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What will you do at Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia?

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineer to join our engineering team and drive the reliability, scalability, and performance of our critical systems. This role combines deep technical expertise in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices to ensure our services meet the highest standards of availability and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

System Reliability & Performance
• Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient systems across cloud infrastructure
• Establish and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure optimal system performance
• Lead incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans
Infrastructure & Automation
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Automate deployment pipelines, monitoring, and operational workflows
• Optimize cloud resource utilization and cost management
Engineering & Development
• Build and maintain internal tools and services to improve operational efficiency
• Collaborate with development teams to implement reliability best practices
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance on system design
• Develop monitoring solutions, alerting systems, and observability frameworks
Security & Compliance
• Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines (SAST/DAST)
• Implement and maintain security controls across infrastructure and applications
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
• Conduct security assessments and vulnerability management
Leadership & Collaboration
• Mentor junior SRE team members and promote SRE culture across the organization
• Partner with software engineering teams to improve system reliability
• Drive technical initiatives and contribute to architectural decisions
• Document processes, runbooks, and technical specifications
Software Engineering:
Strong proficiency in Java, Python, and Node.js
Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable, and testable code
Cloud Infrastructure (AWS):
Extensive experience with AWS services including:
Compute: Lambda, ECS, EC2, Fargate
Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
Database: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora
Networking: VPC, Route53, CloudFront, API Gateway
Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray
AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) preferred
DevOps & CI/CD:
Expert-level knowledge of GitLab (CI/CD pipelines, runners, GitOps)
Advanced Terraform skills for infrastructure provisioning and management
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS)
Proficiency with configuration management tools
Security:
Hands-on experience with SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools
Knowledge of DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) methodologies
Understanding of security best practices, OWASP Top 10, and compliance frameworks
Experience with secrets management and identity access management (IAM)
Monitoring & Observability:
Experience with monitoring tools (Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or similar)
Log aggregation and analysis (CloudWatch Logs, Splunk)
Distributed tracing with aws X-Ray

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related roles
3+ years in a lead or senior technical position
Proven track record of managing large-scale production systems
Experience with on-call rotations and incident management
GenAI based Applications: Working knowledge of LLMs and agentic applications a plus
Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven systems
Familiarity with chaos engineering principles and practices
Background in Agile/Scrum methodologies
Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments
The selected candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance, as defined by the employing Reserve Bank, and will work full-time onsite.
Eligible Locations for Hire: Richmond, VA, San Francisco, CA
The following Reserve Bank locations are preferred due to the concentration of System IT team members in these locations: San Francisco, and Richmond, VA
Base Salary Range: Min: $146,700 Mid: $190,500 Max: $234,300 (Location: San Francisco)
The listed salary is applicable to 12th District/San Francisco. Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate’s qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.
The Bank is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Job Category
Information Technology Family Group
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
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Which skills does this role require?

JavaPythonNode.jsMicroservicesInfrastructure as CodeAgileScrumDisaster RecoveryDistributed SystemsAWS Solutions ArchitectDevOps EngineerJavaScript

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