Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure)

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Enterprise Platform) Location: US - Open to Europe if happy to overlap with EST Remote | Full-time Compensation: $150K - $200K

Our client is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) to architect and scale a robust infrastructure foundation for a high-growth distributed systems platform. This position is critical for ensuring that the platform operates as a secure, scalable, and production-ready environment capable of supporting complex enterprise use cases and high reliability standards.

The successful candidate will take a lead role in designing infrastructure from first principles, bridging the gap between product requirements and technical execution. This is a high-impact opportunity for a seasoned engineer to build greenfield Azure environments and establish operational excellence across a global ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities • Infrastructure Design: Architect and deploy secure, scalable Azure infrastructure tailored for production-grade distributed systems. • Automation & IaC: Develop and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure as code to enable repeatable, automated deployments across various environments. • Technical Leadership: Translate ambiguous product and customer requirements into structured technical architecture and actionable execution plans. • Platform Enhancement: Build and optimize platform services, APIs, and integrations to extend core system capabilities. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, security, and product teams to deliver enterprise-ready infrastructure solutions. • Operational Excellence: Drive improvements in reliability, observability, and incident response while providing Tier 2 infrastructure support for customer deployments.

Performance Goals: What Success Looks Like In the first 6–12 months of this role, the following milestones are expected to be achieved: • Production Readiness: The Azure environment is established as a fully production-ready deployment setting for the platform. • Scalable Deployments: All customer deployments are verified as repeatable, scalable, and secure. • Feature Parity: Azure achieves full feature parity with all other supported cloud environments within the organization’s ecosystem.

Interview Process • Recruiter & Technical Screening: Initial HR call followed by an introductory technical interview covering foundational questions. • Hiring Manager Interview: A deeper dive into experience, alignment, and role-specific expectations. • Technical Interview: A comprehensive evaluation of architectural and technical execution skills. • Final Leadership Interview: A concluding session with the VP of Engineering.