Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Remote

Overview

As the Lead Site Reliability Engineer for our Production Bioinformatics group, you will play a critical role in ensuring the stability, scalability, and performance of our production bioinformatics applications and infrastructure. You will lead a team of SREs in managing the reliability and operational excellence of our production bioinformatics systems, which support cutting-edge research and clinical applications. Your role will also encompass release management and production support responsibilities, ensuring smooth deployments and ongoing operational stability.

In Short

• Lead and mentor a team of SREs.
• Implement monitoring and incident response processes.
• Manage the end-to-end release process for bioinformatics applications.
• Provide ongoing support for production systems.
• Collaborate with bioinformatics scientists and software developers.
• Develop best practices for deployment and system maintenance.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies in SRE and bioinformatics.
• Drive resolution of operational issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Lead efforts in capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in site reliability engineering.
• At least 2 years in a leadership or managerial capacity.
• Experience with bioinformatics applications is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of SRE principles and best practices.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Ansible).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Proactive and innovative mindset.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans.
• Free testing for employees and their immediate families.
• 401k benefits and commuter benefits.
• Generous employee referral program.
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave.