Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Early Warning Services LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to enhance application performance and reliability. In this vital role, you will collaborate with development teams to implement best practices in microservices and observability, ensuring high availability and scalability of systems. Your expertise will guide the team through complex technical challenges while fostering a culture of excellence. Join a forward-thinking company that prioritizes health, happiness, and professional growth, offering competitive benefits and a hybrid work model that promotes collaboration and innovation.

Benefits

Healthcare Coverage

401(k) Retirement Plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Maven Family Planning Support

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in managing large complex projects.
• Proven ability to lead teams through high priority incidents.
• Hands-on experience with various programming languages and tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software tools to improve performance and availability.
• Build automation around application management and disaster recovery.
• Serve as a technical liaison and mentor team members.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Docker

Microservices Architecture

Kafka

Oracle

Redis

Linux Administration

CI/CD Implementation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Computer Science

Post-graduate Degree

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Job description

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle, Paze, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose
The Lead Site Reliability Engineer partners with development teams by defining availability standards and implementing availability and resiliency patterns in applications and infrastructure.

Essential Functions

• Design and Implement software and tools to improve the performance - availability, scalability, and latency, while delivering end products to customer with the highest efficiency and meeting all security standards.

• Supports the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

• Build automation and tooling around application management, such as deployments, configuration changes and disaster recovery scenarios.

• Design, Implement and evangelize Observability and monitoring systems to proactively detect problems and identify cause.

• Evaluate capacity of the application on a continuous basis to provide stats to the Product/Business teams and recommend an efficient path to scale for future needs.

• Identify performance bottlenecks and work with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

• Serve as a technical liaison for the application and provide documents and runbooks to Level 1 and Level 2 teams.

• Participate in 24 X 7 on-call rotation.

• Be a champion of excellent processes; take the initiative in developing repeatable patterns and standard, re-usable work across teams.

• Work directly with application development teams to provide feedback and technical requirements to the software development lifecycle, implementing best-practice microservice design patterns and other modern software development approaches.

• Understand and support the adoption of best-practice microservice design patterns and other modern software reliability approaches and techniques.

• Be a thought leader: a senior point of expertise on site reliability engineering issues, industry trends and developing technologies. Be a role model to others on the team. Coach and mentor team members.

• Supports the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity andconfidentiality of systems and data.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Business and/or Computer Science or related field.

• 10+ years of related experience managing large complex projects in a technical or software development environment inclusive of post-graduate degree.

• Proven ability to lead a team through high priority Incidents and improve the RCA process.

• Excellent troubleshooting skills and proven experience resolving technical issues in complex environments.

• Hands-on experience in designing and developing using the one or more of the following technologies:

• Python, Go, Java

• Docker

• Experience in Microservices Architecture.

• Messaging frameworks such as Kafka, SQS or JMS

• Database Technologies like Oracle, Dynamo DB, Aurora etc.

• Caching layers such as Redis and memcached.

• Strong understanding of Linux administration.

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation including GIT, Chef, Maven, Jenkins etc.

• Strong understanding and hands-on experience on TCP/UDP/IP protocols.

• Experience in leading cross-functional teams to create technical solutions.

• Proven track record designing and building complex end-to-end systems (full stack developer).

• Background and drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Good programming skills in one or more of the following languages: Java, ruby, python, JavaScript and GO.

• Hands-on experience in supporting applications in a 24X7 customer-facing production environment.

• Working knowledge of AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

The base pay scale for this position in:

Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $160,000 - $180,000.

New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $170,000 - $190,000.

Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage-Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan-Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.

• Paid Time Off -Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.

• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave

• Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

AndSOmuch more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure tocheck our Benefits page herefor the latest. Ourteamcan share more during the interview process!

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.

Early Warning Services LLC is a proud participant in E-Verify, a federal program to help ensure a legal and authorized workforce. As part of our hiring process, we electronically verify the employment eligibility of all new hires through E-Verify. For more information on your rights and responsibilities under E-Verify please visit Home | E-Verify.