Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Platforms

What You Can Expect

As a Lead Staff Site Reliability Engineer you will be one of the technical leads for our DevOps Platforms organization. This group is responsible for DevOps Platforms including cloud infrastructure physical data center orchestration critical security services and our Zoom for Government (ZfG) environment. You will be an uber tech lead working across a broad area defining projects and guiding work across various teams. Your scope of work is wide and you will have the opportunity to improve our datacenter kubernetes infrastructure our cloud infrastructure our security posture and our operation of ZfG environments. Broadly speaking you are an exemplary SRE and you will guide all of our teams toward SRE best practices (automation monitoring infrastructure as code etc).

About the Team

The DevOps Platforms organization owns the full infrastructure stack: cloud infrastructure on AWS and OCI physical data center orchestration critical security services (identity authentication authorization) and Zooms FedRAMP-rated federal environment Zoom for Government (ZfG).

The team is currently working on one of the most technically interesting work in the org hardening our security posture and building the automation and reliability systems that underpin Zooms global services. If you want broad visibility real cross-team influence and the chance to define how infrastructure gets built this is the seat.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale DevOps platform services including Kubernetes infrastructure cloud systems and compliance-ready environments
• Define technical roadmaps and architectural direction for infrastructure automation and security
• Partner with service teams to understand platform needs and deliver solutions that improve reliability and efficiency
• Establish and advocate for SRE best practices including infrastructure as code monitoring and incident management
• Mentor team members through design implementation and production deployment of complex systems

What Were Looking For

• Bring 8 years of SRE or DevOps experience building and operating production infrastructure at scale
• Code proficiently in at least one programming language beyond scripting (e.g. Python Go Java)
• Deploy and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like Git Jenkins Argo CD or JFrog
• Operate cloud infrastructure on AWS OCI or similar platforms using Terraform and Kubernetes
• Implement observability solutions with logging and monitoring tools such as ELK Prometheus or Grafana
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences including security teams senior leadership and external auditors
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response to maintain system reliability
• Hold a degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience
• Hold US citizenship or Greencard status

Preferred

• Have experience with security from an SRE perspective
• Have experience with Identity security (e.g. IAM workload identity zero trust) and tools (e.g. Teleport Okta)
• Have experience operating Government environments and understanding their compliance requirements
• Have experience with system design and distributed computing at scale
• Ability to speak Chinese/Mandarin is a plus but not required

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In addition to the base salary and/or OTE listed Zoom has a Total Direct Compensation philosophy that takes into consideration; base salary bonus and equity value.

Note: Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience.

We also have a location based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in this and other locations

At Zoom we offer a window of at least 5 days for you to apply because we believe in giving you every opportunity. Below is the potential closing date just in case you want to mark it on your calendar. We look forward to receiving your application!

Ways of Working
Our structured hybrid approach is centered around our offices and remote work environments. The work style of each role Hybrid Remote or In-Person is indicated in the job description/posting.

Benefits
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About Us
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