Site Reliability Engineering Lead

Brightmine; York (York County); Remote; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is hiring a Site Reliability Engineering Lead to guide a small-to-mid SRE team managing cloud-native platforms. You will drive reliability, automation, and cost-aware optimization across Kubernetes-based services, working with Dev, Security, and Product teams.

You will own hiring, onboarding, and performance development, set team goals, and lead post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence, while shaping scalable, resilient cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Expert Kubernetes knowledge: cluster architecture, upgrades, autoscaling, security.
• Terraform IaC across multi-environment provisioning.
• Azure cloud: compute, networking, identity, storage, cost optimization.
• CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, release strategies, rollback automation.
• Observability using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry; SLO/SLA management.
• Strong automation to remove toil; self-healing infra and tooling.
• Python and Bash/PowerShell scripting for tooling.
• Networking basics: TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPNs.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of SREs; conduct 1:1s and reviews.
• Own hiring, onboarding, and 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 and continuous service improvement.
• Champion automation and operational excellence across the platform.
• Support scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native environments.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Azure

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

SRE Leadership

Python

Networking

Incident Response

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Azure

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

## Site Reliability Engineering LeadApply: Florida: Home based-Connecticut: Home based-New Jersey: Home based-New York: Home based-Pennsylvania: Full time: Posted 16 Days Ago: R119403Are 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 improvementsU.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.