Principal SRE / Hybrid / Tempe

Kelly Services; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Vacation Time

Stock Options

Bonus OR Commission eligible

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer in Tempe, Arizona for a full-time hybrid position. The engineer will design scalable cloud architecture mainly across AWS while also working with Azure and GCP. This high-impact role requires mentoring, driving reliability strategies, and using modern tools like Terraform and Kubernetes.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in Site Reliability Engineering, guiding best practices, and helping scale cloud infrastructure supporting millions of users. Benefits include medical, dental, vacation time, and stock options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or Cloud Infrastructure.
• Strong experience supporting large-scale AWS environments.
• Expertise with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable cloud architecture across AWS and multi-cloud environments.
• Drive infrastructure automation and observability.
• Mentor other engineers and influence architecture decisions.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Linux

Bash scripting

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

ECS

Job description

This organization is hiring a Principal Site Reliability Engineer for a full-time hybrid role based in Tempe, Arizona (3 days onsite). The company builds and operates large-scale consumer technology platforms and is investing heavily in modern cloud infrastructure, containerized systems, and reliability engineering practices. This role will focus on designing scalable cloud architecture across AWS environments with additional workloads in Azure and GCP, while driving infrastructure automation and observability across mission‑critical production systems.

This is a high‑impact principal engineering role where you’ll help shape the reliability strategy for a large cloud platform. The team is looking for someone who can dive deep technically while also influencing architecture decisions and mentoring other engineers. Engineers here work in modern environments built around Terraform infrastructure automation, Kubernetes and ECS container platforms, and advanced monitoring and observability tools. It’s an opportunity to step into a leadership‑level engineering role where you can guide best practices, build resilient systems, and help scale cloud infrastructure supporting millions of users.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
• Strong experience supporting large-scale AWS environments
• Expertise with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience designing or supporting containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS
• Strong Linux systems knowledge
• Scripting experience using Bash

Desired Skills & Experience

• Python scripting experience
• Experience supporting multi-cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability platforms at scale
• Experience driving reliability or automation initiatives across engineering teams
• Exposure to modern DevOps or platform engineering practices

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

• 45% Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• 25% Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
• 15% Containers (Kubernetes / ECS)
• 15% Observability & Monitoring (Datadog, Splunk, Logging Platforms)

Daily Responsibilities

• 70% Hands On
• 15% Architecture & Technical Leadership
• 15% Team Collaboration & Mentorship

The Offer

• Bonus OR Commission eligible

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Time
• Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.