Site Reliability Engineering Lead

RELX International; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in the United States is seeking a professional manager to lead the Core SRE Team within Business Services. You will mentor a team of engineers, own hiring and planning, and drive reliability initiatives, automation, and cross-team collaboration across cloud-native environments.

The role emphasizes post-incident reviews, RCAs, and scalable, secure infrastructure. Candidates should have strong SRE/DevOps leadership experience and a track record in incident response.

Qualifications

• Expert Kubernetes at scale, including autoscaling and security hardening.
• Terraform IaC design with multi-environment provisioning.
• Azure Cloud expertise: compute, networking, identity, storage, cost optimization.
• Designing and scaling CI/CD with GitHub Actions and rollback automation.
• Observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, SLO/SLA management.
• Strong automation to reduce toil with self-healing systems.
• Proficient in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell for tooling.
• Deep networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPNs.
• SRE/DevOps leadership with incident response track record.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Azure Cloud

CI/CD pipelines

Observability platforms

Automation

Python

Networking concepts

SRE/DevOps leadership

Incident response leadership

Tools

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

PowerShell

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 atAbout Our Team

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

Salary and Benefits

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.

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