Principal SRE: AI-Driven Reliability & Scale

Next Frontier Capital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to advance reliability across the SDLC, identify opportunities to influence critical incident management, and design infrastructure to improve end-to-end software lifecycle reliability. You will validate AI-assisted recommendations and ensure data sensitivity controls in a global financial environment.

The role emphasizes leadership in scalable reliability practices and collaboration with development teams to deliver secure,

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on site reliability engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes.
• Ability to validate AI-assisted operational recommendations per data sensitivity.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and solves problems of high complexity and drives improvements as outcomes
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate complex incident analysis and reliability decisioning, validating outputs and handling operational data according to sensitivity and security requirements.
• Works with development teams throughout the software life cycle ensuring sustainable software releases, leading medium to large projects by bringing together the proper perspectives, identifying road blockers, and integrating feedback from team members and the firm
• Manages, designs, and implements infrastructure components to improve reliability and ensure operational efficiency
• Influences management and stakeholders through clear recommendations and measurable reliability outcomes
• Leads reuse-first adoption of AI-assisted reliability workflows across SDLC/toolchain practices, ensuring traceability/auditability, resiliency, and security controls.

Skills

SRE expertise

Incident management

Automation

AI in operations

Stakeholder communication

Software lifecycle

Education

SRE Certification

Tools

AI tooling

Terraform

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to advance reliability across the SDLC, identify opportunities to influence critical incident management, and design infrastructure to improve end-to-end software lifecycle reliability. You will validate AI-assisted recommendations and ensure data sensitivity controls in a global financial environment.

The role emphasizes leadership in scalable reliability practices and collaboration with development teams to deliver secure,