Senior Vice President, Site Reliability Automation Engineer

BNY Mellon

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-6 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering or Software Engineering
  • Strong programming skills in Java or another modern programming language
  • Experience with at least one observability tool: AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Grafana, or Splunk
  • Hands-on experience with production system support and troubleshooting
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Proven track record in identifying inefficiencies and implementing automation

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement end-to-end observability across distributed systems
  • Integrate and optimize observability tools
  • Develop real-time monitoring dashboards and telemetry frameworks
  • Automate repetitive operational tasks using programming and tools
  • Build solutions for self-healing and auto-remediation
  • Collaborate in incident management and root cause analysis
  • Define service health metrics and contribute to capacity planning efforts

Benefits

  • Flexible global resources to support your life's journey
  • Programs focusing on health and personal resilience
  • Generous paid leave options including paid volunteer time
  • A culture of excellence and a pay-for-performance philosophy
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Sr. Site Reliability Automation Engineer to join our Technology team. This role is located in Lake Mary, FL and Pittsburgh, PA.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
• Design and implement end-to-end observability (logs, metrics, traces) across distributed systemsBuild Observability & Monitoring
• Integrate and optimize tools such as AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Grafana, and Splunk
• Develop dashboards, alerts, and telemetry frameworks to provide real-time visibility
• Identify gaps in monitoring and drive adoption of best practices

Drive Automation & Reduce Toil
• Identify repetitive operational work and automate it using code and tooling
• Build self-healing and auto-remediation solutions
• Enable scalable, reliable processes through automation and engineering rigor
• Improve operational efficiency across production environments

Support Production & Incident Triage
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems
• Participate in incident management, triage, and root cause analysis
• Improve monitoring and automation based on recurring incident patterns
• Collaborate with support and engineering teams to improve system stability

Improve Reliability & Performance
• Define and measure service health using SLIs/SLOs and key performance metrics
• Identify system bottlenecks and reliability risks
• Contribute to performance optimization and capacity planning
• Provide input into system architecture to improve resilience and scalability

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
• 3-6 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering
• Strong programming background in Java (preferred) or another modern language
• Experience with at least one observability platform:
• AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Grafana, or Splunk
• Hands-on experience supporting and troubleshooting production systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to identify inefficiencies and drive automation

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with distributed systems or microservices architectures
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Exposure to cloud platforms and/or Kubernetes
• Experience scripting (Python, Bash, etc.) for automation
• Knowledge of SRE concepts like observability, incident management, and reliability engineering

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at BNY Mellon

More Information Technology Jobs

Find similar Senior Vice President, Site Reliability Automation Engineer jobs: