Senior Site Reliability Engineer

SW5 Consulting; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

SW5 Consulting Ltd, a leading quantitative trading firm, seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on storage to join its Enterprise SRE team in New York. You will design, deploy, and scale NetApp-based storage solutions across on‑prem and cloud environments, ensuring high availability and performance for mission-critical workloads.

The role demands deep Linux, Kubernetes, and observability skills, strong Python proficiency, and hands-on experience with IaC and configuration management

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating NetApp storage solutions.
• Experience troubleshooting NFS and SMB on Linux and Windows.
• 5+ years in site reliability engineering or related roles.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience with containerized infrastructure and CI/CD tools.
• Experience with IaC and configuration management tools such as Terraform, SaltStack, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage NetApp-based networked storage solutions.
• Build, enhance, and manage a variety of internal systems, from directory services to AI tools, both on-prem and in the cloud
• Enable and promote good engineering practice across the Enterprise Technology organisation
• Develop monitoring solutions to ensure high system uptime and reliability, using tooling to detect and resolve issues proactively

Skills

Python

Linux

Kubernetes

Observability

SRE practices

Tools

NetApp

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Terraform

SaltStack

Chef

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer, Storage (Enterprise Technology)

New York, NY, United States

A leading quantitative trading firm is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on storage to join its growing Enterprise SRE team. This team develops and maintains the productivity service infrastructure used across the entire firm, both on-prem and in the cloud. It ensures the availability and reliability of the systems in this stack and is the principal driver of growth for the software and infrastructure practice within the wider Enterprise Technology organisation.

In this role you will specialise in managing and scaling networked storage solutions for user-facing infrastructure and for some of the firm’s most sensitive data. As a member of the Enterprise SRE team you will also build, enhance, and manage a variety of internal systems, from directory services to AI tools, across both on-prem and cloud environments, while meeting demanding requirements for reliability and performance.

This role requires a deep skill set in Linux, Kubernetes, and observability, proficiency in Python, and solid experience with configuration management and IaC. The ideal candidate is an experienced, hands‑on engineer with exceptional organisational, communication, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage secure NetApp-based networked storage solutions
• Build, enhance, and manage a variety of internal systems, from directory services to AI tools, both on-prem and in the cloud
• Enable and promote good engineering practice across the Enterprise Technology organisation
• Develop monitoring solutions to ensure high system uptime and reliability, using tooling to detect and resolve issues proactively

Qualifications

• Experience managing networked storage with NetApp appliances
• Experience troubleshooting NFS and SMB on Linux and Windows
• 5+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or related disciplines
• Proficiency with Python
• Experience managing and monitoring containerised infrastructure
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD
• Experience with IaC and configuration management tools such as Terraform, SaltStack, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible
• Experience working within an IT organisation is a plus

The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 250,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on several individual factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The role is also eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.