SRE Technical Lead

Bright Vision Technologies; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior SRE Technical Lead to drive site reliability for critical production systems. This hands-on role emphasizes automation, performance optimization, and leading incident response.

Hybrid work with 50% on-site in Albany or Manhattan, NY. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in IT, deep SRE expertise across AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, Python, and observability tooling (Dynatrace, Splunk, ELK).

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience, with senior SRE or similar role.
• Deep SRE knowledge across cloud platforms and microservices.
• Proficiency in Python and automation to build self-healing systems.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation initiatives to improve reliability and scalability.
• Lead incident response from a technical standpoint.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including senior leadership.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers on best practices in SRE.

Skills

8+ years IT experience

SRE expertise

Leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Python

Dynatrace

Splunk

ELK Stack

Job description

SRE Technical Lead -Hybrid

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Job Title: SRE Technical Lead

Job Location: Albany NY or New York, NY Onsite/Hybrid: Hybrid Duration: Long Term

The resource would need to report on-site (Albany) for the first week. Position location is hybrid 50% on-site either Albany or Manhattan.

Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green CardHolders, EADHolders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Job Description:

Position Summary: The Senior IT Technical Lead for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a hands‑on, expert-level role. This individual is responsible for ensuring the operational excellence of critical production systems. This role is less about managing project timelines and resources, and more about creating innovative solutions to improve a mission critical service. The technical lead will drive automation, optimize performance, lead incident response from a technical standpoint.

Qualifications:

Mandatory Requirements:

• At least 8 years of experience in IT, with significant time spent in a senior‑level SRE or similar role.
• Deep SRE and Systems Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge and hands‑on experience applying SRE principles to manage the reliability and scalability of enterprise‑level systems. This includes cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), microservices, containers (Kubernetes).
• Automation and Tooling: Proven ability to write and implement code (e.g., Python) and leverage automation tools to eliminate manual toil and create scalable, self‑healing systems. Responsible for building and maintaining internal tools that enhance infrastructure and operations.
• Observability and Analysis: Expertise in implementing robust monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing systems (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk, ELK Stack). Able to analyze system metrics to proactively identify issues and drive data‑backed technical decisions for performance tuning and capacity planning.

Desirable Requirements

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.

BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.