Senior Site Reliability Engineer – AWS/Datacenter

Jobtailor; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Bellevue, WA seeks an experienced AWS/SRE leader to own and scale the cloud footprint. You will design, implement, and maintain AWS infrastructure, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and drive robust service management for deployments, monitoring, and disaster recovery.

The role requires 10+ years in operations or SRE, strong Python/Bash skills, and a track record with multi-datacenter deployments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in operations, software engineering, or as an SRE.
• Deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure, networking, and management practices.
• Hands-on experience with datacenter practices.
• Ability to support multi-DC deployments as needed.
• Experience with infrastructure as code.
• Proficiency with Python and Bash.
• Independent self-starter who takes ownership and seeks creative solutions.
• Constructive, supportive team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with hybrid cloud/on-prem solutions (preferred).
• Willingness to travel 1-2 times per quarter (preferred).
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure across the AWS environment as primary owner of the cloud footprint.
• Evaluate AWS compute, networking, and security architecture for scalability and growth.
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to scope projects to core business requirements.
• Drive engineering-wide improvements to service management for deployments, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Support and maintain co-located datacenter deployments alongside the datacenter-focused SRE.
• Provide multi-datacenter coverage as needed.

Skills

Independent self-starter

Team player

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator)

Tools

Python

Bash

Job description

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure across the AWS environment as primary owner of the cloud footprint
• Evaluate AWS compute, networking, and security architecture for scalability and growth
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to scope projects to core business requirements
• Drive engineering-wide improvements to service management for deployments, monitoring, and disaster recovery
• Support and maintain co-located datacenter deployments alongside the datacenter-focused SRE
• Provide multi-datacenter coverage as needed

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of AWS infrastructure, networking, and management practices
• 10+ years of experience in operations, software engineering, or as an SRE
• Working knowledge of modern datacenter practices
• Ability to support multi-DC deployments as needed
• Proven experience with infrastructure as code
• Proficiency with Python and Bash
• Independent self-starter who takes ownership and seeks out new challenges with creative solutions
• Constructive, supportive team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with hybrid cloud/on-prem solutions (preferred)
• Hands-on experience building out datacenters (preferred)
• Willingness and interest to travel 1-2 times per quarter (preferred)
• AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator (preferred)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in AWS infrastructure management, including networking and security architecture, with a strong focus on multi-datacenter deployments and infrastructure as code. Proven ability to collaborate effectively across teams to drive improvements in service management and disaster recovery.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Infrastructure Management
• Infrastructure As Code
• Python Proficiency
• Bash Proficiency
• Multi-Datacenter Deployment

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• AWS Networking
• AWS Security Architecture
• Operations Experience
• Software Engineering Experience
• SRE Experience
• Datacenter Practices
• Hybrid Cloud Solutions
• Disaster Recovery
• Service Management
• Cloud Footprint Management

Soft Skills

• Independent Self-Starter
• Team Player
• Good Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills