Job description

Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable platforms and helping engineering teams thrive? Do you enjoy leading high-performing teams while driving automation, resilience, and operational excellence across modern cloud environments? About the Business LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management. You can learn more about LexisNexis Risk at risk.lexisnexis.com About Our Team You will be joining the Core SRE Team in Business Services, a team that oversees all the applications and infrastructure in the biggest business unit in LexisNexis Risk Solutions. We build cloud environments, migrate on prem applications to the cloud, work with self-hosted and 3rd party solutions. The successful candidate is a self-starter who assesses the situation, collaboratively develops a solution, and takes the initiative to improve performance, cost, and reliability at each opportunity. About the Role This is a professional management level role. Individuals are required to provide line management to a small to medium sized team of engineers, including authority over performance management, pay, and recruitment. They will ensure that tasks and projects are prioritized appropriately and provide support to team members when tasks are blocked. They will support engineers in their personal development and ensure they are working within the SRE framework. They will lead the post-mortem reviews and the timely production of RCAs. They address issues with impact beyond their own team based on knowledge of related disciplines. Responsibilities Manage, mentor, and grow a team of SREs; conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning Own hiring, onboarding, and team capacity/resourcing decisions Set team goals, prioritize backlog, and drive planning Foster a blameless post-incident culture and cross-team collaboration with Dev, Security, and Product Lead reliability initiatives across infrastructure and services Drive incident response activities and continuous service improvement Champion automation and operational excellence across the platform Support the development of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native environments Requirements Expert knowledge of Kubernetes, including cluster architecture, upgrades, autoscaling, security hardening, and troubleshooting at scale Expert experience with Terraform, including modular IaC design, state management, multi-environment provisioning, and policy-as-code Deep knowledge of Azure Cloud, including compute, networking, identity (AAD), storage, and cost optimization Experience designing and scaling CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, release strategies, and rollback automation Experience with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and SLO/SLA/error-budget management Strong automation skills, focused on eliminating toil through self-healing systems and infrastructure automation Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell for tooling and automation Deep understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPNs, and cloud-native networking Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles, including experience leading engineering teams Proven track record leading incident response and driving reliability improvements U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120. Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here . Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy . 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Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable platforms and helping engineering teams thrive?
Do you enjoy leading high-performing teams while driving automation, resilience, and operational excellence across modern cloud environments?
Manage, mentor, and grow a team of SREs; conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning
Own hiring, onboarding, and team capacity/resourcing decisions
Set team goals, prioritize backlog, and drive planning
Foster a blameless post-incident culture and cross-team collaboration with Dev, Security, and Product
Lead reliability initiatives across infrastructure and services
Drive incident response activities and continuous service improvement
Champion automation and operational excellence across the platform
Support the development of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native environments
Expert knowledge of Kubernetes, including cluster architecture, upgrades, autoscaling, security hardening, and troubleshooting at scale
Expert experience with Terraform, including modular IaC design, state management, multi-environment provisioning, and policy-as-code
Deep knowledge of Azure Cloud, including compute, networking, identity (AAD), storage, and cost optimization
Experience designing and scaling CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, release strategies, and rollback automation
Experience with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and SLO/SLA/error-budget management
Strong automation skills, focused on eliminating toil through self-healing systems and infrastructure automation
Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell for tooling and automation
Deep understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPNs, and cloud-native networking
Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles, including experience leading engineering teams
Proven track record leading incident response and driving reliability improvements
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
EEO Know Your Rights .

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