Senior/Lead DevOps SRE — Hybrid, ‑Availability Infra
Listed on 2026-07-13
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability, Systems Engineer
Headquarters: Little Rock, Arkansas, 72223, United States
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Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is more than power. We focus on relationships to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to millions across our service territory. We have been voted one of Arkansas’ Best Places to work and are looking for a team member passionate about keeping the lights on.
Our core ideology:
Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.
Benefits include competitive and transparent pay with bonus opportunities, a comprehensive insurance package, relocation bonus (if applicable), a hybrid work environment, and significant retirement contributions through a 401(k) plan with employer match and a fully funded pension.
PLEASE NOTE: SPP does not sponsor employment visas or student‑work authorizations for this position. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
COMPENSATION INFORMATION
The salary ranges are estimates; actual offers may vary based on experience, skills, and location.
Lead Dev Ops SRE – Pay Range: $ – $
Senior Dev Ops SRE – Pay Range: $87,950.00 – $
Join a mission‑driven technology team powering reliability for millions across the central United States. In this role you will ensure performance, resilience, and scalability of SPP’s production systems and user‑facing services.
We are seeking talent passionate about high‑availability architecture, large‑scale automation, and shaping the future of reliability engineering.
What You’ll Do- Design and lead implementation of large‑scale, highly available infrastructure across multiple platforms.
- Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex incidents, outages, and performance issues.
- Establish SRE best practices and operational frameworks to raise reliability standards across the organization.
- Mentor and develop senior and junior SRE team members through coaching, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Partner with leadership, architects, and technical teams to align reliability initiatives with long‑term architectural strategy.
- Drive continuous improvement, automation, and reduction of operational toil across environments.
- Lead major enterprise projects involving new technologies, cross‑team automation, and reliability enhancements.
- Make architectural decisions that influence scalability, resiliency, and infrastructure management standards.
You will also contribute hands‑on expertise in testing, coding, scripting, designing integrated systems, reviewing projects for architectural compliance, and researching emerging technologies.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and execute test plans to evaluate system performance.
- Plan and schedule deployment activities and resolve release pipeline issues.
- Maintain deep knowledge of SPP’s architecture and technology portfolio.
- Create and communicate technology standards and policies.
- Design and oversee implementation of integrated systems and databases.
- Ensure system and software integrations meet functional and compliance requirements.
- Conduct application testing (unit, system, regression, performance, acceptance).
- Write and translate code to enhance application performance.
- Provide architectural consulting across engineering and development teams.
- Act as the organizational subject matter expert in SRE.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Lead: 8+ years building highly available systems and supporting SaaS cloud‑based infrastructure.
- Senior: 6 years building highly available systems and supporting SaaS cloud‑based infrastructure.
- Experience with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, or other infrastructure/configuration‑as‑code tooling.
- Expert knowledge of Unix/Linux systems, basic command‑line proficiency, system administration, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with at least one scripting language such as Python, Bash, Power Shell, or similar.
- Experience deploying to cloud‑based technology (AWS).
- Experience with continuous integration (CI/CD) and automated build tools.
- Ability to tackle problems at both large and small scale.
- Good understanding of application/infrastructure…
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