Jersey City, New Jersey, United States Hybrid USD 150,550 - 150,550 Yearly

RBC Borealis is hiring a Lead Site Reliability Engineer

RBC Borealis is hiring a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to support and spearhead the development and implementation of Site Reliability Engineering solutions for all applications at RBC Capital Markets. You will lead the production environment, build software systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications, and enhance software reliability, quality, and time-to-market.

What You'll Do

  • Support and spearhead the development and implementation of Site Reliability Engineering solutions, including monitoring and alerting, machine learning anomaly detection, self-healing, and reliability testing.
  • Lead the production environment and build software systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications.
  • Enhance our software solutions' reliability, quality, and time-to-market.
  • Lead and assist in incident management and problem management for applications within scope.
  • Ensure all systems and applications comply with the scope of work.

What We're Looking For

  • A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience working within a financial institution, focusing on site reliability engineering.
  • 5 years of experience in SRE/DevOps, application support, and the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including C/C++ and Java.
  • 5 years of experience with a variety of environments including Linux, Windows, MacOS, Databases (Oracle, PostGres, MongoDB, SQL Server, NoSQL), Cloud, distributed and mainframe systems, business workflows, and Services/APIs.
  • 5 years of experience with database querying, KDB+, Q, Cloud, Docker, Data, and experience automating simple tasks to reduce toil and increase operating system efficiency.
  • 5 years of experience using automation tools including RPA, UIPath, Ansible, Chef, and puppet.
  • 5 years of experience with SRE languages, monitoring tools, and service management (Dynatrace, Moogsoft, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, Elastic, Logstash, Kibana, Blue Prism, Catch Point, Grafana, yaml, Global Service Desk).
  • 5 years of experience with Job Scheduling tools (CAWA, Airflow, Messageway, Control-M), Messaging platforms (Solace, MQ, Kafka), CICD (Jenkins, Fusion, Ant, Bladelogic), and Vulnerability management (SAST, DAST, IT Risk remediation).

Technical Stack

  • Programming Languages: C/C++, Java
  • Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, MacOS
  • Databases: Oracle, PostGres, MongoDB, SQL Server, NoSQL, KDB+, Q
  • Platforms & Tools: Cloud, Docker
  • Automation: RPA, UIPath, Ansible, Chef, puppet
  • Monitoring & SRE: Dynatrace, Moogsoft, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, Elastic, Logstash, Kibana, Blue Prism, Catch Point, Grafana, yaml
  • Scheduling & Messaging: CAWA, Airflow, Messageway, Control-M, Solace, MQ, Kafka
  • CICD & Security: Jenkins, Fusion, Ant, Bladelogic, SAST, DAST

Benefits & Compensation

  • Compensation: $150,550 per year
  • 401(k) program with company-matching contributions
  • Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • Paid time-off plan

Work Mode

This is a hybrid role based in Jersey City, NJ.

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth. We are committed to a workplace based on respect, belonging, and opportunity for all.

Required Skills
C/C++JavaLinuxWindowsMacOSOraclePostGresMongoDBSQL ServerNoSQLKDB+QCloudDockerSite Reliability Engineering C/C++JavaLinuxWindowsMacOSOraclePostGresMongoDBSQL ServerNoSQLKDB+QCloudDockerSite Reliability Engineering
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RBC Borealis
RBC Borealis, an RBC Institute for Research, is a curiosity-driven research centre dedicated to achieving state-of-the-art in machine learning. Established in 2016, with labs in Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, and Vancouver, it supports academic collaborations and partners with world-class research centres in artificial intelligence, focusing on ethical AI to help communities thrive.
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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category infrastructure
Posted 2 months ago