Staff Engineer (SRE + AWS)

Job Summary

Synechron is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer specializing in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Cloud Infrastructure (AWS) to lead the design deployment and management of resilient scalable and secure enterprise systems. You will oversee end-to-end system health automate operational processes and implement best practices in cloud architecture and security. Playing a pivotal role within our technical leadership team you will drive innovation ensure service continuity and mentor teams to achieve high standards of operational excellence aligned with business and compliance requirements.

Software Requirements

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in cloud architecture and management with AWS (including services such as EC2 S3 RDS Lambda CloudFormation)

• Strong expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles including automation observability and incident management

• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python Shell scripting or similar tools

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation Terraform or similar

• Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

• Familiarity with monitoring logging and alerting tools such as CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack or Splunk

• Strong understanding of system security best practices threat detection vulnerability management and compliance standards

Preferred Skills:

• Support experience with automation/configuration management tools like Ansible Chef or Puppet

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines Jenkins GitLab CI or Azure DevOps

• Experience with microservices architecture and cloud-native design patterns

• Familiarity with compliance standards such as ISO SOC2 or GDPR

Overall Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end management of enterprise systems environments ensuring high availability scalability and security

• Architect and implement cloud-based solutions leveraging AWS services and best practices in cloud security and cost optimization

• Drive automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency incident response and system reliability

• Manage system health conduct proactive monitoring and perform capacity planning and upgrades

• Oversee incident response root cause analysis and problem resolution to ensure continuous service delivery

• Develop and implement security controls vulnerability assessments and compliance procedures

• Mentor and develop technical teams sharing knowledge on cloud technologies SRE practices and automation strategies

• Collaborate with business and technology teams to plan future system enhancements and migrations

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of architecture configurations runbooks and operational procedures

• Lead service continuity testing penetration testing and vulnerability management programs to meet regulatory and security standards

Technical Skills (By Category)

Cloud Architecture & Services:

• Required: Deep expertise in AWS core services (EC2 S3 RDS Lambda CloudFormation)

• Preferred: Multi-cloud experience (Azure GCP) serverless architectures and advanced cloud security implementation

SRE & Automation:

• Required: Automation of deployment scaling and incident response processes

• Preferred: Monitoring with Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack or Splunk; scripting using Python and Shell

Containerization & Orchestration:

• Required: Docker containerization; Kubernetes for orchestration and managing microservices

• Preferred: Helm charts service mesh tools like Istio and advanced deployment strategies

Security & Compliance:

• Required: Implementation of security best practices vulnerability management and threat detection

• Preferred: Experience with security audits compliance frameworks and encryption standards

Experience Requirements

• 10-12 years of proven experience in cloud infrastructure site reliability or enterprise systems management

• Extensive experience designing deploying and managing AWS cloud architectures at scale

• Strong background in SRE principles automation and incident management

• Demonstrated leadership in managing cross-functional teams and guiding best practices in cloud operations

• Experience with compliance security and vulnerability management (ISO SOC2 GDPR effective practices)

• Industry domain background in finance banking or fintech is highly beneficial but not mandatory

Day-to-Day Activities

• Architect deploy and manage cloud-based enterprise systems ensuring their high availability and resilience

• Automate system provisioning scaling and incident responses to improve SLAs and reduce manual intervention

• Monitor system health metrics conduct capacity planning and optimize resource utilization

• Lead root cause analysis efforts manage incident responses and implement preventive measures

• Conduct vulnerability assessments coordinate penetration testing and implement security controls

• Collaborate with development teams to incorporate security and reliability best practices into deployment pipelines

• Lead service continuity testing disaster recovery planning and compliance audits

• Develop and maintain operational documentation runbooks and automation scripts

• Mentor technical staff promote a culture of continuous improvement and share knowledge industry-wide

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field

• Certifications in AWS (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect DevOps Engineer) and security standards (e.g. CISSP CISA) are preferred

• Extensive hands-on experience in cloud architecture SRE practices automation and security for large enterprise systems

Professional Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent leadership and mentorship abilities

• Effective communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Strategic thinking with a focus on operational excellence security and cost efficiency

• Adaptability to evolving technology stacks industry standards and regulatory requirements

• Proactive and solution-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement

SYNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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