Site Reliability Engineer III

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

Site Reliability Engineer III advances efforts to enhance system resilience, scalability, and performance through feature development, automation, architectural design, chaos engineering, and disaster recovery planning, while promoting best practices for continuous improvement and reliability.

Education Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, and/or comparable experience; advance degree preferred

Knowledge of modern observability stack – Splunk, Elastic Search, Prometheus, Grafana

Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) and microservices architecture

Knowledge of observability tools and methodologies, including experience with logging, monitoring, tracing, and performance analysis platforms

Knowledge of cloud-based Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

Work Experience:

Experience in software development, or technology operations, with a focus on Site Reliability Engineering

Experience in Linux/Unix systems, object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java), scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash), and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)

Licenses and Certifications:

Advanced certification in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or related is a plus

Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws, American Express may provide visa sponsorship for certain positions.