Slalom Flex (Project Based) - Site Reliability Engineer

Slalom Build; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off & holidays

401(k) with match

Health, dental, vision coverage

Adoption and fertility assistance

Short/long-term disability

Well-being reimbursement

Job summary

Slalom is hiring for an enterprise reliability leader onsite in Atlanta to set up and accelerate SRE practices. You will define standards, build governance and guardrails, and partner with product and engineering to embed reliability into the software lifecycle.

You will drive capacity planning, disaster recovery, and fault-tolerance strategies while aligning stakeholders around shared priorities and measurable outcomes. Strong communication and strategic hands-on leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise reliability or SRE programs.
• Ability to define standards and governance from the ground up.
• Understanding of reliability concepts, SLIs, SLOs, and incident mgmt.
• Experience turning complex problems into scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise reliability standards, SLIs/SLOs and guardrails.
• Lead observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident management efforts.
• Partner with product, engineering and business leaders to embed reliability.
• Drive capacity planning, disaster recovery and fault-tolerance strategies.
• Establish governance and accountability for system health during modernization.
• Navigate cross-functional stakeholders to agree on priorities and models.
• Translate business problems into measurable reliability outcomes.
• Enable teams to move fast while maintaining enterprise-scale governance.
• Advise technology leadership on platform reliability and readiness.

Skills

SRE program leadership

SLIs/SLOs design

Observability design

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Cloud environments

Disaster recovery

Strategic planning

Technical communication

Job description

Location: Onsite in Atlanta, GA - 3 days a week (Tues, Wed and Thurs)

Who You’ll Work With

At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We help organizations of all kinds redefine what’s possible, give shape to the future—and get there.

What You’ll Do

• Define and establish enterprise reliability standards, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, SLIs/SLOs, operational governance models, and engineering guardrails that enable scalable, resilient technology platforms.
• Lead the design and implementation of observability, monitoring, alerting, incident management, and operational excellence frameworks that improve visibility, accelerate issue resolution, and drive continuous service improvement.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, infrastructure, and business leaders to embed reliability, resilience, and operational readiness into the software development lifecycle.
• Drive enterprise resilience initiatives including capacity planning, performance engineering, disaster recovery, business continuity, and fault-tolerance strategies.
• Establish reliability metrics, operational processes, governance mechanisms, and accountability models that reduce operational risk and improve system health throughout modernization and transformation efforts.
• Navigate complex organizational environments, aligning cross-functional stakeholders and driving consensus on reliability priorities, standards, and operating models.
• Translate ambiguous business problems and evolving technology needs into clear strategies, scalable solutions, and measurable outcomes.
• Enable product and engineering teams to innovate and move quickly while implementing the operational guardrails necessary for enterprise scale, security, governance, and reliability.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to technology leadership, influencing strategic decisions related to platform reliability, operational maturity, and organizational readiness.

What You’ll Bring

• Deep experience building and scaling enterprise reliability, operational governance, observability, or SRE programs within complex technology organizations.
• Proven success defining standards, policies, operating models, and governance frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong understanding of reliability engineering concepts, including SLIs, SLOs, incident management, capacity planning, disaster recovery, performance optimization, and operational excellence practices.
• Experience designing observability and monitoring strategies that provide actionable insights across distributed systems and modern cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in highly ambiguous environments, transforming undefined concepts into practical, scalable solutions.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with a track record of aligning business, product, and technology leaders around a shared vision.
• Ability to navigate organizational complexity and competing priorities while driving outcomes across multiple teams and functions.
• Strategic mindset paired with a hands‑on approach, capable of moving seamlessly between executive-level planning and execution details.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Passion for enabling engineering velocity while establishing the governance, risk management, security, and operational standards required for enterprise‑scale growth.

About Us

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid‑market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that includemeaningful time off and paid holidays, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well‑being‑related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the pay range is $70/hr to $85/hr. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: [e-mail] .

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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