conduct thorough post‑incident reviews, and implement
• systemic improvements to prevent recurrence.
• Champion cloud‑native architectures and modern reliability practices, serving as a
• technical advisor for infrastructure and platform decisions.
• Participate in and help optimize the on‑call rotation, ensuring sustainable practices and
• Establish and maintain comprehensive documentation standards, runbooks, and
• knowledge repositories that enable team autonomy and effective incident response.
• Design and implement advanced monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies using
• observability platforms to enable proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Lead container orchestration initiatives using Kubernetes (AKS, EKS) and implement
• sophisticated deployment strategies including blue‑green, canary, and progressive
• delivery patterns.
• Ensure security, compliance, and governance standards are embedded throughout the
• infrastructure lifecycle, implementing security‑as‑code practices.
• Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost management initiatives
• Collaborate with architecture and security teams to establish platform standards,
• reference architectures, and best practices.