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We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.The Federal Reserve Financial Services portfolio provides technology capabilities that power the U.S. payment systems infrastructure. This portfolio enables critical payment services that are foundational to the nation's financial system, focusing on delivering speed, resilience, and choice to meet evolving marketplace needs.\nWe are seeking an experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineer to join our engineering team and drive the reliability, scalability, and performance of our critical systems. This role combines deep technical expertise in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices to ensure our services meet the highest standards of availability and operational excellence.\nResponsibilities\nSystem Reliability & Performance\nDesign, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient systems across cloud infrastructure\nEstablish and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure optimal system performance\nLead incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures\nDevelop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans\nInfrastructure & Automation\nArchitect and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)\nAutomate deployment pipelines, monitoring, and operational workflows\nOptimize cloud resource utilization and cost management\nEngineering & Development\nBuild and maintain internal tools and services to improve operational efficiency\nCollaborate with development teams to implement reliability best practices\nConduct code reviews and provide technical guidance on system design\nDevelop monitoring solutions, alerting systems, and observability frameworks\nSecurity & Compliance\nIntegrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines (SAST/DAST)\nImplement and maintain security controls across infrastructure and applications\nEnsure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements\nConduct security assessments and vulnerability management\nLeadership & Collaboration\nMentor junior SRE team members and promote SRE culture across the organization\nPartner with software engineering teams to improve system reliability\nDrive technical initiatives and contribute to architectural decisions\nDocument processes, runbooks, and technical specifications\nSoftware Engineering:\nStrong proficiency in Java, Python, and Node.js\nExperience with microservices architecture and distributed systems\nSolid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns\nProficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and testable code\nCloud Infrastructure (AWS):\nExtensive experience with AWS services including:Compute: Lambda, ECS, EC2, Fargate\nStorage: S3, EBS, EFS\nDatabase: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora\nNetworking: VPC, Route53, CloudFront, API Gateway\n Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray\n\nAWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) preferred\nDevOps & CI/CD:\nExpert-level knowledge of GitLab (CI/CD pipelines, runners, GitOps)\nAdvanced Terraform skills for infrastructure provisioning and management\nExperience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS)\nProficiency with configuration management tools\nSecurity:\nHands-on experience with SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools\nKnowledge of DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) methodologies\nUnderstanding of security best practices, OWASP Top 10, and compliance frameworks\nExperience with secrets management and identity access management (IAM)\nMonitoring & Observability:\nExperience with monitoring tools (Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or similar)\nLog aggregation and analysis (CloudWatch Logs, Splunk)\nDistributed tracing with aws X-Ray\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience\n7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related roles\n3+ years in a lead or senior technical position\nProven track record of managing large-scale production systems\nExperience with on-call rotations and incident management\nGenAI based Applications: Working knowledge of LLMs and agentic applications a plus\nExperience with serverless architectures and event-driven systems\nFamiliarity with chaos engineering principles and practices\nBackground in Agile/Scrum methodologies\nExperience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments\nThe selected candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance, as defined by the employing Reserve Bank, and will work full-time onsite.\nEligible Locations for Hire: Boston, MA- New York, NY- Philadelphia, PA- Cleveland, OH- Richmond, VA- Atlanta, GA- Chicago, IL- St. Louis, MO- Minneapolis, MN- Kansas City, MO- Dallas, TX- San Francisco, CA\nThe following Reserve Bank locations are preferred due to the concentration of System IT team members in these locations: San Francisco, and Richmond, VA\nScreening:\nDue to the nature of access to sensitive information all final offers are subject to the clearance of an enhanced background check. This enhanced screening will require the following items: academic and employment verifications, FBI fingerprint check (criminal and civil cases), credit check, family history, residential records and foreign travel for the previous 7 years, citizenship verification, reference checks, and personal interview with an investigator and can take between 21 - 60 days to clear.\nSponsorship:\nIndividuals who need immigration sponsorship now or in the future are not eligible for this position.\nMust be a U.S Citizen or a Green card holder with intent to become a U.S Citizen.\nBase Salary Range: Min: $146,700 Mid: $190,500 Max: $234,300 (Location: San Francisco)\nThe listed salary is applicable to 12th District/San Francisco. Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate’s qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.\nThe Bank is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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