SAP

Expert Reliability Engineer

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2 months ago
Fairfax, VA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$176k - $374k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own reliability, security, and operational excellence for SAP Sovereign Cloud Shared Management Services environments.
  • Design, develop, deploy, and manage the lifecycle of a globally distributed foundational cloud platform.
  • Lead engineering standards and best practices for code reviews, AI-assisted coding, testing, incident response, and operational processes.
  • Harden identity and access management, secrets management, and software supply-chain integrity.
  • Own backup and disaster recovery drills and ensure global-scale failure readiness.
  • Identify capability gaps, standardize operational processes, and guide deployment and infrastructure investment decisions.
  • Lead and mentor globally distributed engineers and collaborate with operations teams, regional counterparts, and hyperscaler partners.
  • Design and continuously improve SRE frameworks covering SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs.
  • Architect AI-driven incident response workflows using anomaly correlation, intelligent alert triage, and LLM-assisted runbook execution.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in DevOps and/or SRE engineering.
  • 7+ years of experience leading engineering projects and cross-functional program teams.
  • Deep mastery of SRE principles for globally distributed, mission-critical platforms.
  • Advanced experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Security or security-adjacent experience with strong foundational security skills.
  • Experience with end-to-end implementation initiatives and people management or staff-level technical leadership.
  • Expert knowledge of Linux/Unix administration, networking fundamentals, and large-scale distributed cloud environments.
  • Advanced proficiency with infrastructure as code, scripting, automation, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Python, PowerShell, and CI/CD.
  • Deep expertise in enterprise access control, authentication standards, and identity federation.
  • Proven experience architecting AI-driven incident response workflows and automated reliability frameworks.
  • Knowledge of SAP and its solution portfolio.
  • Ability to lead, mentor, influence stakeholders, work cross-functionally, and deliver strategically across organizations.
  • Fluent English communication skills and willingness to undergo a governmental security clearance process.

Benefits

  • SAP offers health and well-being support, flexible working models, inclusion initiatives, learning and development opportunities, and accessibility accommodations.
  • Regular full-time employment with an expected travel range of 0–10%.
  • The posting indicates a hybrid work arrangement and is associated with the Washington, DC market.

Tech Stack

AnsibleBashGitGrafanaLinuxPowerShellPrometheusPythonTerraform

Categories

DevOpsSite Reliability
SAP

About SAP

10,000+ employees

SAP builds enterprise application software and cloud services for finance, procurement, supply chain, human resources, and analytics, sold through subscriptions, licenses, and support. Its portfolio includes SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Ariba, and SAP SuccessFactors. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is a public company listed on the NYSE and Frankfurt (ETR) and serves enterprises and public-sector organizations worldwide.

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