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Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2

O Fallon, MO

$53.25 - $70.75/hr

Title and Summary Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2 Overview: Who is Mastercard?At Mastercard technology, we work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere ...

$52.25 - $69.25/hr

Description & Requirements Maximus is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). The Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) ensures operational stability, performance, and reliability of the A1 ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2

O Fallon, MO · On-site

$53.25 - $70.75/hr

Title and Summary Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2 Overview: Who is Mastercard?At Mastercard technology, we work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2

O Fallon, MO · On-site

$53.25 - $70.75/hr

Title and Summary Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2 Overview: Who is Mastercard?At Mastercard technology, we work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

O Fallon, MO · On-site

$53.25 - $70.75/hr

Title and Summary Lead Site Reliability Engineer Overview The Mastercard Business Operations (BizOps) organization is seeking a Lead BizOps Engineer to serve as a technical authority and operational ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

O Fallon, MO · On-site

$53.25 - $70.75/hr

Title and Summary Lead Site Reliability Engineer Overview The Mastercard Business Operations (BizOps) organization is seeking a Lead BizOps Engineer to serve as a technical authority and operational ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

O Fallon, MO · On-site

$53.25 - $70.75/hr

Title and Summary Lead Site Reliability Engineer Overview The Mastercard Business Operations (BizOps) organization is seeking a Lead BizOps Engineer to serve as a technical authority and operational ...

Benefits: * 401(k) We are currently looking for a Senior SRE / Technical Lead for an onsite role in Austin, TX . SRE Technical Lead Austin, TX Experience: 10+ Years Requirements: * Strong experience ...

Lead SRE

Charlotte, NC · On-site

$55.75 - $74/hr

Lead troubleshooting, recovery, and stabilization in complex, high-availability environments. * Embed SRE practices: define reliability signals, improve alert quality, drive blameless post-incident ...

Senior or Lead SRE w/Java and SQL

Irving, TX · On-site

$54.75 - $72.75/hr

Senior or Lead SRE w/Java Onsite in Irving Texas Must be able to support PST,CST, and EST Time zone on a rotational basis Senior or Lead SRE w/Java and SQL programming changes and automation mindset ...

Glean is seeking a Site Reliability Engineering Lead to foster a culture of engineering excellence, drive technical strategy, and develop a high-performing, collaborative team. Your role is pivotal ...

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How much do lead site reliability engineer jobs pay per hour?

As of Jul 12, 2026, the average hourly pay for lead site reliability engineer in the United States is $63.74, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $54.81 and $72.84 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the salary of lead SRE engineer?

The salary of a Lead Site Reliability Engineer typically ranges from $120,000 to $180,000 annually, depending on experience, location, and company size. Senior SREs often have expertise in cloud platforms, automation tools, and monitoring systems, which can influence compensation levels.

What engineer makes $500,000 a year?

Lead Site Reliability Engineers or senior cloud infrastructure engineers with extensive experience, advanced skills in automation, monitoring, and cloud platforms like AWS or Google Cloud, can earn salaries approaching or exceeding $500,000 annually, especially in high-cost-of-living areas or large tech companies. Such roles often require certifications, leadership responsibilities, and a strong track record of system reliability and scalability.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Lead Site Reliability Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you need deep expertise in systems administration, cloud infrastructure, automation, and strong problem-solving skills, often backed by a degree in computer science or related experience. Familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring platforms, along with relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, is highly valued. Exceptional leadership, communication, and incident management abilities set top performers apart in this role. These skills are crucial for ensuring system reliability, quickly resolving incidents, and leading teams to maintain high service availability.

What engineers make $200,000 a year?

Lead Site Reliability Engineers often earn $200,000 or more annually, especially with extensive experience, advanced skills in cloud platforms, automation, and monitoring tools. High compensation is common in large tech companies and organizations requiring complex infrastructure management.

How does a Lead Site Reliability Engineer typically collaborate with development and operations teams?

A Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) acts as a bridge between development and operations, facilitating communication to ensure system reliability and efficient deployments. They often participate in architectural reviews, guide incident response, and help implement automation tools that streamline workflows. Collaboration may include regular meetings with developers to discuss new features, working with operations to refine monitoring and alerting, and leading post-incident reviews to prevent future issues. This cross-functional approach is key to maintaining high system uptime and fostering a culture of shared responsibility for service health.

What is a Lead Site Reliability Engineer?

A Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) is a senior technical professional responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of large-scale systems and services. They lead a team of SREs, set best practices, and work closely with development and operations teams to automate processes, monitor system health, and respond to incidents. Their role often includes designing system architecture, improving deployment pipelines, and mentoring junior engineers. Ultimately, they help organizations deliver robust and resilient digital services.

What does a lead site reliability engineer do?

A lead site reliability engineer (SRE) oversees the development and implementation of systems to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of large-scale services. They often lead incident response, automate infrastructure tasks, and collaborate with development teams to improve system stability using tools like monitoring, automation, and cloud platforms.
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Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2

Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2

Mastercard

O Fallon, MO

$53.25 - $70.75/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 14 days ago


Job description

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 thathelp people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

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Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2 Overview:
Who is Mastercard?At Mastercard technology, we work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere, by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team– one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better business results.Technology at MastercardWhat we create today will define tomorrow. Revolutionary technologies that reshape the digital economy to be more connected and inclusive than ever before. Safer, faster, more sustainable. And we need the best people to do it. Technologists who are energized by the challenges of a truly global network. With the talent and vision to create the critical systems and products that power global commerce and connect people everywhere to the vital goods and services they need every day.Working at Mastercard means being part of a unique culture. Inclusive and diverse, a rich collaboration of ideas and perspectives. A place that celebrates your strengths, values your experiences, and offers you the flexibility to shape a career across disciplines and continents. And the opportunity to work alongside experts and leaders at every level of the business, improving what exists, and inventing what's next.
Role:
The Business Operations (Biz Ops) team is seeking a Business Operations Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)The role of Business Operations Organization is to be the production readiness steward for Mastercard products. As a Business Operations SRE, we are responsible for ensuring that our platform is stable and healthy. We break down barriers to run our products by fostering developer run ownership and empowering developers to build resilient products. We support our developers during the application build phase in software run principals that includes operational design, automation, capacity planning, monitoring that leads to fault-tolerant, scalable products. We see the big picture and help create and enforce operations standards while facilitating an agile and learning culture. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our growing team. You will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our Java, Spring Framework applications, supporting essential services that power Mastercard's global operations. As a leader thought leader in your field, you will bring technical expertise, a passion for automation, and the ability to mentor and guide less experienced junior engineers. We support daily operations with a hyper focus on triage, root cause by understanding the business impact of our products and subsequently performing blameless post-mortems. The goal of every Business Operations team is to engage early in the development lifecycle to be more proactive and upfront in the development process, and to proactively manage production and change activities to maximize customer experience and increase the overall value of supported applications. Business Operations teams also focus on risk management by tying all our activities together with an overarching responsibility for compliance and risk mitigation across all our environments. Ultimately, the role of Business Operations is to align Product and Customer Focused priorities with Operational needs by providing continuous feedback throughout the lifecycle.
All about you-Team Specific Skills:
Biz Ops engineers engage in various roles:- Operational Readiness Architect: Ensure application health, performance, and capacity; support pre-launch activities.- Site Reliability Engineering: Design resilient infrastructure, perform root cause analysis, and automate alerts.- DevOps/Automation: Improve service lifecycle, support CI/CD pipelines, and reduce manual intervention.- ITSM Practices: Analyze platform activities and provide feedback to development teams.Role qualifications:Ideal candidates have:- BS in Computer Science or related field.- Proficiency in Java, Spring Framework, Python, or Go.- Strong DevOps and configuration management skills.-
Experience with distributed systems and automation.- Problem-solving, communication, and leadership abilities.- Passion for observability and continuous improvement.- Willingness to learn and collaborate across 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: $122,000 - $207,000 USD