Senior Reliability Engineer Jobs in Schenectady, NY

Position OverviewAt PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As Site Reliability Engineer within PNC's technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA - Denver, CO - Cleveland, OH - Birmingham, AL or Phoenix, AZ.
The shift schedule for this role is Sunday-Thursday 7AM-330PM EST
-Respond to server patching, vulnerability remediation, and security compliance activities.
-Administer and support Microsoft Windows Server environments across enterprise production and non-production platforms.
-Troubleshoot operating system, performance, configuration, and service-related issues to maintain platform stability.
-Provide incident response support, perform root cause analysis, and restore services during production outages.
-Monitor infrastructure health, respond to alerts, and proactively identify operational risks.
-Support VMware-hosted Windows servers and related virtual infrastructure technologies.
-Develop and maintain automation solutions to improve operational efficiency; PowerShell scripting experience is a plus.
-Participate in change management, disaster recovery testing, and resiliency initiatives to ensure service continuity.PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.Job Description

• Identifies and establishes ways of stabilizing environments and sites while assessing opportunities to drive engineering stability through the analytics and metrics. Responsible for site design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning.
• Defines, creates, and ensures that robust dashboards and monitoring systems are implemented. Identifies, coordinates, and implements SLAs and SLOs through the use of established robust monitoring for applications, service sites and platforms.
• Leads in analyzing metrics from operating sites and applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding. Troubleshoots priority incidents and participates in blameless post-mortems.
• Understands our stack to optimize complex systems and user interactions, such as how code is deployed, configured, and monitored, as well as the availability, latency, change management, emergency response, and capacity planning of services in production.
• Engages in testing strategy approaches and results, complex incident response and root cause analysis efforts, resolving underlying issues, driving continuous improvement in incident management process, and reducing mean time to resolution.
• Mentors and trains junior team members on best practices for infrastructure management and disaster recovery.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred SkillsApplication Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design, Windows PowerShellCompetenciesAnalytical Thinking, Application Design, Architecture, Application Maintenance, Application Testing, IT Industry: Trends & Directions, IT Standards, Procedures & Policies, Software Process Improvement (SPI), Software Reliability Management, System Testing, Technical TroubleshootingWork ExperienceRoles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.EducationBachelorsCertificationsNo Required Certification(s)LicensesNo Required License(s)Language AssessmentsNo Required or Preferred Language AssessmentsPay TransparencyBase Salary: $86,250.00 - $158,125.00Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.Application WindowGenerally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 08/27/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.BenefitsPNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visitpncthrive.com.

Disability Accommodations Statement

If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com. Please include "accommodation request" in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.

This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.

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