Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Kontakt.io

. Design, build, and operate resilient, self-healing infrastructure across the AWS-based platform .

Posted 9/22/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating resilient AWS-based infrastructure, with a strong focus on incident response, disaster recovery, and compliance with HIPAA and SOC 2 standards. Proficient in CI/CD automation and infrastructure as code, ensuring high availability and observability in cloud environments.

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AWS ExpertiseKubernetes ProficiencyCI/CD AutomationIncident Response ManagementDisaster Recovery Planning

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Hard Skills

Site Reliability EngineeringCloud InfrastructureDistributed SystemsInfrastructure as CodeTerraformGitOpsSLIsSLOsRoot-Cause InvestigationPostmortems

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingCollaborationOwnership

Tools & Technologies

AWSKubernetesCI/CD PipelinesGitOpsTerraform

Industry Keywords

HIPAASOC 2 Type 2Healthcare ITEHR DataSaaSIoT

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsIoTKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate resilient, self-healing infrastructure across the AWS-based platform
Own incident response end-to-end, including detection, mitigation, root-cause investigation, and postmortems
Design and run disaster-recovery and failover exercises with RTO/RPO targets
Build observability using SLIs, SLOs, and trusted alerting
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitOps
Work hands-on in Kubernetes below the abstraction layer
Partner with the platform lead on production ownership and on-call responsibilities
Shape the infrastructure security and compliance posture for HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 2

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years in Site Reliability Engineering or Cloud Infrastructure
Deep, current expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and distributed systems
Experience running disaster recovery or failover exercises
Track record of driving incident response and postmortems independently
Solid grounding in CI/CD automation, GitOps, and infrastructure as code
Willingness to stay close to the system
Bonus: healthcare IT, EHR data, or HIPAA/SOC 2-governed environments
Bonus: experience with high-traffic, mission-critical SaaS or IoT platforms
Must be able to commit to working from the New York City office at least 3 days per week

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity in a high-growth company scaling toward $400M+ ARR and backed by leading investors
Full health, dental, and vision coverage
401k
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
All the tools you need to do your best work
Autonomy to solve meaningful problems with work that ships quickly and makes a difference