Systems Architect

Role Summary The Lead / Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) supports complex, cloud-based environments and plays a key role in maintaining the reliability, resilience, and recoverability of mission-critical platforms. This position leads disaster recovery activities, platform rebuild validation, infrastructure automation, and modern deployment practices while partnering with cross-functional teams to support cloud modernization and operational continuity. Responsibilities Lead and support platform portability and disaster recovery (DR) exercises, including validation of platform rebuild procedures and recovery playbooks. Execute infrastructure recovery activities and validate platforms against established recovery objectives. Verify data completeness, integrity, and accuracy during recovery exercises and document findings and remediation recommendations. Identify readiness gaps across infrastructure, deployment automation, monitoring, and data recovery processes and collaborate with engineering teams on corrective actions. Design, implement, and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) workflows using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation. Build and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes. Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads using Docker, including provisioning, scaling, and reliability improvements. Develop and maintain observability solutions using CloudWatch, Datadog, and similar monitoring and alerting tools. Develop automation, tooling, and scripts using languages such as Python or Java to reduce manual processes and improve operational consistency. Collaborate with platform engineering, security, application, and data teams to support secure and reliable platform operations. Participate in on-call rotations, root cause analysis, and incident response activities to strengthen system resilience. Provide technical leadership and guidance related to reliability, automation, recovery, and infrastructure best practices. Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree and 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related area; a master’s degree and 6 to 8 years of relevant experience; or equivalent professional experience in lieu of a degree. Advanced hands-on experience with AWS services across compute, networking, storage, IAM, and serverless technologies. Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation. Experience building CI/CD deployment pipelines and progressive delivery processes using GitHub Actions or similar tools. Strong knowledge of Kubernetes administration, container orchestration, and Docker-based deployments. Experience validating disaster recovery processes, performing system rebuilds, and conducting data integrity checks. Experience developing dashboards, metrics, logs, and alerts using CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar observability platforms. Proficiency with programming or scripting languages such as Python, Java, C#, or Go. Experience troubleshooting complex system failures, including network, distributed-system, and application reliability issues. Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills. Ability to manage competing priorities while supporting mission-critical systems. Preferred Qualifications AWS DevOps, DevSecOps, or related certification. Additional AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or Developer. Kubernetes certifications such as CKA or CKAD. Familiarity with Zero Trust security principles and cloud security best practices. Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD platforms. Experience working within highly regulated environments. Experience supporting large-scale enterprise cloud modernization initiatives. Experience participating in disaster recovery exercises, continuity planning, or platform readiness assessments. Additional Requirements Ability to obtain and maintain a Position of Public Trust. Availability to participate in an on-call rotation as required. Availability to work authorized overtime based on project needs. Publishing Pay Range: $56.00 – $60.00 Hourly