Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer managing large-scale, distributed and fault-tolerant systems for Elsevier. Performing automation, supporting critical infrastructure, and mentoring junior engineers.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timePhiladelphia • Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $104,900 - $174,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designing, deploying, and maintaining highly available, scalable Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS as well as the supporting ecosystem.
Managing and optimizing cross-portfolio cloud infrastructure, leveraging AWS services and supported organizational tooling.
Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to automate provisioning and management of cloud and Kubernetes resources.
Writing automation processes to streamline operational workflows, incident response, and infrastructure management.
Implementing CI/CD pipelines to facilitate deployments, testing, and validation.
Supporting multi-regional critical infrastructure, ensuring high availability and rapid incident resolution.
Monitoring system health, instrument system components, troubleshoot issues, and perform root cause analysis.
Managing and supporting a complex cross-portfolio environment, coordinating across teams to ensure consistency and reliability.
Maintaining comprehensive documentation and best practice guides for solutions, ensuring users have clear instructions and support to effectively implement and operate their systems.
Mentoring junior team members and promoting best practices in SRE, automation, and cloud architecture.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerised applications.
Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, networking, security, storage, and operational best practices.
Proven expertise with AWS services and architectural principles.
Extensive knowledge of AWS security, compliance, and best practices.
Advanced skills in writing modular, reusable IaC components.
Strong Python scripting skills for automation, tooling, and data processing.
Ability to develop custom solutions for monitoring, automation, and incident management.
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions.
Familiarity with monitoring tools such as NewRelic.
Knowledge of security best practices, network policies, and enterprise-grade RBAC policies.

Benefits

Comp & perks

country specific benefits
an annual incentive bonus

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesAWS EKSInfrastructure as Code (IaC)CI/CD pipelinesPythoncontainerized applicationsmonitoring toolsGitHub Actionsautomationincident management

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingdocumentationbest practices promotion