Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Macpower Digital Assets Edge Private Limited
  • Rockville, MD
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6 days ago

Job Description

Note: This is a fully hands-on role. Architect-level applicants will not be considered.
Key Focus Areas:
  • Manage and optimize control towers, organizational policies, and multi-account environments.
  • Oversee AWS backups, SSM patching, AMI deployments, and configuration pushes across multiple accounts.
  • Manage and maintain core AWS services including EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, SageMaker, CloudFront, and Lambda.
  • Implement S3, SFTP, and site externalization methods.
  • Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Python.
  • Manage IAM policies, access controls, and permissions.
Core Responsibilities:
  • Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for all cloud infrastructure issues.
  • Monitor cloud resource performance and cost efficiency.
  • Lead major incident management and communicate timely updates to stakeholders.
  • Perform due diligence and impact analysis before implementing changes to cloud platforms.
  • Lead and mentor a team of cloud engineers to ensure performance and collaboration.
  • Manage daily operations and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
  • Develop and implement incident management processes and conduct root cause analysis.
  • Identify and automate repetitive infrastructure tasks using IaC principles.
  • Continuously improve operational processes and standard operating procedures.
  • Implement and enforce security controls, ensuring compliance with standards such as GDPR and HIPAA.
  • Monitor cloud usage and conduct capacity planning to balance efficiency and scalability.
  • Develop and test disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
  • Collaborate with IT, business units, and vendors to deliver scalable cloud solutions.
  • Document cloud configurations, processes, and reports, ensuring accessibility and version control.
Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, SageMaker, CloudFront).
  • Experience with Azure and OCI cloud environments.
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
  • Scripting in Python and PowerShell.
  • Strong understanding of cloud architecture, monitoring, and automation tools.
  • System administration experience (Windows, Linux, VMware, Active Directory, Azure AD SSO).
  • Strong networking knowledge (DNS, DHCP, PKI, LAN/WAN).
Leadership and Behavioral Skills:
  • Demonstrated experience in leading teams and managing cloud operations.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management across technical and business functions.
  • Proactive problem-solver with excellent analytical and root cause analysis skills.
  • Self-motivated with a continuous improvement mindset.
  • Experienced in vendor management and contract negotiations.
Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
  • Experience in cloud operations and team leadership in technical environments.
Preferred Certifications and Experience:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional.
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Architect.
  • Familiarity with DevOps tools (CI/CD, Jenkins, Git).
  • Experience with ITIL or ITSM frameworks.

Numbers & Facts

LocationRockville, MD

Skills

  • AWS Lambdaunmatched
  • Access Controlunmatched
  • Amazon CloudFrontunmatched
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)unmatched
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)unmatched
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Ansibleunmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Business Continuity Planning (BCP)unmatched
  • Capacity Managementunmatched
  • Chef (Configuration Management)unmatched
  • Cloud Architectureunmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Continuous Integrationunmatched
  • Contract Negotiationunmatched
  • DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)unmatched
  • DNS (Domain Name System)unmatched
  • DevOpsunmatched
  • Disaster Recoveryunmatched
  • Due Diligenceunmatched
  • Electrical Engineeringunmatched
  • Gitunmatched
  • HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)unmatched
  • High Availabilityunmatched
  • High Reliabilityunmatched
  • IT Service Management (ITSM)unmatched
  • ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)unmatched
  • Incident Managementunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Jenkinsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Linux Operating Systemunmatched
  • Local Area Network (LAN)unmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Microsoft Active Directoryunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows System Administrationunmatched
  • Operational Improvementunmatched
  • Operationsunmatched
  • Operations Managementunmatched
  • Operations Processesunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)unmatched
  • Puppet (Configuration Management)unmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
  • Reliability Engineeringunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
  • Secure/SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)unmatched
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)unmatched
  • Software Engineeringunmatched
  • Software Patchesunmatched
  • Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM)unmatched
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • VMWareunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
  • Wide Area Network (WAN)unmatched
  • Windows PowerShellunmatched

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