Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Hitachi

. Ensure the secure, reliable, and efficient operation of cloud-hosted environments supporting ESS software products and customer deployments .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeUnited StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Cloud Operations and Site Reliability Engineering, focusing on improving the reliability, scalability, and security of SaaS products across AWS and Azure. Proficient in implementing SRE best practices and driving operational improvements through collaboration with cross-functional teams.

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Cloud OperationsSite Reliability EngineeringAWS and Azure ExperienceSRE Best PracticesObservability and Incident Response

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Hard Skills

Cloud OperationsSite Reliability EngineeringProduction OperationsPlatform EngineeringDevOpsScripting LanguagesCloud-Native ArchitecturesDistributed SystemsOperational Readiness ReviewsCybersecurity Practices

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsCollaboration with Cross-Functional TeamsAbility to Work with Global Teams

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureCloudWatchAzure MonitorLog AnalyticsAnsiblePythonBashPowerShell

Industry Keywords

SaaSOperational ConsistencyReliability StandardsIncident Response OperationsVulnerability Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure the secure, reliable, and efficient operation of cloud-hosted environments supporting ESS software products and customer deployments
Improve reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency of SaaS products across AWS and Azure
Execute cloud operations processes and continuous improvement initiatives
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Development, Architecture, Customer Experience, Quality, Security, PMO, SecOps, and cloud, infrastructure, and platform teams
Lead Cloud Maturity Assessments across AWS and Azure using standardized scoring templates, weighted maturity dimensions, and executive reporting
Identify cloud deployment, security, and operational-readiness gaps and translate findings into actionable improvement backlogs and roadmaps
Define and implement reliability standards for observability and service health practices
Facilitate cloud provider, internal, and operational readiness reviews and coordinate follow-on day-two operational improvements
Implement SRE best practices, including SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, capacity planning, load/performance considerations, and toil-reduction automation
Lead post-incident reviews and reliability improvements to improve uptime, resilience, and operational consistency

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
10+ years of experience in Cloud Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Administration
Experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Operations, Platform Engineering, or DevOps supporting SaaS systems
Hands-on experience with Azure and/or AWS production workloads, including networking, IAM, monitoring, logging, scaling, and DR/backup patterns
Strong grounding in observability, including metrics, logs, traces, alerting strategy, and incident response operations
Ability to translate product operational gaps into a prioritized backlog and drive improvements through partner teams
Understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and virtualized environments
Proficiency with scripting or automation languages such as Python, Bash, Ansible, or PowerShell
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams
Ability to work with global teams across time zones
Experience running structured operational readiness reviews and driving follow-through on outcomes
Experience with CloudWatch and/or Azure Monitor / Log Analytics and building operational dashboards/alarms
Experience implementing SRE practices such as SLOs, error budgets, and toil reduction in a production environment
Understanding of cybersecurity practices, cloud compliance frameworks, and vulnerability management