Job Description
The Role
We are hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join the GM Motorsports Software Engineering Data Platform team. This team builds and operates the next-generation data infrastructure that powers analytics simulation and telemetry insights across GMs racing programs including Formula 1 NASCAR IndyCar and IMSA.
As a foundational member of the reliability function within the Data Engineering organization you will ensure the availability performance and resilience of high-throughput telemetry and analytics platforms that ingest process and deliver mission-critical motorsports data.
Our environment handles high-frequency streaming telemetry simulation outputs and engineering datasets that must be reliable observable and scalable. You will play a key role in designing systems where resilience automation and observability are built in from the start.
We are looking for engineers who are uncomfortable with manual toil and are driven to build platforms where scaling recovery and operational insight are inherent properties of the system architecture.
What Youll Do
Platform Reliability
Streaming & Data Pipeline Resilience
Observability & Incident Response
Infrastructure Automation
Operational Excellence
Data Platform Stability
Performance Optimization
Mentorship & Technical Leadership
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Proven experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) DevOps or Platform Engineering supporting large-scale distributed systems.
Strong experience with Linux systems administration and cloud-native infrastructure.
Experience operating high-throughput data platforms or streaming systems (Kafka Flink Spark etc.).
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or similar frameworks.
Experience implementing observability stacks (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Datadog etc.).
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across distributed systems.
Ability to break down complex reliability challenges into clear implementation-ready initiatives.
A growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning in a fast-paced engineering environment.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
Experience supporting data engineering platforms or analytics infrastructure.
Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
Familiarity with stream processing frameworks (Apache Flink Spark Streaming etc.).
Experience with real-time telemetry simulation or high-frequency data environments.
Experience implementing reliability practices across multi-cloud or hybrid cloud platforms.
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g. H1-B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc).
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week or other frequency dictated by their manager.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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