Senior DevOps System Engineer

About the role

The Senior DevOps System Engineer at Sallie Mae will drive critical technical initiatives and contribute significantly to system design and implementation. They will design, build, and maintain scalable systems, services, or infrastructure components, make architectural decisions with long-term impact, and lead cross-functional technical initiatives with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable systems, services, or infrastructure components.
• Make architectural decisions with long-term impact.
• Take ownership of features and projects end-to-end.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives with minimal oversight.
• Conduct code reviews with an emphasis on quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Tackle complex, ambiguous technical challenges with structured thinking and pragmatic solutions.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver thoughtful and impactful solutions.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, system design, and architecture.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, TypeScript).
• Proven experience designing and deploying production-quality systems at scale.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience with Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Cloud formation.
• Experience with Powershell and Shell scripting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Fundamental understanding of AWS architecture.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, system design, and architecture.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, TypeScript).
• Proven experience designing and deploying production-quality systems at scale.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience with Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Cloud formation.
• Experience with Powershell and Shell scripting.

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries.
• Bonus incentives.
• Generous PTO, Floating Holidays and 12 Federal Holidays observed.
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement 401k with employer match.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and more.
• Employer paid short-term/long-term disability and basic life insurance.
• Paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement programs.
• Free access to on-site staffed fitness centers (in Delaware) and gym subsidy (for locations outside Delaware).
• Confidential counseling support (EAP), Health Advocacy services and Wellness program with financial incentives.
• Tuition Reimbursement and Family Scholarship Programs.
• Career development and training opportunities.