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$220,000.00/yr - $290,000.00/yr About SecurityScorecard: SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, with over 12 million companies continuously rated, operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint. Headquartered in New York City, our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Best Workplace,” by Crain’s NY as a "Best Places to Work in NYC," and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently, SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing “forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement.” SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moody’s, Sequoia Capital, GV and Riverwood Capital. Role Overview As a
Principal Site Reliability Engineer , you will play a strategic and technical leadership role in shaping the reliability, scalability, and velocity of our engineering platform. Your primary focus will be advancing our Kubernetes-based infrastructure and CI/CD systems to support high-scale, high-availability services. You will partner with engineering leaders across the organization to define and drive platform-wide initiatives that enable fast, safe, and repeatable deployments, and foster a culture of reliability and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and evolution of Kubernetes-based infrastructure
to support multi-tenant, high-scale applications with strong isolation, resilience, and security. Architect and optimize CI/CD pipelines
to support fast and reliable build, test, and deploy cycles across a polyglot environment. Establish and evangelize
best practices for GitOps, canary deployments, rollback strategies , and progressive delivery. Define and implement
scalable Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
patterns using tools such as Terraform, Helm, and Crossplane. Drive the adoption of
automated testing
throughout the delivery lifecycle—unit, integration, load, and chaos testing—to ensure high confidence in production changes. Guide teams in designing for
observability, SLOs, and alerting , ensuring actionable signals and minimizing alert fatigue. Partner with security, compliance, and development teams to ensure infrastructure and delivery systems meet modern
security and governance standards . Lead incident response retrospectives and foster a
blameless culture
of continuous improvement. Mentor and influence senior engineers across multiple teams, helping to up-level platform reliability capabilities organization-wide. Qualifications 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles, with 2+ years in a
technical leadership or principal capacity . Deep expertise with Kubernetes internals
(controllers, networking, autoscaling, operators, etc.) and production-grade clusters on cloud providers (EKS, GKE, or AKS). Proven experience designing and scaling
CI/CD systems
using tools such as GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Tekton, Spinnaker, or similar. Strong proficiency in
Terraform
and modern IaC practices. Advanced knowledge of
automated testing strategies , including performance, load, and failure testing. Proficient in one or more programming/scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash, etc.). Deep experience with
monitoring and observability stacks
such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Datadog. Strong communicator with the ability to align technical initiatives to business objectives and influence across engineering teams. Nice-to-Have Exposure to
chaos engineering
and building resilient distributed systems. Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, etc.) as they relate to infrastructure and deployment. Contributions to
open-source Kubernetes tooling or SRE frameworks . Familiarity with JVM- or Node-based application stacks. Specific to each country, we offer a competitive salary, stock options, Health benefits, and unlimited PTO, parental leave, tuition reimbursements, and much more! The estimated total compensation range for this position is $220,000 - $290,000 (base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity, among other company benefits. SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact talentacquisitionoperations@securityscorecard.io. Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy and applicable law. SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. Seniority level
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Employment type Full-time Job function
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Principal Site Reliability Engineer
role at
SecurityScorecard 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
role at
SecurityScorecard This range is provided by SecurityScorecard. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range
$220,000.00/yr - $290,000.00/yr About SecurityScorecard: SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, with over 12 million companies continuously rated, operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint. Headquartered in New York City, our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Best Workplace,” by Crain’s NY as a "Best Places to Work in NYC," and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently, SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing “forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement.” SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moody’s, Sequoia Capital, GV and Riverwood Capital. Role Overview As a
Principal Site Reliability Engineer , you will play a strategic and technical leadership role in shaping the reliability, scalability, and velocity of our engineering platform. Your primary focus will be advancing our Kubernetes-based infrastructure and CI/CD systems to support high-scale, high-availability services. You will partner with engineering leaders across the organization to define and drive platform-wide initiatives that enable fast, safe, and repeatable deployments, and foster a culture of reliability and operational excellence. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and evolution of Kubernetes-based infrastructure
to support multi-tenant, high-scale applications with strong isolation, resilience, and security. Architect and optimize CI/CD pipelines
to support fast and reliable build, test, and deploy cycles across a polyglot environment. Establish and evangelize
best practices for GitOps, canary deployments, rollback strategies , and progressive delivery. Define and implement
scalable Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
patterns using tools such as Terraform, Helm, and Crossplane. Drive the adoption of
automated testing
throughout the delivery lifecycle—unit, integration, load, and chaos testing—to ensure high confidence in production changes. Guide teams in designing for
observability, SLOs, and alerting , ensuring actionable signals and minimizing alert fatigue. Partner with security, compliance, and development teams to ensure infrastructure and delivery systems meet modern
security and governance standards . Lead incident response retrospectives and foster a
blameless culture
of continuous improvement. Mentor and influence senior engineers across multiple teams, helping to up-level platform reliability capabilities organization-wide. Qualifications 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure roles, with 2+ years in a
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CI/CD systems
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and modern IaC practices. Advanced knowledge of
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monitoring and observability stacks
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