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Get Access To All JobsSENIOR LEAD SITE RELIABILITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Platform Engineering | Infrastructure, Reliability & Systems Architecture
Location: Austin (candidates must be based in Austin or willing to relocate for this role)
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability & Systems Engineer - a versatile technical leader who combines deep SRE expertise with broad systems engineering capability. In this hybrid role you will drive platform reliability, operational excellence, and systems architecture across our infrastructure, ensuring our products are scalable, resilient, and delivered with high velocity. You will partner with engineering, product, and operations teams to embed reliability and sound systems design at every layer of the stack.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Reliability Engineering & Incident Management
- Define and drive the SRE strategy, roadmap, and standards across engineering teams
- Establish and enforce SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets across all production services
- Own the incident management lifecycle - detection, response, resolution, and prevention
- Lead blameless postmortems and translate findings into lasting systemic improvements
- Manage on-call rotations and aggressively reduce toil through automation
Systems Architecture & Design
- Lead the design and evolution of large-scale, distributed systems and platform infrastructure
- Define technical standards, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices org-wide
- Evaluate and recommend technologies and tooling aligned to business and reliability requirements
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance on complex technical trade-offs
- Lead capacity planning, performance engineering, and infrastructure scaling strategies
Platform & Infrastructure
- Build and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Drive infrastructure-as-code adoption (Terraform) and enforce best practices
- Architect and implement observability platforms - metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release engineering workflows
- Lead chaos engineering and game day exercises to validate system resilience
- Champion automation across provisioning, testing, deployment, and monitoring workflows
Leadership, Mentorship & Collaboration
- Mentor and grow a team of SREs, platform engineers, and systems engineers
- Partner with DevOps, security, and product teams to align on shared platform goals
- Serve as the technical escalation point for critical infrastructure incidents and outages
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and leadership
- Contribute to build vs. buy evaluations and drive strategic vendor assessments
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of experience in SRE, systems engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles
- 3+ years in a senior or lead capacity with ownership of large-scale, distributed systems
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider - AWS preferred
- Strong proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, Java, or C++
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies
- Solid understanding of Linux/Unix internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSL, load balancing)
- Proficiency with observability tooling: Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent
- Proven track record defining and operating against SLOs and error budgets
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools - Terraform required
- Strong understanding of distributed systems design, security fundamentals, and data governance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateways (Kong, Apigee)
- Background in systems integration across enterprise middleware, ERP, or CRM platforms
- Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization
- Experience in regulated industries: financial services, automotive, healthcare, or government
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks: SOC 2, ISO 27001, or NIST
- Track record of leading migrations - legacy-to-cloud or monolith-to-microservices
- Relevant certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, CKA/CKAD, GCP Professional, or Red Hat RHCA
WHAT WE OFFER
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary + annual bonus
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous PTO and paid parental leave
Culture & Growth
- Flexible hybrid work model
- Learning & development budget (conferences, certs, courses)
- Engineering-first culture with direct product impact
- Collaborative teams and transparent leadership
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $163,400.00 - $272,300.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
EOE, including disability/vets
SENIOR LEAD SITE RELIABILITY & SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Platform Engineering | Infrastructure, Reliability & Systems Architecture
Location: Austin (candidates must be based in Austin or willing to relocate for this role)
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking a Senior Lead Site Reliability & Systems Engineer - a versatile technical leader who combines deep SRE expertise with broad systems engineering capability. In this hybrid role you will drive platform reliability, operational excellence, and systems architecture across our infrastructure, ensuring our products are scalable, resilient, and delivered with high velocity. You will partner with engineering, product, and operations teams to embed reliability and sound systems design at every layer of the stack.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Reliability Engineering & Incident Management
- Define and drive the SRE strategy, roadmap, and standards across engineering teams
- Establish and enforce SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets across all production services
- Own the incident management lifecycle - detection, response, resolution, and prevention
- Lead blameless postmortems and translate findings into lasting systemic improvements
- Manage on-call rotations and aggressively reduce toil through automation
Systems Architecture & Design
- Lead the design and evolution of large-scale, distributed systems and platform infrastructure
- Define technical standards, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices org-wide
- Evaluate and recommend technologies and tooling aligned to business and reliability requirements
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance on complex technical trade-offs
- Lead capacity planning, performance engineering, and infrastructure scaling strategies
Platform & Infrastructure
- Build and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Drive infrastructure-as-code adoption (Terraform) and enforce best practices
