Senior SRE & Cloud Architect — Hybrid AWS for Public Sector

Cloud and Things; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud and Things in Albany, NY is seeking an Enterprise SRE and Cloud Architect to define cloud architecture, reliability standards, and governance for the Integrated Eligibility System. This senior leader will design secure, scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud infrastructure and establish DevSecOps practices.

You will drive SRE standards, SLIs/SLOs, observability, and incident response, mentoring teams and shaping engineering governance across critical government projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience on complex projects, including 2+ years in an Architect leadership role.
• 5+ years in an SRE/DevOps leadership or architectural role.
• 5+ years architecting and implementing GitLab DevSecOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern secure, scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud architectures aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Architect and standardize GitLab CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines with SAST/DAST and compliance checks.
• Establish SRE standards, SLIs/SLOs, and observability/alerting frameworks.
• Lead automated deployment, scaling, and self-healing infrastructure initiatives.
• Direct incident response and post-mortems; translate findings into improvements.
• Provide governance, mentor SRE/DevOps/security teams, and set engineering standards.

Skills

Leadership

SRE

DevOps

GitLab CI/CD

AWS

Cloud Architecture

SLOs/SLIs

Cybersecurity awareness

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Cloud and Things in Albany, NY is seeking an Enterprise SRE and Cloud Architect to define cloud architecture, reliability standards, and governance for the Integrated Eligibility System. This senior leader will design secure, scalable AWS and hybrid-cloud infrastructure and establish DevSecOps practices.

You will drive SRE standards, SLIs/SLOs, observability, and incident response, mentoring teams and shaping engineering governance across critical government projects.