Site Reliability Engineer Jobs in New Jersey
Site Reliability Engineer jobs in New Jersey are in strong and consistent demand, concentrated in financial services, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications across the full range from entry-level SRE to principal engineer. Newark, Jersey City, and Princeton are the primary hiring centers, anchored by established employers such as JPMorgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, and Verizon. The most sought-after specialties in New Jersey listings are Kubernetes and container orchestration, cloud infrastructure automation on AWS and GCP, and observability engineering. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Date live: 11/12/2026
Business Area: Group Technology Service Management
Area of Expertise: Technology
Contract: Permanent
Reference Code: JR-0000104511
Salary / Rate $ 150,000.00 - $ 215,000.00
Embark on a transformative journey as a Credit Risk Support Lead-SRE. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. We are looking for someone who is passionate, forward-thinking, and eager to make a difference. Your unique skills and perspectives will be invaluable in helping us achieve our goals. By joining us, you'll become part of a collaborative and inclusive environment where your contributions are recognized and celebrated. Let's work together to create a brighter future for banking and pave the way for transformative growth.
To be successful as a Credit Risk Support Lead- SRE , you should have experience with:
Good domain knowledge with end-to-end responsibility of IT services, including day-to-day operations, incidents and changes
Robust understanding of regulatory compliance, risk frameworks, audit, and metric monitoring of service health and control effectiveness
Overseeing support teams, effective delegation, and communication with business users and senior stakeholders
Ability to prioritize issues, refine support procedures, and drive continuous improvement across RTB and support processes
Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and how application support integrates to enhance delivery, stability, and reliability
Some other highly valued skills may include:
Domain knowledge within a metric environment and knowledge of business continuity for critical services
Proficient in ITIL practices with a focus on metric definition, monitoring, and service performance outcomes
Project and resource management skills, experienced in follow-the-sun models
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role is located in Whippany, NJ.
Minimum Salary: $150,000
Maximum Salary: $215,000
The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.
Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.
This position is eligible for an incentive award.
Purpose of the role
To effectively monitor and maintain the bank’s critical technology infrastructure and resolve more complex technical issues, whilst minimising disruption to operations.
Accountabilities
- Provision of technical support for the service management function to resolve more complex issues for a specific client of group of clients. Develop the support model and service offering to improve the service to customers and stakeholders.
- Execution of preventative maintenance tasks on hardware and software and utilisation of monitoring tools/metrics to identify, prevent and address potential issues and ensure optimal performance.
- Maintenance of a knowledge base containing detailed documentation of resolved cases for future reference, self-service opportunities and knowledge sharing.
- Analysis of system logs, error messages and user reports to identify the root causes of hardware, software and network issues, and providing a resolution to these issues by fixing or replacing faulty hardware components, reinstalling software, or applying configuration changes.
- Automation, monitoring enhancements, capacity management, resiliency, business continuity management, front office specific support and stakeholder management.
- Identification and remediation or raising, through appropriate process, of potential service impacting risks and issues.
- Proactively assess support activities implementing automations where appropriate to maintain stability and drive efficiency. Actively tune monitoring tools, thresholds, and alerting to ensure issues are known when they occur.
Vice President Expectations
- To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
- If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
- OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
- Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
- Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
- Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
- Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
- Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
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Site Reliability Engineer Job Market in New Jersey
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Who's Hiring
- JPMorganChase12

- Barclays2

- Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences2

- BNY1

- Citi1

What New Jersey Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in site reliability engineer jobs across New Jersey.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
- Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration platforms
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Strong scripting ability in Python, Go, or Bash for automation and tooling
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible
Site Reliability Engineer Jobs in New Jersey: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a site reliability engineer in New Jersey?
Site reliability engineering has no state-issued license in New Jersey, so the path centers on education and demonstrated technical skill. Most hiring managers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, though some New Jersey employers in financial services and telecom accept candidates with associate degrees paired with strong cloud and automation portfolios. Industry certifications from AWS, Google Cloud, or the Linux Foundation carry meaningful weight in the New Jersey market and can substitute for a year of direct SRE experience.
Which companies hire site reliability engineers in New Jersey?
Employers hiring site reliability engineers in New Jersey right now include JPMorganChase, Barclays, and Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. New Jersey's dense concentration of financial services firms, global pharmaceutical companies, and major telecommunications providers means SRE demand here is broad and relatively stable year-round.
Which New Jersey cities have the most site reliability engineer jobs?
Jersey City, Englewood, and Whippany have the most site reliability engineer openings in New Jersey. Jersey City and Newark benefit from their proximity to the New York financial corridor, drawing heavy demand from banking and fintech operations, while Princeton and the Route 1 corridor pull listings from pharmaceutical and biotech firms that run large internal engineering organizations.
Are there remote site reliability engineer jobs in New Jersey?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 86% of site reliability engineer openings tied to New Jersey are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how naturally the role lends itself to distributed work. The most consistently remote sub-areas are cloud infrastructure management, on-call automation, and tooling development, while roles involving direct data-center or co-location work in northern New Jersey facilities tend to require at least partial on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a site reliability engineer in New Jersey with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a junior DevOps or cloud operations role, which several large New Jersey employers use as a feeder into SRE teams. Financial firms in Jersey City and telecom companies in Basking Ridge regularly hire associates and recent graduates into infrastructure operations rotations. Building a public portfolio of Terraform modules or Kubernetes lab projects, combined with an AWS Cloud Practitioner or Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification, gives candidates a concrete edge over others at the same experience level.
Where can I find and apply to site reliability engineer jobs in New Jersey?
You can find and apply to site reliability engineer jobs in New Jersey on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the listings for roles that match your experience and specialization, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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