Senior Site Reliability Engineer

AbbVie

. Architect new and existing systems to improve performance, reliability, and scalability .

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeRemote • Georgia • United StatesSenior💰 $96,500 - $183,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems, with a strong focus on CI/CD pipelines and observability practices. Proficient in cloud platform administration and containerization technologies, ensuring optimal performance and adherence to best practices.

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Cloud Platform AdministrationCI/CD ToolsContainerization with KubernetesObservability SolutionsInfrastructure as Code

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Hard Skills

PythonGoTerraformKubernetesDockerGitNoSQL DatabasesRelational DatabasesApache KafkaOpenTelemetry

Soft Skills

AdaptabilityIndependent WorkTeam Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWSGCPAzureGitHub ActionsJenkinsBambooAzure DevOpsPrometheusGrafanaHelm

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS Cloud PractitionerAzure AZ-900

Industry Keywords

DevOpsAgileMicroservicesDistributed SystemsSecurity Best Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerElixirGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaHadoopJenkinsKafkaKubernetesLinuxNoSQLPrometheusPythonSparkSubversionTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect new and existing systems to improve performance, reliability, and scalability
Build and iterate over CI/CD pipelines
Assist with management, development, design, and deployment of microservice and containerized applications
Implement security controls in distributed systems and agents
Automate deployments and configurations across platforms with engineers and developers
Write scalable automation for observability implementation
Identify opportunities to improve observability and processes
Standardize and develop alerts and notifications and respond to monitoring tools
Implement observability in day-to-day operations alongside application teams
Contribute to post-mortems, root-cause analysis, and resulting action items
Promote DevOps best practices and participate in Agile/Scrum
Contribute to hybrid-cloud production containerization services
Design and implement standards, policies, and procedures for automation and integrations
Learn AbbVie’s toolsets and implement features to streamline operations
Ensure Security Team production systems operate smoothly within uptime objectives and remain current with content and functionality
Monitor system performance and capacity and proactively recommend and implement changes while automating repetitive tasks

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years’ experience, Master’s Degree with 5 years’ experience, or PhD with 0 years’ experience
Treat best practices for security as a requirement, not an afterthought
Knowledge of cloud platform administration: AWS, GCP, or Azure
Familiarity with observability pillars
Experience working in high-scale environments and understanding distributed architectures
Knowledge of Agile / DevOps methodologies
Experience with CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Bamboo, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
Familiarity with Docker workloads using Kubernetes or Amazon ECS
Ability to work independently and within a group
Ability to learn new concepts and processes quickly and adapt to change
Comfortable working in and administering Linux and Windows environments
Exposure to and implementation of SPIRE/SPIFFE (preferred)
Direct experience with Terraform/Crossplane (preferred)
Proficiency with Git, Mercurial, Subversion, Python, Elixir, or Go (preferred)
Experience integrating MCP Servers with authorization controls (preferred)
Knowledge of NoSQL, relational databases, and associated query languages (preferred)
AWS Cloud Practitioner or Azure AZ-900 certification (preferred)
Deep experience designing serverless architecture solutions (preferred)
Demonstrated experience deploying containerized applications, including Kubernetes (preferred)
Experience with data management and pipeline technologies such as Apache Storm, Kafka, Flink, Spark, or Hadoop (preferred)
Prior experience working in an Agile team (preferred)
Solid understanding of observability solutions using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, or similar applications (preferred)
Excellent understanding of distributed system architectures and telemetry (preferred)
Experience deploying and managing large Kubernetes distributed platforms (preferred)
Proficiency in GitOps practices and Infrastructure as Code systems such as Terraform, ArgoCD, or Helm (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k)
Eligibility to participate in short-term incentive programs
Remote work anywhere in the U.S.