Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Experience: 12+ Years

Location: Hyderabad

Notice: Immediate to 30 Days

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure applications and infrastructure in cloud or hybrid environments
• Implement and manage robust monitoring, alerting, and observability systems
• Automate recurrent operational tasks using scripts (e.g., Python) and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform)
• Collaborate with engineers to build highly available, reliable, deployable systems, establishing guardrails around SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets
• Own incident response by participating in on-call rotations, conducting RCAs, and implementing preventive measures and self-healing solutions
• Conduct performance tuning, capacity planning, and efficient disaster recovery design for strong Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)
• Reduce manual toil in security compliance and patching processes through automation
• Support project teams in troubleshooting and resolving operational issues across development, testing, and production environments
• Provide guidance and operational support during project rollouts and infrastructure changes to ensure reliability and uptime
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, internal and external, to communicate technical concepts, resolve problems, and influence decision-making on technical matters
• Work closely with the product team to stay informed about evolving system design, business logic, and transaction flows to ensure reliability and operational readiness across services
• Identify and address organization-wide gaps in the SRE domain and develop implementable solutions that contribute to reliability and operational excellence

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
• 12+ years as an SRE, DevOps, or related role managing large-scale solutions or platforms
• Proficient in scripting (PowerShell, Python, Go, Bash) and solid understanding of coding/development principles
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experienced with monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Argo CD)
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, especially in high-pressure, production-critical environments
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Terraform and other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
• SRE-specific certifications from AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience shaping and scaling SRE practices
• Experience mentoring teams and fostering a strong reliability culture across the organization