Site Reliability Engineering Lead

LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. Company; Florida; Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. Company is seeking a professional manager to lead the Core SRE Team within Business Services. You will supervise a small to mid-size engineering group, guiding performance, recruitment, onboarding, and career development.

You will champion automation and reliability initiatives across cloud environments and coordinate with Dev, Security, and Product teams. You will drive post-incident reviews, lead RCAs, and ensure timely delivery of cross-team improvements,

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes including cluster architecture, upgrades, autoscaling, security hardening, and troubleshooting at scale.
• Expert experience with Terraform including modular IaC design, state management, multi-environment provisioning, and policy-as-code.
• Deep knowledge of Azure Cloud including compute, networking, identity, storage, and cost optimization.
• Experience designing and scaling CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, release strategies, and rollback automation.
• Experience with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and SLO/SLA/error-budget management.
• Strong automation skills focused on eliminating toil through self-healing systems and infrastructure automation.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell for tooling and automation.
• Deep understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPNs, and cloud-native networking.
• Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles, including experience leading engineering teams.
• Proven track record leading incident response and driving reliability improvements.
• U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geography may adjust this in some locations; eligible for annual incentive bonus.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of SREs; conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning.
• Own hiring, onboarding, and team capacity/resourcing decisions.
• Set team goals, prioritize backlog, and drive planning.
• Foster a blameless post-incident culture and cross-team collaboration with Dev, Security, and Product.
• Lead reliability initiatives across infrastructure and services.
• Drive incident response activities and continuous service improvement.
• Champion automation and operational excellence across the platform.
• Support the development of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native environments.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Azure

GitHub Actions

Observability

Automation

Python

PowerShell

Networking

SRE/DevOps leadership

Incident response

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable platforms and helping engineering teams thrive? Do you enjoy leading high-performing teams while driving automation, resilience, and operational excellence across modern cloud environments?

About the Business

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at https://risk.lexisnexis.com/

About Our Team

You will be joining the Core SRE Team in Business Services, a team that oversees all the applications and infrastructure in the biggest business unit in LexisNexis Risk Solutions. We build cloud environments, migrate on prem applications to the cloud, work with self-hosted and 3rd party solutions. The successful candidate is a self-starter who assesses the situation, collaboratively develops a solution, and takes the initiative to improve performance, cost, and reliability at each opportunity.

About the Role

This is a professional management level role. Individuals are required to provide line management to a small to medium sized team of engineers, including authority over performance management, pay, and recruitment. They will ensure that tasks and projects are prioritized appropriately and provide support to team members when tasks are blocked. They will support engineers in their personal development and ensure they are working within the SRE framework. They will lead the post-mortem reviews and the timely production of RCAs. They address issues with impact beyond their own team based on knowledge of related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of SREs; conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning
• Own hiring, onboarding, and team capacity/resourcing decisions
• Set team goals, prioritize backlog, and drive planning
• Foster a blameless post-incident culture and cross-team collaboration with Dev, Security, and Product
• Lead reliability initiatives across infrastructure and services
• Drive incident response activities and continuous service improvement
• Champion automation and operational excellence across the platform
• Support the development of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native environments

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes, including cluster architecture, upgrades, autoscaling, security hardening, and troubleshooting at scale
• Expert experience with Terraform, including modular IaC design, state management, multi-environment provisioning, and policy-as-code
• Deep knowledge of Azure Cloud, including compute, networking, identity (AAD), storage, and cost optimization
• Experience designing and scaling CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, release strategies, and rollback automation
• Experience with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and SLO/SLA/error-budget management
• Strong automation skills, focused on eliminating toil through self-healing systems and infrastructure automation
• Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell for tooling and automation
• Deep understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPNs, and cloud-native networking
• Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles, including experience leading engineering teams
• Proven track record leading incident response and driving reliability improvements
• U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

Benefits

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

Accessibility and Accommodation

We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: EEO Know Your Rights.

Company Information

At LexisNexis Risk Solutions, our businesses span multiple industries providing customers with innovative technologies, information-based analytics, decisioning tools and data management services that provide market-specific solutions. Approximately 11,100 employees in offices throughout the world support our brands by serving customers in more than 190 countries and territories. LexisNexis Risk Solutions is part of RELX, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. For more information, please visit www.risk.lexisnexis.com and www.relx.com.