Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Operations

SS&C Technologies

Senior Site Reliability Engineer ensuring system reliability and performance for a leading financial services firm. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing cloud infrastructures in a hybrid work model.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeKansas City • Florida, Kansas, Montana, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDNSGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaLinuxPrometheusPuppetPythonShell ScriptingSplunkTerraformUnixVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain and improve the uptime, performance, and availability of production systems.
Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure service reliability and user satisfaction.
Implement and manage monitoring, alerting, and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents, performing root cause analysis and postmortems.
Automate repetitive tasks and processes using scripts, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaaC).
Develop CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and operational processes.
Analyze system performance and capacity trends to plan for future growth.
Collaborate with engineering teams to design systems that scale reliably.
Support cloud and/or hybrid infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, etc.).
Manage system provisioning, configuration, and patching via tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet.
Act as a bridge between development and operations teams, championing DevOps and SRE principles.
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, reliability, and accountability.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
3+ years of experience in a Site Reliability, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role.
Experience with Linux/Unix systems, Windows, shell scripting, and administration.
Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Python, Go, Bash, etc.).
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Strong knowledge of networking, security, load balancing, and DNS.
Experience with monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
401k Matching Program
Professional Development Reimbursement
Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off
Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

LinuxUnixWindowsshell scriptingPythonGoBashcloud platformsnetworkingsecurity

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementaccountability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Engineering