Site Reliability Engineer – VP

NatWest Group

. Improve, drive, and embed non-functional and operational characteristics including availability, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, security, incident response, and capacity planning .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeChennai • IndiaLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong expertise in reliability systems thinking and software engineering, with a focus on operational reliability, incident management, and risk assessment. Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor teams, and drive improvements in system performance and efficiency.

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Strong SRE ExpertiseAWS ProficiencyJava/Spring Boot DevelopmentCI/CD ImplementationIncident Management

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Hard Skills

Reliability Systems ThinkingSoftware EngineeringData Driven ApproachSLI/SLO ManagementOperational ReliabilityAutomationAIOpsMicroservicesDevOps PracticesChange Management

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingStakeholder ManagementCommunicationCollaborationCoaching

Tools & Technologies

AWSJavaSpring BootReactCI/CD ToolsObservability ToolsITIL FrameworkIncident Response ToolsMonitoring ToolsCapacity Planning Tools

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesRisk ManagementOperational EfficiencyService Level ObjectivesIncident Response

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaMicroservicesReactSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Improve, drive, and embed non-functional and operational characteristics including availability, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, security, incident response, and capacity planning
Collaborate with engineers to deliver change in a safe and secure way
Work closely with feature teams and colleagues to meet defined service level objectives and continually improve systems and environments
Define error budgets to balance risk and reliability
Provide structure and improvements to the release process
Scale systems sustainably through automation and changes that improve reliability and velocity
Coach and guide colleagues and the wider team, leading where required
Contribute new ideas and innovations to meet short- and long-term goals
Balance and manage potential risks
Be accountable for the day-to-day health of production and non-production environments and respond to incidents
Provide technical expertise to establish product and service risk tolerance
Communicate incident status updates to teams, customers, and stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong knowledge of reliability systems thinking and experience of software engineering
Experience using a data driven and scientific approach to fact finding
Financial services knowledge
Ability to identify wider business impact, risk and opportunity, and make connections across key outputs and processes
Strong SRE and production support expertise, including SLI/SLOs, incident/problem management, ITIL, resilience and operational reliability
12+ years of experience
Strong technical experience across AWS, Java/Spring Boot, Microservices, React, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, automation and AIOps
Proven technical leadership and mentoring
Strong problem-solving, stakeholder management, communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Commitment to innovation and professional development