FIS
Fintech
EngineerPrincipal,Software(SRE)
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“Engineer Principal, Software (SRE) at FIS. Skills: SRE, Software Engineering, Cloud Architecture, DevOps. Define meaningful SLIs. Define meaningful SLOs”
What You'll Achieve.
Reduce MTTR
Industry & Context.
Problem-Solving Skills; Pattern Analysis; Correlation skillset; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; AI models in Problem Solving
3 days onsite, On-call
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
15+ years SRE experience, 15+ years Software engineering experience, 15+ years architecture experience, Experience in public cloud environments, Experience in SDLC, Experience in Agile Methodologies, Experience in Capacity Planning, Experience in Demand Forecasting, Hands on Unix Shell scripting, Hands on Windows Scripting, Hands on Python scripting, Hands on Java scripting, Hands on C++ scripting, Hands on C# scripting, Ability to Automate repetitive tasks, Experience with Virtualization, Experience with Containerization, Experience in Reliability Engineering, Experience in Performance Engineering, Experience in Fintech companies
Nice to Have
Knowledge in DevOPS (CI/CD), Knowledge in Perf Engg, Knowledge in End-to-End Application Topology, Knowledge in Cloud Technologies, Knowledge in Container Technologies, Experience with RPA, Experience with Power Automate, Experience with UiPath, Experience in Development of Monitoring Tools, Experience in Implementation of Monitoring Tools, Experience with Jenkins, Knowledge of Ansible, Knowledge of Chef, Knowledge of Puppet, Experience with Nomad, Experience with Mesos, Experience driving SRE Principals, Experience implementing SRE Principals
What You'll Do.
Define meaningful SLIs
Define meaningful SLOs
Forecasts capacity for growth
Automates recurring tasks
Maintains CI/CD pipelines
Troubleshoots incidents independently
Writes blameless tracks
Writes follow-up actions
Collaborate with development teams
Collaborate with QA teams
Collaborate with DevOps teams
Collaborate with product teams
Align on reliability goals
Align on incident response processes
Conduct capacity planning
Conduct performance tuning
Conduct resource optimization
Collaborate with security teams
Implement best practices
Manage deployment pipelines
Manage configuration management
Deploy applications reliably
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Development teams; QA teams; DevOps teams; Product teams; Security teams
Communication Scope
Assertive Communication
Process & Methodology
Agile Methodologies
Full Job Description
**Job Description** We are FIS. Our technology powers the world’s economy and our teams bring innovation to life. We champion diversity to deliver the best products and solutions for our colleagues, clients and communities. If you’re ready to start learning, growing and making an impact with a career in fintech, we’d like to know: Are you FIS? **_NOTE:_** **_1: This position is hybrid (3 days onsite) in our FIS Office locations in Jacksonville (FL), Milwaukee (WI) & Atlanta (GA)._** **_2: Current or future Sponsorship is not available for this position._** **_About the Team:_** The **Commercial & BPaaS** organization at FIS is a mission‑critical technology and services division that powers some of the largest financial institutions, government agencies, and commercial enterprises across North America. Our teams deliver high‑scale, high‑reliability platforms that support card manufacturing and personalization, item processing, back‑office banking operations, workforce automation, and next‑generation Business Process‑as‑a‑Service (BPaaS) solutions—serving more than **3,000 clients** , including many of the top issuers and financial institutions in the industry. Bringing together engineering, product, delivery, and commercialization functions, the Commercial & BPaaS group is designed to accelerate innovation while operating complex, high‑volume systems that process billions of transactions and items annually. ** _What you will be doing_** * **As Principal SRE - define meaningful SLIs, SLOs** for owned services; tracks error budgets and burn rates. * **Advanced scripting, CI/CD, container orchestration** (Docker/Kubernetes). * **Forecasts capacity for owned services; plans for growth.** * Automates recurring workflows; maintains CI/CD pipelines. * Owns on-call for services; troubleshoots incidents independently. * Writes blameless postmortems; tracks follow-up actions. * Decision-making, conflict resolution, mentoring juniors. * Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps,
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