Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Federal Team

Saviynt is an identity authority platform built to power and protect the world at work. In a world of digital transformation, where organizations are faced with increasing cyber risk but cannot afford defensive measures to slow down progress, Saviynt’s Enterprise Identity Cloud gives customers unparalleled visibility, control and intelligence to better defend against threats while empowering users with right-time, right-level access to the digital technologies and tools they need to do their best work.

This opportunity is in the Saviynt Labs organization.  We design, build and run the leading Enterprise Identity solutions.  Our product teams innovate industry leading solutions.  The engineering teams design, build and run SaaS software built on leading edge technologies.  We focus on engineering excellence and we attract the best talent in our industry.   Our cloud services are built on AWS, GCP and Azure with a global presence.  Our customers love what we do and work with us to build the future customer experience at scale.

• Perform customer deployments, migrations, and upgrades in the cloud environment.
• Installing and configuring Saviynt product(s) following installation procedure and organizational guidelines
• Troubleshooting and resolving incidents while collaborating with the development and IT teams to minimize downtime and maintain service quality
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Monitor cloud resources to ensure availability and scalability.
• Automate any manual work being performed pre/during/post deployments. 
• Troubleshoot cloud-related infrastructure incidents and issues.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient software delivery. Monitor and troubleshoot issues within the CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure setup and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and QA teams to improve deployment processes.
• Maintain compliance with security and quality standards throughout the CI/CD pipeline
• Creating and maintaining technical documents for cloud infrastructure and related processes.
• Design and implement novel solutions to automate cloud-environment provisioning.
• Developing automation solutions to streamline processes, such as creating scripts to run specific tasks on systems. Developing and implementing automation scripts to reduce repetitive tasks and eliminate human error.
• Configuring and deploying monitoring tools

• U.S. Citizenship: Applicants must be United States citizens.
• 8+ years of professional experience in observability, SRE, or cloud platform roles, with demonstrated success in leading strategic initiatives and cross-team collaborations.
• 4+ years of hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure), with deep understanding of cloud-native architectures and observability practices.
• Proven track record of designing and operating highly available and resilient systems in public cloud environments (especially AWS).
• 3+ years of experience in software development using Python, NodeJS, or Java, with strong focus on automation, CI/CD integration, and DevOps practices.
• Advanced expertise in container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) and service mesh technologies.
• Hands-on experience implementing observability at scale using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK/OpenSearch, Datadog, CloudWatch, or Azure Monitor.
• Demonstrated success in driving adoption of SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and automated alerting frameworks across engineering teams.
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Helm) and automated deployment pipelines.
• Proven leadership in setting engineering standards, mentoring team members, and driving initiatives that reduce MTTD/MTTR and improve operational excellence.
• Strong analytical skills, communication capabilities, and a strategic mindset to influence and guide technical direction across large-scale engineering teams.

• Meet US persons on US soil requirements
• Undergo full background investigation/screening
• Undergo IAL3 requirements (Identity proofing to include I-9 document verification, biometric collection, and mailing address confirmation)

If required for this role, you will:

- Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter

- Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security/Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to):

- Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy

- Incident Response Policy/Procedures

- Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Policy/Procedures

- Mobile Device Policy

- Account Management Policy

- Access Control Policy

- Personnel Security Policy

- Privacy Policy

Saviynt is an amazing place to work. We are a high-growth, Platform as a Service company focused on Identity Authority to power and protect the world at work. You will experience tremendous growth and learning opportunities through challenging yet rewarding work that directly impacts our customers, all within a welcoming and positive work environment. If you're resilient and enjoy working in a dynamic environment, you belong with us!

Saviynt is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome everyone to our team.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.