Remote AWS SRE Lead: Cloud Reliability & AI Ops

JobCubby; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Senior SRE to lead a team of engineers in designing and maintaining scalable cloud systems. You will implement monitoring strategies, drive automation, and collaborate on architecture and incident response to ensure high availability and performance.

The role requires 3+ years in AWS, Java/Spring, Python, and distributed data services, with a focus on reliability and IaC. Remote work is supported nationwide within the U.S., with in‑office requirements in some areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or IT or related field.
• 3+ years with AWS Cloud services and Java/Spring.
• 3+ years with distributed data services (DynamoDB/Athena).
• 3+ years with AWS Cloud (S3, CloudWatch, ECS, Lambda, RDS, EMR).
• 3+ years with CI/CD using GitHub Actions or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of SREs to ensure high‑quality delivery and growth.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud systems with cloud‑native tech.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and observability strategies.
• Automate tasks and drive IaC adoption.
• Identify and resolve reliability risks, bottlenecks, and performance issues.
• Collaborate with engineering and product on architecture and incident response.
• Lead post‑incident reviews, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS Java Spring

Scala

Python

DynamoDB/Athena

GitHub Actions

Cloud SDKs

Elastic APM

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or IT related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Unix

Hadoop/HBase/Hive

Job description

Optum is seeking a Senior SRE to lead a team of engineers in designing and maintaining scalable cloud systems. You will implement monitoring strategies, drive automation, and collaborate on architecture and incident response to ensure high availability and performance.

The role requires 3+ years in AWS, Java/Spring, Python, and distributed data services, with a focus on reliability and IaC. Remote work is supported nationwide within the U.S., with in‑office requirements in some areas.