SEI Investments

Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer

SEI Investments$140K — $170K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in a technical field or equivalent work experience
  • 8+ years in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or similar roles
  • Strong CI/CD experience with Jenkins and Git workflows
  • Experience with observability platforms; Elastic Stack/OpenSearch is a plus
  • Hands-on experience designing and operating AWS environments
  • Proficient in Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform
  • Experience with common application stacks like Java, NodeJS, and .NET

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure for reliability and simplicity
  • Architect multi-account AWS foundations for secure, scalable delivery
  • Design cloud networking architecture to meet reliability and compliance needs
  • Incorporate reliability, security, and compliance into the design lifecycle
  • Build automation tools to minimize errors and improve operations
  • Implement monitoring and alerting for system observability
  • Participate in incident response and drive improvements to prevent recurrence

Benefits

  • Work with a lean, product-focused engineering organization
  • Hands-on ownership and continuous improvement environment
  • Use of modern tooling, including AI-assisted tools
  • Collaborative work culture with product and application engineers
  • Clear documentation practices supporting shared ownership
Full Job Description

We are looking for aSeniorSite Reliability Engineer to work as part of a lean,productfocusedengineering organization. This role is about building andoperatingreliablecloudbasedsystems by writing code, automating infrastructure and delivery workflows, and reducing friction for developers and users. You will work closely with product and application engineers to design, deploy, andoperatesystems with clear ownership and practical engineering judgment. We expect you to use modern tooling, includingAIassistedtools whereappropriate, to speed up automation, troubleshooting, and operations whileremainingaccountable for correctness, security, and reliability. This role favors simple, effective solutions,handsonownership, and continuous improvement within small Agile teams.

What you will do:

  • Design, build, andoperatecloud infrastructure for critical production andnonproductionapplications with reliability and simplicity as primary goals

  • Architect and evolve multi-account AWS foundations (organizations, accounts, IAM boundaries, guardrails, and environment separation) to enable secure, scalable delivery

  • Design andoperatecloud networking architecture (VPCs, routing, segmentation, ingress/egress, connectivity patterns) to support reliability, security, and compliance requirements

  • Treat reliability, security, and compliance asfirstclassdesign concerns throughout the system lifecycle

  • Build tooling and automation that reduces errors, shortens recovery time, and improvesdaytodayoperations

  • Implementmonitoring, logging, and alerting that make system behavior observable and actionable

  • UseAIassistedtools to accelerate infrastructure delivery, automation, troubleshooting, androotcauseanalysis, applying engineering judgment tovalidateoutcomes

  • Implement reliability guardrails for releases (progressive delivery, safe rollbacks, change risk controls) and provide production support during deployments.

  • Participatein incident response, perform root cause analysis, and drive durable improvements that prevent recurrence

  • Workclosely with application engineers tocoownsystem design, operation, and continuous improvement

  • Maintainclear, lightweight documentation that supports shared ownership and effectiveoncalloperations

What we need from you:

  • BA/BS, in a related technical field; or the equivalent in education and work experience

  • 8+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or similar roles supporting application teams running production services

  • Strong CI/CD experience (Jenkins and Git-based workflows preferred), including building secure, reliable pipelines and enabling teams to ship safely

  • Experience implementing and operating observability platforms (logging/metrics/alerting); Elastic Stack/OpenSearch experience is a plus

  • Hands-on, demonstrable experience designing andoperatingAWS environments, and enabling application teams to adopt AWS correctly (networking, IAM, security, reliability, and cost awareness)

  • Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred; CloudFormation acceptable), including building reusable modules/patterns and managing changes through review and automation

  • Experience supporting CI/CD builds and deployment patterns for common application stacks (for example Java, NodeJS, and .NET)

  • Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or PowerShell

  • Experience working on large scale cloud-based web applications

What we would like from you:

  • Ability to clearly communicate both verbally and in writing with client and team members, including experience documenting and presenting findings

  • Excellent analytical skills, organizational abilities, and problem-solving skills

  • Familiarity with AI agentic development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf) and practical experience applying them to infrastructure and operations workflows

  • Self-starter who works efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and a geographically distributed team

  • Ability to think creatively and seekoptimumsolutions

  • Ability to grasp loosely defined concepts and transform them into tangible results and key deliverables

  • Diagnostic skills with the ability to analyze technical,businessand financial issues and options

  • Ability to infer frompreviousexamples, willingness to understand how an application is put together

  • Action-oriented, with the ability to quickly deal with change

  • Someone who will embody our SEI Values of courage, integrity, collaboration, inclusion,connectionand fun.

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The base salary pay for this role is $140,000 - $170,000 per year.

This position will also be eligible to earn a discretionary bonus each year, subject to company approval.

About SEI Investments

SEI Investments is a financial services company that provides investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions to institutional and personal wealth management clients. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oaks, Pennsylvania. SEI Investments has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company's investment management solutions include mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and separately managed accounts. SEI Investments also provides technology solutions to financial institutions, including wealth management platforms and outsourcing services.
Learn more about SEI Investments
Size
4,371 employees
Market Cap
$7.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$447.2 million
Founded
1968
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
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