Lead Site Reliability Engineer (Platform & Security)
Bellevue, WA - USA
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
As Lead Site Reliability Engineer youll partner with platform architects security leaders and product engineering teams to ensure a mission-critical healthcare platform operates reliably securely and predictably in production environments.This role focuses on the operational reliability availability and security of a cloud-native application platform with responsibility for service health incident response automation and continuous improvement. The platform integrates with data and AI services owned by partner teams and this role works closely with those teams to ensure aligned observability clear dependency management and stable operational outcomes.
You will operate defined service-level objectives support incident response and post-incident analysis reduce operational toil through automation and contribute to the consistent application of reliability and security practices across the platform and its dependencies. Reliability and security are foundational to GE HealthCares mission of delivering dependable high-quality healthcare technology.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Reliability Engineering
- Operate and support defined SLIs SLOs and error budgets for application services APIs and runtime infrastructure.
- Monitor system health and participate in incident response to restore service and minimize impact.
- Contribute to postincident reviews including failure analysis documentation and corrective actions.
- Build and maintain observability artifacts such as dashboards alerts and runbooks.
- Reduce operational toil through automation and infrastructure improvements.
Platform & Security
- Implement and operate platform security controls including identity integration access control encryption network protections and secrets management.
- Support integrations with shared enterprise services and coordinate with partner teams on operational dependencies.
- Assist with security compliance and audit-readiness activities including evidence collection and remediation tracking.
Collaboration
- Work closely with application teams platform engineers DigiOps and partner organizations.
- Participate in design and code reviews with a focus on operability reliability and security.
- Communicate clearly regarding ownership escalation paths and issue resolution.
Continuous Improvement
- Improve operational practices through enhanced automation documentation and standard procedures.
- Maintain and contribute to runbooks service manuals and onboarding materials.
- Apply and grow knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering best practices.
Compliance & Customer Focus
- Follow established security and privacy controls in accordance with healthcare regulations (HIPAA GDPR).
- Partner with operations and customer-facing teams to support incident resolution and improve reliability outcomes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 35 years of experience in site reliability engineering platform operations or software engineering supporting production systems.
- Experience supporting workloads on cloud platforms including monitoring alerting and incident response.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code CI/CD pipelines and operational tooling.
- Working knowledge of Java and/or Python and distributed or serviceoriented architectures.
- Experience operating security controls in regulated environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting SLO-based reliability models for platform or SaaS services.
- Familiarity with regulated software delivery environments and audit processes.
- Experience collaborating across multiple teams supporting integrated systems.
- Familiarity with healthcare technology environments or datadriven platforms.
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Additional Information
Work/Life Balance: Flexible schedules supported with a focus on sustainable operations and reliability outcomes.
Mentorship & Career Growth: Ongoing learning and skill development supported across GE HealthCare.
Inclusive Culture: GE HealthCare is committed to fostering an inclusive collaborative and innovative work environment.
Additional Information
GE HealthCare offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Required Experience:
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About Company
GE HealthCare provides digital infrastructure, data analytics & decision support tools helps in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients