Site Reliability Engineer

Dentsply Sirona; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsply Sirona is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II to join our team in Waltham, MA. You will manage system availability, automate operational tasks, and enhance service reliability across a global team, providing 24/7 support when downtime occurs.

Responsibilities include automation development, monitoring strategy, incident response, and collaboration with development teams to build resilient systems. Candidates should have 2–4 years in SRE/DevOps and strong IaC skills.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, IT or a related field.
• 2-4 years of work experience in a Site Reliability Engineering/ Platform Engineering/ DevOps role or similar.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of German is beneficial

Responsibilities

• Develop automation scripts to reduce manual intervention in operations
• Implement monitoring and alerting strategies for infrastructure and applications
• Participate in incident response and post-mortem analyses
• Work with development teams to design resilient systems and implement SRE best practices

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Datadog

Grafana

GitHub Actions

Flux

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

Docker

GCP

AWS

Go

Python

English

German language

Incident management

Troubleshooting

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science, IT or a related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Datadog

Grafana

Github Actions

Flux

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

Docker

GCP

AWS

Go

Python

Job description

Requistion ID: 84206 Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with over a century of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality, and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dental care. Dentsply Sirona’s headquarter is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY. Visit www.dentsplysirona.com for more information about Dentsply Sirona and its products. We are looking for a talented Site Reliaiblity Engineer II to join our team. You will manage system availability, automate operational tasks, and enhance service reliability. You will be working on a global team that will ensure system reliability and performance. Together, this team will provide 24/7 emergency and second- and third-level support for products, restoring services as quickly as possible by taking immediate action when downtime occurs.

• This role will require you to work out of our Waltham, MA office multiple days.

Primary Job Responsibilites

Technical Implementation & Development

• Develop automation scripts to reduce manual intervention in operations
• Implement monitoring and alerting strategies for infrastructure and applications
• Participate in incident response and post-mortem analyses
• Work with development teams to design resilient systems and implement SRE best practices

Project Scope & Complexity

• Handle infrastructure reliability tasks and small-scale automation efforts independently

Communication & Impact

• Work with development and operations teams to improve service availability

Leadership & Growth

• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in reliability engineering

Qualifications

Education

• BS or MS in Computer Science, IT or a related field

Years and Type of Experience

• 2-4 years of work experience in a Site Reliability Engineering/ Platform Engineering/ DevOps role or similar

Key Skills, Knowledge, & Capabilities

• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Monitoring and observability (Datadog, Grafana)
• CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Flux, ArgoCD)
• Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Cloud architecture (GCP, AWS)
• Incident management
• Troubleshooting
• Programming language proficiency (Go, C++, Python)
• Fluent in English; knowledge of German is beneficial

The base salary for this role located in Massachusetts is between $115,000 - $130,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without unlawful discrimination or regard for race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, sexual or gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable local law. Eligibility: All successful applicants must be eligible to work in the country the position is based.