Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Technology, Data & Digital · IT Infrastructure & Security · Site Reliability Engineering · Software Engineering
In short
Responsibilities
- Define and drive reliability strategy, SLO frameworks, and operational best practices across Substrate workloads in highly regulated environments.
- Serve as an actively engaged senior on-call engineer (OCE), participating in on-call rotations and leading incident response for Substrate services in regulated environments.
- Provide hands-on leadership during complex or high-impact incidents, setting technical direction and response strategy.
- Drive high-quality post-incident reviews that result in durable, systemic engineering improvements across teams.
- Architect and deliver large-scale automation, observability, and self-healing solutions.
- Drive architectural decisions and define software engineering standards that make reliability, security, and compliance intrinsic to Substrate services.
- Influence service design and engineering decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Mentor senior and principal engineers and shape the long-term technical direction of the SRE discipline.
- Represent Substrate SRE perspectives with senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
Requirements
- Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Master's Degree AND 3+ years technical experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years technical experience OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
- Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.
- Verification of U.S. citizenship.
Desired Qualifications
- Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration OR Master's Degree AND 8+ years technical experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years technical experience OR equivalent experience.
- 7+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
Benefits
- Typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year.
- For San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, base pay range is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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Company
MicrosoftJob Posted
8 hours ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
US$142,800–274,800 · Negotiable
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
United States
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