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ACI Worldwide

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Norcross, GA · On-site

$53.50 - $71/hr

As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer in Norcross, GA or Omaha, NE, you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world's payments ecosystem! Job Summary: The Principal Site ...

ACI Worldwide

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Norcross, GA · On-site

$53.50 - $71/hr

As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer in Norcross, GA or Omaha, NE, you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world's payments ecosystem! Job Summary: The Principal Site ...

iSpot

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Bellevue, WA

$64.25 - $85.50/hr

We are seeking a seasoned and strategic Lead/Principal Site Reliability Engineer to drive the reliability, scalability, and performance of our core production systems while significantly enhancing ...

Vertafore

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Denver, CO

$58.75 - $78/hr

We are seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to define the strategic vision and own the enterprise-wide reliability, scalability, and performance of our critical production services. As a ...

Gradial

Principal SRE

Seattle, WA

$180K - $240K/yr

The Role As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer at Gradial, you will shape the foundation our platform runs on as we scale. You will work closely with the CTO and engineering team to make our ...

iSpot

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Bellevue, WA

$64.25 - $85.50/hr

We are seeking a seasoned and strategic Lead/Principal Site Reliability Engineer to drive the reliability, scalability, and performance of our core production systems while significantly enhancing ...

Vertafore

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Denver, CO · On-site

$58.75 - $78/hr

We are seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to define the strategic vision and own the enterprise-wide reliability, scalability, and performance of our critical production services. As a ...

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

As of May 28, 2026, the average hourly pay for principal 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 are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, you need deep expertise in systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, automation, and strong programming skills, typically supported by a degree in computer science or a related field. Familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, and CI/CD platforms, as well as certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, are often required. Exceptional problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills help you guide teams and drive reliability initiatives across organizations. These skills ensure reliable, scalable systems and foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

How does a Principal Site Reliability Engineer typically contribute to setting technical direction and mentoring within an SRE team?

As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, you play a critical role in shaping the technical vision of the SRE team by establishing best practices for infrastructure reliability, scalability, and incident response. You are often expected to mentor junior and mid-level engineers, guiding them through complex troubleshooting, architectural decisions, and automation strategies. Additionally, you collaborate closely with software engineering, product, and operations teams to ensure that reliability and performance goals align with business needs. This role offers significant influence over technical roadmaps and provides opportunities to lead cross-functional initiatives, making it ideal for those seeking both leadership and hands-on impact.

What are Principal Site Reliability Engineers?

Principal Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) are senior technical experts who lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of reliable, scalable, and highly available systems. They oversee complex infrastructure and work closely with engineering teams to optimize system performance, automate processes, and ensure operational excellence. Principal SREs also mentor other engineers, set technical standards, and drive improvements in incident response, monitoring, and system resilience. Their work is critical in minimizing downtime and ensuring a seamless experience for users.

What is the difference between Principal Site Reliability Engineer vs Site Reliability Engineer?

AspectPrincipal Site Reliability EngineerSite Reliability Engineer
CredentialsAdvanced certifications (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud), extensive experienceEntry to mid-level certifications, relevant experience
Work EnvironmentStrategic planning, architecture design, mentoringOperational tasks, automation, monitoring
Employer UsageLarge tech companies, cloud providers, enterprisesTech firms, startups, cloud services

The Principal Site Reliability Engineer typically holds more advanced certifications and has a strategic, leadership role in designing systems and mentoring teams. In contrast, the Site Reliability Engineer focuses on operational tasks, automation, and maintaining system reliability. Both roles are vital in ensuring system stability but differ in scope and seniority.

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Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

ACI Worldwide

Norcross, GA • On-site

$53.50 - $71/hr

Full-time

Posted 9 days ago

Job description

Job Description
Powering the world's payments ecosystem
ACI powers the payments ecosystem - globally, and you power ACI. You'll innovate, collaborate, and grow - in an energetic technology culture with decades of proven success. ACIers - in all roles and levels - are truly your colleagues and many are your friends. Our size and reach allow you to see the global impact of your work. You are visible, your talents are valued, and you are empowered to shape the future of payments.
As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer in Norcross, GA or Omaha, NE, you will join a diverse, passionate team, dedicated to powering the world's payments ecosystem!
Job Summary:
The Principal Site Reliability Engineer is embedded directly with our product teams, working closely with them to design, code, test, run, and evolve the systems that help people around the world make payments. We work closely with ACI teams to drive adoption of modern reliability practices like SLOs, error budget policies, actionable alerts, follow-the-sun on-call, incident retrospectives, chaos testing, and end-to-end ownership.
Job Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop, deploy, and motivate the creation of software and systems to increase product reliability and organizational efficiency.
  • Guide reliability practices through the entire software development lifecycle through activities like architecture reviews, code reviews, creating platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and chaos testing.
  • Maintain service health by implementing and evolving monitoring, alerting, self-healing and follow-the-sun incident response.
  • Improve service reliability through blameless post-incident reviews and using code to prevent or respond to problem recurrence. Function as a key technical and culture leader throughout your assigned line of business
  • Drive and evolve the overall resilience strategy of your given line of business leveraging industry and internal tools
  • Ensure that local and cross-site redundancy mechanisms are meeting requirements, work as designed and are ever evolving
  • Set, maintain, and enforce standards across deployment practices, operations etc.
  • Engage in change review as a key member.
  • Function as a key contributor to overall capacity, peak season and business continuity methodologies and testing for your space
  • Interface directly with key clients as needed
  • Support and help standardize sales responses for your space by helping to craft the go forward offers with business and DevOps teams aligning costs, SLAs and technology.
  • Perform other duties as assigned
  • Understand and adhere to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI
  • Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the job:
  • BS degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical
    experience.
  • Experience in data structures, database systems, algorithms, and software design.
  • Experience writing code in Java, Go, Shell, Python, or a similar language.
  • Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks.
  • Practical skills with RDBs (such as PostgreSQL, Oracle), NoSQL KV stores (such as
    Cassandra) and messaging systems (such as Kafka, RabbitMQ and MQ) or equivalent
  • Proven ability to drive organizational adherence to SRE topics like SLOs, resilience,
    scaling, performance, and more
  • 15+ years of experience

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed for the job:
  • Experience in an SRE or Production Engineering role
  • Experience with a globally distributed team
  • Take initiative to solve problems using a scientific approach
  • Apply appropriate new technologies and processes
  • Skilled in providing substantial feedback on distributed system designs
  • Collaboration skills

Work Environment:
  • Office work environment
  • Collaborative team
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Up to 20% Travel, may be domestic or international
  • Weekend and off-hours support may be required

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position does not offer sponsorship for employment visa status or work permit now or in the future.
In return for your expertise, we offer opportunities for growth, career development, and a competitive compensation and benefits package-all within an innovative and collaborative work environment.
Are you ready to help us transform the payments ecosystem? To learn more about ACI Worldwide, visit our web site at www.aciworldwide.comJob ID (Requisition #18670)
ACI Worldwide is an AA/EEO employer in the United States, which includes providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and an EEO employer globally.
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ACI Worldwide is a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software. Our proven, secure and scalable software solutions enable leading corporations, fintechs and financial disruptors to process and manage digital payments, power omni-commerce payments, present and process bill payments, and manage fraud and risk. We combine our global footprint with a local presence to drive the real-time digital transformation of payments and commerce.

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