Senior SRE Lead: Scalable, Reliable Systems

Navy Federal Credit Union; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to maintain and enhance reliability, availability, and performance of systems. You will design fault-tolerant architectures, automate tasks, and collaborate with development teams to ensure stable operations.

Ideal candidates have 7–10 years in SRE, strong programming skills (Python/Java/Go), and expertise in monitoring and incident response.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in CS, engineering or related field.
• 7–10 years of site reliability engineering experience.
• Subject matter expert in the area with cross-disciplinary understanding.
• Advanced knowledge of system monitoring, incident response and automation tools.
• Significant experience with SRE principles, practices and software development.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement reliable, scalable, and highly available systems.
• Analyze and evaluate complex factors to develop optimal reliability solutions.
• Automate tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce human error.
• Ensure systems operate within performance and reliability metrics.
• Monitor, maintain and improve system performance, availability and reliability.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Lead collaboration with cross-functional teams to embed reliability best practices.
• Develop and enhance standard operating procedures and instructions.
• Build strong working relationships with team members and leadership.
• Lead medium to large projects and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Incident response

SRE knowledge

Education

Master's degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Monitoring tools

Automation tools

Job description

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to maintain and enhance reliability, availability, and performance of systems. You will design fault-tolerant architectures, automate tasks, and collaborate with development teams to ensure stable operations.

Ideal candidates have 7–10 years in SRE, strong programming skills (Python/Java/Go), and expertise in monitoring and incident response.