Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Abbott

Senior Site Reliability Engineer for Abbott's cardiac monitoring platform, ensuring reliability and performance in a healthcare setting. Collaborating with teams to automate operations and improve system design.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining highly available and fault-tolerant systems, with a strong focus on performance optimization and operational automation. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability and implement effective monitoring solutions.

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Site Reliability EngineeringPython ProgrammingKubernetes Container OrchestrationMicrosoft Azure ServicesMonitoring Tools Expertise

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Hard Skills

Site Reliability EngineeringSoftware EngineeringPerformance OptimizationDistributed SystemsFault-Tolerant DesignCI/CD Pipeline DesignPython ProgrammingGo ProgrammingBash ScriptingPowerShell Scripting

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsAnalytical Problem-SolvingDebugging Skills

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft AzureKubernetesDockerPrometheusGrafanaAzure Monitor

Industry Keywords

SLIsSLOsError BudgetsOperational DocumentationBlameless Postmortem

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureDistributed SystemsDockerGoGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and maintain highly available and fault-tolerant systems
Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks
Define and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
Develop monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
Automate operational tasks
Scale services and infrastructure for business demands
Collaborate with engineering and security teams
Create operational documentation and runbooks
Lead blameless postmortem processes
Work with a multi-disciplinary team on reliability roadmap planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Minimum 7 years of experience in site reliability, software engineering, or related fields
Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills
Proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or PowerShell
Expertise in Microsoft Azure services like AKS, Azure Monitor, etc.
Container orchestration experience with Kubernetes and Docker
Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana
Design and operate CI/CD pipelines for safe deployments
Deep understanding of distributed systems and fault-tolerant design

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development
Travel allowance