Senior Cloud-Native SRE Leader

State of Wisconsin Investment Board; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Wisconsin Investment Board seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead the build and transformation of its cloud-native stack. You will oversee SDLC aspects across software, data, and infrastructure in a 24x6, high-availability environment.

You will partner with cloud-native teams to deliver high-velocity software, implement reusable components, and mentor engineers while staying current with industry trends.

Qualifications

• Enablement mindset – you win when teams win.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional SRE experience.
• Strong background designing and delivering complex architectures.
• Hands-on cloud production experience (AWS preferred).
• IaC experience with Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Experience building/running CI/CD infra (GitLab preferred).
• Experience with Kubernetes/EKS/ECS orchestration.
• Deep information security understanding.
• Experience with monitoring tools: Sentry, Prometheus, Datadog.
• Interest in AI technologies.
• Git proficiency; strong Agile experience.
• Experience with cloud-native microservices and event-driven design.
• Ability to work under pressure with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Function as subject matter expert for reliable, high-performance apps across multi-region/multi-cloud.
• Collaborate with dev teams to design, document, and maintain highly available systems.
• Design and manage centralized monitoring for rapid feedback to teams.
• Partner with app teams to create workflow automation and tooling.
• Facilitate AI evaluation/adoption within the software delivery platform.
• Create an environment of continuous experimentation and learning.
• Evolve cloud-focused architecture for flexibility and ease of use.
• Track tech trends and propose improvements as appropriate.
• Mentor less experienced teammates and share knowledge.
• Provide tier 2/3 escalations and maintain runbooks and docs.
• Establish KPIs and SLAs; drive continuous improvement.
• Lead vendor relationships and manage third-party support.
• Document support processes, incidents, and resolutions.

Skills

Cloud architecture

SRE leadership

AWS

Terraform/OpenTofu

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes / EKS / ECS

Monitoring: Prometheus / Datadog / Sny

AI in software delivery

Security concepts

Git version control

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

Sentry

Prometheus

Datadog

Job description

State of Wisconsin Investment Board seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead the build and transformation of its cloud-native stack. You will oversee SDLC aspects across software, data, and infrastructure in a 24x6, high-availability environment.

You will partner with cloud-native teams to deliver high-velocity software, implement reusable components, and mentor engineers while staying current with industry trends.