Lead Site Reliability Engineer

About the position

LEAD SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER, Office of Research Computing and Data (ORCD), to build and advance SRE functions in collaboration with a diverse team of systems engineers; play a pivotal part in the strategic transformation of infrastructure planning, design, delivery, and operations in support of ORCD's continued growth; and build and foster cross-functional collaboration between engineering and operations teams across MIT, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives and long-term strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build and advance SRE functions in collaboration with a diverse team of systems engineers.
• Play a pivotal part in the strategic transformation of infrastructure planning, design, delivery, and operations.
• Ensure alignment with institutional objectives and long-term strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, related field or equivalent industry experience.
• A minimum of seven years of experience in site reliability engineering or a related field.
• Possess a deep and broad expertise across multiple technical domains, including Linux, networking, and virtualization.
• Ability to drive innovation in system architecture and lead transformative design initiatives from the ground up.
• Robust analytical and structured problem-solving skills, coupled with excellent communication and inter-personal abilities.
• Deep understanding of Linux, LDAP, virtualization & config management in a large Linux-based engineering environment.

Nice-to-haves

• 10+ years of experience in site reliability engineering.
• Experience working within an HPC/research computing environment.
• Ability to analyze network traffic to identify technical issues and suspicious activities.