Director of Production Reliability & Platform Engineering

Vista Applied Solutions Group Inc; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A top-tier software engineering firm seeks an experienced individual to lead production engineering efforts in ensuring system reliability and performance. The role includes setting non-functional criteria, overseeing incident analysis, and driving resilience testing for complex systems. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's in a relevant field, extensive experience in production engineering, and strong leadership skills. This position is critical in embedding reliability in engineering practices and leading incident prevention initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years building production engineering capabilities for distributed software platforms.
• Experience defining production readiness standards.
• Strong knowledge of failure modes and degradation behavior.

Responsibilities

• Own non-functional release criteria for reliability and performance.
• Lead blameless incident reviews and ensure corrective actions.
• Drive chaos and load testing for real failure modes.

Skills

Production engineering capabilities

Distributed systems fundamentals

Incident analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes/AKS

Modern observability platforms

Job description

A top-tier software engineering firm seeks an experienced individual to lead production engineering efforts in ensuring system reliability and performance. The role includes setting non-functional criteria, overseeing incident analysis, and driving resilience testing for complex systems. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's in a relevant field, extensive experience in production engineering, and strong leadership skills. This position is critical in embedding reliability in engineering practices and leading incident prevention initiatives.