- Architect and implement observability platforms - metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release engineering workflows
- Lead chaos engineering and game day exercises to validate system resilience
- Champion automation across provisioning, testing, deployment, and monitoring workflows
Leadership, Mentorship & Collaboration
- Mentor and grow a team of SREs, platform engineers, and systems engineers
- Partner with DevOps, security, and product teams to align on shared platform goals
- Serve as the technical escalation point for critical infrastructure incidents and outages
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and leadership
- Contribute to build vs. buy evaluations and drive strategic vendor assessments
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of experience in SRE, systems engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles
- 3+ years in a senior or lead capacity with ownership of large-scale, distributed systems
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider - AWS preferred
- Strong proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, Java, or C++
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh technologies
- Solid understanding of Linux/Unix internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSL, load balancing)
- Proficiency with observability tooling: Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent
- Proven track record defining and operating against SLOs and error budgets
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools - Terraform required
- Strong understanding of distributed systems design, security fundamentals, and data governance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateways (Kong, Apigee)
- Background in systems integration across enterprise middleware, ERP, or CRM platforms
- Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization
- Experience in regulated industries: financial services, automotive, healthcare, or government
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks: SOC 2, ISO 27001, or NIST
- Track record of leading migrations - legacy-to-cloud or monolith-to-microservices
- Relevant certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, CKA/CKAD, GCP Professional, or Red Hat RHCA
WHAT WE OFFER
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary + annual bonus
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous PTO and paid parental leave
Culture & Growth
- Flexible hybrid work model
- Learning & development budget (conferences, certs, courses)
- Engineering-first culture with direct product impact
- Collaborative teams and transparent leadership
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $163,400.00 - $272,300.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
EOE, including disability/vets
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Systems Engineer
Map your degree to SOC codes
Systems Engineer maps to SOC 17-2199, but some employers file under 15-1299 depending on the role's software emphasis. Check O*NET to confirm which code matches your actual duties before applying, since a mismatch can trigger an RFE.
Verify LCA filings before you apply
Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm a company has filed LCAs for Systems Engineer roles in your target location. An employer willing to sponsor you still needs an active LCA certified before USCIS will accept the I-129 petition.
Search H-1B employers on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters Systems Engineer jobs by verified H-1B sponsorship history, so you're only seeing employers who have filed for this role before. That saves time you'd otherwise spend vetting each company's sponsorship willingness separately.
Document system integration work specifically
Consulates and USCIS adjudicators sometimes question whether Systems Engineer is a true specialty occupation. A portfolio showing cross-functional architecture decisions, not just implementation tasks, strengthens the specialty occupation argument in your petition.
Ask about cap-exempt employer options
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated labs are cap-exempt, meaning they can file your H-1B petition outside the April lottery window. Defense contractors with FFRDC affiliations sometimes qualify too, so ask explicitly during interviews.
Negotiate start dates around premium processing
Standard H-1B processing can run three to five months after USCIS receipt. If your employer won't use premium processing, your October 1 start is the earliest realistic date. Build that timeline into any offer negotiation so the employer isn't surprised.
H-1B Visa Systems Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Systems Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as systems engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science. Job postings that list a degree as preferred rather than required can create problems at adjudication. Your offer letter and the employer's internal job description should both state the degree requirement as mandatory before the I-129 is filed.
How do I find employers who have sponsored H-1B visas for Systems Engineers before?
Migrate Mate shows verified H-1B sponsorship history filtered by role, so you can see which employers have filed LCAs for Systems Engineer positions rather than guessing from company size or industry. You can also search the OFLC Wage Search directly to confirm recent LCA activity for a specific employer and work location before investing time in an application.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Systems Engineer job without losing my place in the queue?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer as soon as the transfer petition is filed with USCIS, provided your current H-1B is in valid status and you're moving to a similar specialty occupation role. Systems Engineer to Systems Engineer transfers typically satisfy the same SOC code requirement, but your new employer still needs to file a fresh I-129 and a certified LCA.
What happens to my H-1B status if my Systems Engineer position is eliminated?
You have a 60-day grace period from your last day of employment to find a new sponsor, file a change of status, or depart the United States. During those 60 days you can't work, but you can interview and your prospective employer can file a new H-1B petition. If you're within six years of your initial H-1B period, a new employer can file immediately without waiting for the April lottery.
Does it matter whether my Systems Engineer role is hardware-focused versus software-focused for H-1B purposes?
It can. USCIS adjudicators look at whether the specific duties require a degree in a directly related field. A hardware-heavy systems integration role may map to SOC 17-2199 and require an engineering degree, while a software-defined systems role could map to SOC 15-1299. Your employer's attorney should match the LCA's SOC code to the actual duties in your offer letter to avoid an RFE on specialty occupation grounds.