Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Job Description : Job Summary : We are seeking an experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to drive the reliability, scalability, performance, and operational excellence of mission-critical platforms and applications.The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, automation, and production operations.As a technical leader, you will be responsible for ensuring high availability of systems, improving operational efficiency through automation, leading incident management processes, and mentoring engineering teams on SRE best practices.Key Responsibilities : - Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of highly available, scalable, and resilient production environments.- Drive Site Reliability Engineering initiatives focused on system reliability, performance, and operational excellence.- Develop and implement automation solutions to eliminate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software delivery.- Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, or GCP environments.- Define and implement monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability frameworks.- Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.- Establish reliability metrics, SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets to improve service performance.- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and product teams to enhance platform stability and scalability.- Mentor and guide SRE/DevOps engineers while promoting reliability engineering best practices.- Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to infrastructure, deployment processes, and operational workflows.- Ensure compliance with security, governance, and operational standards.Requirements : - Minimum 7+ years of hands-on experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Operations.- Proven experience in a Technical Lead or Team Lead role.- Strong expertise in Linux administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.- Hands-on experience with scripting and automation using Shell, Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies.- Strong knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline implementation.- Experience working with modern infrastructure automation and deployment methodologies.- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform : i. Microsoft Azureii. Amazon Web Services (AWS)iii. Google Cloud Platform (GCP)- Strong experience managing large-scale production environments with a focus on : i. Availabilityii. Reliabilityiii. Scalabilityiv. Monitoringv. Incident Management- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.- Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.- Experience handling critical production incidents and driving resolution efforts.- Strong understanding of infrastructure reliability, disaster recovery, and business continuity concepts.- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, highly collaborative environments (ref:hirist.tech)