Developer Operations Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Farmingville, NY

Requisition ID12199-Posted08/06/2026-IP Tech-Telecommunications-USA.NY.Bethpage-1111 Stewart More (1)

Are you looking to Optimize your life? Start your exciting path to a rewarding career today!

We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're seeking driven and enthusiastic professionals to join our team, empower lives, fuel businesses, and drive innovation. Connectivity is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. Our successes, now and in the future, are powered by our amazing product, a commitment to our people and culture, and the connections we make in our communities.

If you are resourceful, collaborative, and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is for you!

Optimum is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and highly available platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This hands‑on engineering role combines cloud infrastructure, networking, automation, Kubernetes, and reliability engineering to support critical enterprise and customer-facing applications.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in GCP, cloud networking, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and incident management, along with a passion for improving reliability through automation and engineering excellence. You are a hands‑on engineer with deep GCP and cloud networking expertise who enjoys solving complex operational challenges through automation, platform engineering, and reliability-focused design. You combine technical depth with leadership to build resilient, scalable cloud platforms that enable teams to deliver software with confidence.

• Design and operate enterprise-scale GCP infrastructure and platforms.
• Build and manage solutions using GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Monitoring.
• Architect and support cloud networking, including Network Connectivity Center (NCC), Interconnect, Cloud VPN, Cloud Router, Shared VPC, and Private Service Connect.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automate deployment and operational workflows through CI/CD pipelines.
• Define and manage SLOs, improve observability, and reduce operational toil through automation.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives.
• Implement cloud security, IAM, governance, and operational best practices.
• Partner with application, network, and security teams to deliver reliable cloud-native platforms.
• Mentor engineers and help establish platform and SRE standards across the organization.

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, or Network Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience operating production workloads on Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong expertise in:
• GCP and GKE
• Terraform
• IAM
• Monitoring and Observability
• Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with NCC, Interconnect, Cloud VPN, Cloud Router, Shared VPC, and hybrid cloud networking.
• Proven experience supporting highly available production environments.
• Experience with SLOs, incident management, automation, and operational excellence.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
• Experience with GitOps, FinOps, AI/ML workloads, and hybrid cloud platforms.

At Optimum, every action and interaction we take part in, is driven by our three Guiding Principles: Do What’s Right, Drive One Optimum, and Make It Happen. These aren’t just words, they help us build trust, create real community, and embrace new ways of thinking. Our employees are empowered to do the right thing for our customers and co-workers and to recognize and reward these behaviors when we see them. It’s all part of the bigger picture of “Be The Difference” where each employee knows they have the power to enact real change, share new ideas, and understand that learning never stop.

If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team. Together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.

All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company’s discretion based on business necessity.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

The Company collects personal information about its applicants for employment that may include personal identifiers, professional or employment related information, photos, education information and/or protected classifications under federal and state law. This information is collected for employment purposes, including identification, work authorization, FCRA-compliant background screening, human resource administration and compliance with federal, state and local law.

Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in New York is $133,661.00 - $219,586.00 / year. For other locations, please inquire with your recruiter. The rates/ranges provided herein are the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and do not reflect future job opportunity.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. Please note that at this time, we do not provide visa sponsorship for employment.