Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Boeing; Berkeley (MO); On-site; USD 198,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Boeing is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to join the Air Dominance SRE team in Berkeley, MO. This technical leader will define reliability strategy, guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, scalable developer tooling across GitLab, Jira, Confluence, PostgreSQL, Artifactory, and SonarQube.

The role emphasizes architecture reviews, automation through IaC, incident leadership, and cross-functional collaboration with program leadership, cybersecurity, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required and US citizenship for clearability.
• 8+ years with CI/CD tools and enterprise architecture.
• 5+ years of root cause analysis and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead SRE strategy for developer tooling platforms and infrastructure.
• Establish reliability architecture with SLIs/SLOs and capacity models.
• Serve as senior technical authority on reliability, performance, and security.
• Lead architecture reviews for CI/CD, databases, cloud/on-prem components.
• Drive automation, IaC, Ansible, and repeatable operational patterns.
• Guide upgrades, migrations, and roadmaps for supported platforms.
• Lead complex incidents, root-cause analysis, and remediation actions.
• Mentor SREs in operations, automation, and architectural thinking.
• Collaborate with leadership, cybersecurity, infra, and program stakeholders.
• Identify risks, debt, and gaps; drive remediation plans.
• Support after-hours issues as required.

Skills

CI/CD tools

Enterprise architecture

Root cause analysis

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

PostgreSQL

Artifactory

SonarQube

Job description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. The Boeing Company is looking for a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to join the Air Dominance Site Reliability Engineering team located in Berkeley, MO. We are seeking a highly talented, motivated, and creative technical leader responsible for the reliability strategy, architecture, operational maturity, and long-term technical direction of mission-critical developer platforms used by Air Dominance engineering teams. This role will provide technical leadership across GitLab, GitLab CI/CD runners, Jira, Confluence, PostgreSQL, related software delivery tools such as Artifactory and SonarQube, and the supporting infrastructure, automation, monitoring, backup, recovery, and security controls required to operate these services. The selected candidate will do the following: define standards, guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, lead complex technical investigations, and partner with program leadership and stakeholders. They will ensure developer tooling remains secure, reliable, scalable, and are able to support.

Position Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Site Reliability Engineering technical strategy for GitLab, CI/CD runners, Jira, Confluence, PostgreSQL, Artifactory, SonarQube, and related developer tooling infrastructure
• Establish platform reliability architecture, operational standards, SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, KPIs, error budgets, observability patterns, capacity models, backup strategies, and disaster recovery approaches
• Serve as the senior technical authority for complex reliability, performance, scalability, integration, database, automation, and security-related platform decisions
• Lead architecture and design reviews for developer tooling infrastructure, CI/CD runner topology, PostgreSQL operations, cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure, monitoring, alerting, access controls, and platform integrations
• Drive automation, Infrastructure as Code, Ansible, configuration management, and repeatable operational patterns that reduce toil and improve reliability
• Guide major upgrades, migrations, lifecycle planning, patch strategies, recovery planning, and technical roadmaps for supported platforms
• Lead the most complex incidents and technical investigations, including root cause analysis, corrective action planning, and systemic reliability improvements
• Mentor and technically guide SREs in operational excellence, troubleshooting, automation, secure administration, and architectural thinking
• Partner with program leadership, cybersecurity, infrastructure, software engineering, database, networking, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders
• Identify platform risks, technical debt, capacity constraints, single points of failure, compliance concerns, and operational gaps, then drive remediation plans
• Lead efforts to operationally field higher-quality end-to-end system software more frequently
• Participate in after-hours support and escalation for urgent or mission-impacting issues as required

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience)

• Bachelors Degree
• This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship
• This position requires ability to obtain access to Special Access Programs (SAP)
• 8+ years of experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Bamboo
• 8+ years of experience enterprise architecture experience, including but not limited to cloud architecture, security, data privacy, integration, and deployment
• 5+ years of experience in root cause analysis and corrective action
• 5+ years of technical leadership and team leadership

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 14+ years of related work experience or Bachelor’s Degree and 18+ years of directly related work experience or 22+ years of related, relevant experience
• Experience effectively communicating technical strategy, risk, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior technical and program leadership
• Vast experience administering or architecting GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab runners, or comparable enterprise source control and CI/CD platforms
• Deep experience administering or architecting Jira, Confluence, or other Atlassian products in an enterprise environment
• Deep experience with PostgreSQL architecture and operations, including backup and recovery, replication, performance tuning, storage planning, maintenance, and high-availability patterns
• Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure as Code, Ansible, configuration management, containers, Docker, Kubernetes, virtualization, artifact management, secrets management, and secure software delivery practices
• Experience administering or architecting Artifactory, SonarQube, Jenkins, or similar software delivery tools
• Experience designing observability platforms, alerting strategies, SLO frameworks, service health dashboards, and operational reporting
• Experience supporting Air Dominance, classified, air-gapped, or highly regulated engineering environments
• Experience developing disaster recovery strategy, continuity of operations plans, recovery time objectives, recovery point objectives, and restore validation programs
• Experience guiding cybersecurity hardening, vulnerability remediation, audit readiness, privileged access controls, and compliance-driven operations
• Ability to obtain Security+ certification
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence across engineering teams, customers, suppliers, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and program stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce architecture documentation, executive briefings, technical roadmaps, and decision records

Travel

10%

Drug Free Workplace

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Conflict of Interest

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

CodeVue Coding Challenge

To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Pay & Benefits

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates.

Summary Pay Range for Lead level (Level 5): $198,050– $267,950

Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. 17, 2026

Export Control Requirements

• 120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details

US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.