LEAD SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

Cox Enterprises; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC in Austin, Texas seeks a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to drive IaC, automation, and observability across enterprise cloud solutions. You will implement unit testing, quality gates, and AppSec tooling while building dashboards and runbooks.

The role requires cross-functional collaboration to promote SRE/DevOps best practices and incident response workflows. This hybrid role offers remote work part of the week with base compensation discussed; benefits

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or related field and 6 years of experience in CI/CD quality gates.
• 6 years of experience with observability platforms (NewRelic, CloudWatch, Grafana, DataDog).
• 6 years of experience in AWS, CI/CD tooling, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Proficiency in one of: C#, Java, Python; experience with AppSec tools (Veracode, CloudSploit, Data Theorem).

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of IaC and automation with unit testing, quality gates, AppSec tooling, automated testing, and performance testing.
• Develop and maintain observability practices, including SLI, SLO, SLA, error budgets, dashboards, alerting, and notification systems.
• Create and manage runbooks, gamedays, postmortems, and incident response workflows.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to design, develop and implement enterprise cloud-based solutions and promote SRE/DevOps practices.

Skills

Observability platforms

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Infrastructure as Code

C#

Java

Python

AppSec tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NewRelic

CloudWatch

Grafana

DataDog

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Veracode

CloudSploit

Data Theorem

Job description

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Lead Software Engineer

Management Level

Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Job Description

Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC

LEAD SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

Job Description :

Lead Site Reliability Engineer positions offered by Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC (Austin, Texas). Lead the implementation of IaC and automation with unit testing, quality gates, AppSec tooling, automated functional testing, and performance testing. Develop and maintain observability practices, including SLI, SLO, SLA, error budgets, dashboards, alerting, and notification systems. Create and manage runbooks, gamedays, postmortems, and incident response workflows. Engage with cross-functional teams that design, develop and implement enterprise scalable cloud-based solutions to drive improvement in SRE/DevOps best practices and tooling. Play a role in establishing best practices, supporting communities of practice, and promoting adoption within the engineering teams.

Minimum Requirements :

• Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field and 6 years of experience implementing quality frameworks with quality gates within a CI/CD framework.
• Must have 6 years of experience in each of the following:
  • Working with observability platforms, including NewRelic, Cloudwatch, Grafana, or DataDog;
  • Working in AWS and CI/CD tooling and capabilities;
  • Using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation;
  • Working in one of the following programming languages: C#, Java, or Python; and
  • Working in AppSec tools, including Veracode, CloudSploit, or Data Theorem.
• In lieu of a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 6 years of experience as stated, employer will accept a master’s or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 4 years of experience as stated, or a Ph.D. or foreign equivalent degree in the aforementioned fields and 1 year of experience as stated.
• Position reports to Austin, TX office. Telecommuting permitted in accordance with company policy, but must live within commuting distance of stated office.
• Experience may be, but need not be, acquired concurrently.

Compensation includes a base salary of $167,177- $203,610. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

• Flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations.
• Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
• Additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave.
• Additional paid time off in the form of time off to vote.
• Additional paid time off in the form of jury duty leave.
• Additional paid time off in the form of volunteer time off.
• Additional paid time off in the form of military leave.
• Additional paid time off in the form of parental leave.
• Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision).
• Retirement planning (401(k)).
• Paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).

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About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

EOE, including disability/vets