Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Job Requisition ID #26WD99276Position OverviewWant to help make a better world? As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Autodesk, you can help us build and operate reliable, secure, and scalable cloud services for Autodesk GovCloud products.As part of a new SRE team supporting Autodesk GovCloud, you will have a unique opportunity to help shape how Autodesk deploys, runs, and improves production services in restricted cloud environments. This is a foundational role where you will help establish the operating model, reliability practices, automation, and engineering standards needed to support critical customer-facing services.You will combine software engineering and production operations to deploy, run, monitor, improve, and automate Autodesk services in GovCloud. You will partner closely with product engineering, security, compliance, platform, and infrastructure teams to ensure services are reliable, scalable, secure, and ready for production.The ideal candidate has deep experience operating production systems at scale, an automation-first mindset, and the ability to improve reliability through engineering practices such as SLOs/SLIs, production readiness, incident management, observability, resilience testing, and toil reduction. Success in this role requires strong technical judgment, a customer-focused mindset, and a passion for using software engineering to solve operational problems at scale.In accordance with GovCloud Cloud Service Provider Security Requirements, this role must be performed by U.S. Citizens. Employment is contingent upon meeting all applicable government security and eligibility requirements, including necessary background investigations and government issued security clearances.ResponsibilitiesServe as a primary owner for the reliability, availability, performance, operability, and capacity of one or more production servicesDeploy, operate, maintain, and continuously improve production services running in Autodesk GovCloud environmentsPartner with engineering teams to ensure services are designed with reliability, scalability, security, and operability in mindDefine and operate reliability practices such as SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, production readiness reviews, service reviews, and operational health reviewsBuild automation to improve deployment safety, operational efficiency, incident response, and service recoveryDesign, develop, and maintain software, automation, and tooling that improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of production systemsImplement and improve monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and observability capabilities across supported servicesLead and participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and post-incident reviews focused on learning and continuous improvementDevelop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and recovery proceduresScale and enhance resilience testing and Gameday practices to validate system behavior, recovery capabilities, and operational readinessContinuously identify and eliminate operational toil through software engineering, automation, and process improvementEnsure supported services remain compliant with Autodesk security, privacy, and regulatory requirements, including FedRAMP and related controls where applicableParticipate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for production servicesFunction effectively in a fast-paced environment while helping establish and mature operational excellence practices for Autodesk GovCloudMinimum QualificationsB.S. or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or Production OperationsExperience operating and supporting customer-facing production services in large-scale cloud environmentsStrong understanding of reliability engineering principles, including SLOs/SLIs, observability, incident management, capacity planning, production readiness, and automationExperience with AWS, Azure, or other public cloud platformsExperience developing automation using languages such as Python, Go, Java, PowerShell, Bash, or similarExperience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and modern cloud operations practicesUnderstanding of security, compliance, and operational risk management in production environmentsStrong written and verbal communication skillsPreferred Qualifications10+ years of experience operating highly available, customer-facing production systemsExperience with AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP, IL4/IL5, or other regulated cloud environmentsExperience supporting services with stringent availability, reliability, and security requirementsExperience with containers, Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, APIs, load balancing, networking, DNS, and distributed systemsExperience with observability platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar technologiesExperience operating databases, storage platforms, messaging systems, caching technologiesExperience designing and implementing operational automation at scaleExperience leading or participating in Gamedays, disaster recovery exercises, resilience testing, or operational readiness reviewsStrong incident management experience, including technical leadership during major incidents and stakeholder communicationStrong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across engineering, security, compliance, and operations teamsPassion for building reliable, secure, and scalable systems that customers can trustLearn MoreAbout AutodeskWelcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!BenefitsFrom health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/Salary transparencySalary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. 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