H-1B Visa Site Reliability Engineer Jobs
Site Reliability Engineer roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations under the computer occupations category, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. SRE positions at cloud-native and enterprise employers consistently rank among the highest H-1B LCA filing volumes, with cap-subject petitions filed each April for October start dates.
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Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Site Reliability Engineer II
The BizOps team at Mastercard is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who thrives on solving complex problems, building robust CI/CD pipelines, and leading the organization in DevOps automation and best practices.
Are You:
- A natural problem-solver who loves to understand how things work?
- Passionate about CI/CD and obsessed with automation?
- Someone with a low tolerance for manual tasks, always seeking ways to automate?
If yes, we want to hear from you.
About the BizOps Team
Business Operations (BizOps) is at the forefront of Mastercard’s DevOps transformation, leading the charge through tooling, automation, and advocacy across development, quality, release, and product teams.
We’re looking for individuals who:
- Have an appetite for change.
- Push the boundaries of what automation can achieve.
- Build strong relationships across development, operations, and product teams.
Mission
BizOps ensures production readiness by partnering closely with developers to design, build, implement, and support services. Key responsibilities include:
- Ensuring operational excellence in availability, performance, capacity, monitoring, self-healing, and deployment automation.
- Supporting daily operations with a focus on root cause analysis and business impact.
- Driving the “shift-left” approach, engaging early in development to enhance reliability.
- Managing risk and compliance across all environments.
- Standardizing and streamlining traditional support functions.
- Acting as a key communication bridge between internal and external stakeholders.
- Aligning product and customer priorities with operational needs.
Responsibilities
- Engage in and improve the entire service lifecycle – from design to deployment and operations.
- Analyze ITSM platform activities and provide feedback to development teams on operational gaps and resiliency issues.
- Provide system design consulting, capacity planning, and launch readiness support.
- Monitor and maintain system availability, latency, and health.
- Scale systems through automation and reliability-focused improvements.
- Support and improve the CI/CD pipeline for software promotion, enforcing validation and operational gating.
- Lead DevOps automation initiatives and best practices at Mastercard.
- Drive sustainable incident response and conduct blameless postmortems.
- Take a holistic approach to problem-solving during production incidents, improving Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
- Work effectively with a globally distributed team across multiple time zones.
- Share knowledge and mentor junior engineers.
Qualifications
- BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g., Physics, Mathematics) or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, scripting, software design, and pipeline management.
- Systematic problem-solving approach with excellent communication, ownership, and drive.
- Experience debugging and optimizing code, and automating manual tasks.
- Ability to handle high-pressure situations and make decisions with urgency.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl, or Ruby.
- Experience working with large-scale distributed systems and troubleshooting them effectively.
- Experience with CI/CD tools, such as:
- Git/BitBucket
- Jenkins
- Maven
- Artifactory
- Chef
- Strong background in designing and implementing efficient CI/CD flows that get code from development to production with high quality and minimal manual effort.
- Proven track record of working across development, operations, and product teams.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $76,000 - $127,000 USD
Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title and Summary
Site Reliability Engineer II
The BizOps team at Mastercard is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who thrives on solving complex problems, building robust CI/CD pipelines, and leading the organization in DevOps automation and best practices.
Are You:
- A natural problem-solver who loves to understand how things work?
- Passionate about CI/CD and obsessed with automation?
- Someone with a low tolerance for manual tasks, always seeking ways to automate?
If yes, we want to hear from you.
About the BizOps Team
Business Operations (BizOps) is at the forefront of Mastercard’s DevOps transformation, leading the charge through tooling, automation, and advocacy across development, quality, release, and product teams.
We’re looking for individuals who:
- Have an appetite for change.
- Push the boundaries of what automation can achieve.
- Build strong relationships across development, operations, and product teams.
Mission
BizOps ensures production readiness by partnering closely with developers to design, build, implement, and support services. Key responsibilities include:
- Ensuring operational excellence in availability, performance, capacity, monitoring, self-healing, and deployment automation.
- Supporting daily operations with a focus on root cause analysis and business impact.
- Driving the “shift-left” approach, engaging early in development to enhance reliability.
- Managing risk and compliance across all environments.
- Standardizing and streamlining traditional support functions.
- Acting as a key communication bridge between internal and external stakeholders.
- Aligning product and customer priorities with operational needs.
Responsibilities
- Engage in and improve the entire service lifecycle – from design to deployment and operations.
- Analyze ITSM platform activities and provide feedback to development teams on operational gaps and resiliency issues.
- Provide system design consulting, capacity planning, and launch readiness support.
- Monitor and maintain system availability, latency, and health.
- Scale systems through automation and reliability-focused improvements.
- Support and improve the CI/CD pipeline for software promotion, enforcing validation and operational gating.
- Lead DevOps automation initiatives and best practices at Mastercard.
- Drive sustainable incident response and conduct blameless postmortems.
- Take a holistic approach to problem-solving during production incidents, improving Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
- Work effectively with a globally distributed team across multiple time zones.
- Share knowledge and mentor junior engineers.
Qualifications
- BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g., Physics, Mathematics) or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, scripting, software design, and pipeline management.
- Systematic problem-solving approach with excellent communication, ownership, and drive.
- Experience debugging and optimizing code, and automating manual tasks.
- Ability to handle high-pressure situations and make decisions with urgency.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl, or Ruby.
- Experience working with large-scale distributed systems and troubleshooting them effectively.
- Experience with CI/CD tools, such as:
- Git/BitBucket
- Jenkins
- Maven
- Artifactory
- Chef
- Strong background in designing and implementing efficient CI/CD flows that get code from development to production with high quality and minimal manual effort.
- Proven track record of working across development, operations, and product teams.
Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.
Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $76,000 - $127,000 USD
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Site Reliability Engineer
Verify your SOC code before applying
SRE roles are filed under multiple SOC codes depending on the employer. Check the O*NET occupation profile for Software Developers and Computer Systems Analysts to confirm which code aligns with your actual duties before your employer files the LCA.
Target employers with cap-exempt status
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and certain government entities are cap-exempt and can file H-1B petitions year-round. SRE roles at these organizations bypass the April lottery window entirely, giving you a faster and more predictable path to status.
Search LCA-verified SRE employers on Migrate Mate
Filter by Site Reliability Engineer roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history. This cuts out employers who claim to sponsor but have no DOL filing record to back it up.
Align your title to prevailing wage level early
Employers file LCAs at wage levels I through IV. If your offer is at Level I but your duties match Level III, USCIS may issue an RFE. Use the OFLC Wage Search before your final offer to confirm the wage level fits your responsibilities.
Document on-call and incident response duties precisely
SRE petitions sometimes receive RFEs when job descriptions read as general IT support rather than specialty occupation work. Your offer letter and support documents should specify SLO management, production infrastructure ownership, and systems design to satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
Request premium processing if your start date is fixed
USCIS premium processing guarantees a response within 15 business days. For SRE roles with a hard project start date or a team dependency, premium processing reduces the risk of a delayed adjudication pushing your onboarding past the October 1 cap date.
H-1B Visa Site Reliability Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Site Reliability Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. SRE positions qualify because they require at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, or a directly related field. USCIS evaluates whether the specific duties, not just the job title, meet the specialty occupation standard. Roles focused on production reliability, infrastructure automation, and SLO design consistently clear this bar.
How do I find employers who have actually sponsored H-1B visas for SRE roles?
Search on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history filtered by role. You can identify which companies have a track record of filing for SRE and adjacent titles, rather than relying on job postings that mention sponsorship without any DOL filing record to confirm it.
Can I switch to an SRE role from a different H-1B job title mid-status?
Yes, but your employer must file an amended H-1B petition if the new role represents a material change in duties, location, or SOC code. A move from software engineer to SRE at the same company typically triggers an amendment because the job description and prevailing wage level may differ. USCIS allows you to start the new role once the amended petition is filed, not necessarily approved.
What happens to my H-1B if I'm laid off from an SRE position?
You have a 60-day grace period after your last day of employment to find a new sponsor, change status, or depart the U.S. During those 60 days you're not authorized to work. A new employer can file an H-1B transfer petition and you can begin working once USCIS receives it, using portability under AC21 if your prior petition has been pending or approved for 180 days or more.
Do SRE roles at cloud companies typically qualify for H-1B cap exemption?
Not usually. Cap exemption applies to employers that are institutions of higher education, affiliated nonprofit entities, or nonprofit or government research organizations, not to private cloud or technology companies regardless of size. SRE roles at most commercial employers are cap-subject, meaning your petition must be filed during the April registration window for an October start.