Site Reliability Engineer- onsite , NY

Site Reliability Engineer (5 days onsite, New York, NY)

Join as a Site Reliability Engineer at Motion Recruitment in New York, NY. You will work onsite five days a week, focusing on hybrid infrastructure across cloud and on‑premises environments. This hands‑on role involves building and improving deployment and monitoring tooling, steering infrastructure modernization, and mentoring teammates.

• Design, build, and operate infrastructure across cloud and on‑premises environments with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability.
• Develop and maintain tools to deploy, manage, and monitor customer‑premise equipment, IoT devices, and backend services.
• Lead system architecture and modernization initiatives from design through implementation and ongoing production support.
• Improve observability for infrastructure and IoT fleets by building custom tooling and integrating off‑the‑shelf monitoring solutions.
• Implement and harden secure connectivity patterns to ensure resilient, safe device‑to‑cloud communication.
• Mentor teammates and raise the bar on infrastructure, monitoring, and system design practices.
• Collaborate with Dev Ops and software teams to tightly integrate infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines for smooth, reliable releases and upgrades.

• 5+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, or Dev Ops roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience managing servers and/or IoT devices at scale.
• Strong software development skills for infrastructure tooling, preferably in Python.
• Hands‑on experience with core AWS services.
• Demonstrated ability to build, manage, and secure hybrid (cloud + on‑prem) environments.
• Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CDK, etc.) for repeatable automation.
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals, including Docker, firewalls, load balancers, and VPNs.
• Deep experience with monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting large‑scale distributed systems.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and comfort working in fast‑paced, production‑critical environments.
• Excellent communication skills in English, with a collaborative and proactive working style.

• Experience with AWS IoT services, such as Green grass v2.
• Knowledge of secure infrastructure design principles and best practices.
• Experience managing edge devices at scale.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis now and in the future. This position does not provide sponsorship.