Principal Automation Engineer
Core
Provide Site Reliability Engineering support for automation services, ensuring reliability, performance, and uptime for NYC's digital infrastructure.
Role type
Principal Automation Engineer (SRE)
Builds
Automation services, CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and monitoring/alerting scripts for the city's technology operations.
Domain
Public sector / Infrastructure Management / Site Reliability Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Site Reliability Engineering, infrastructure and automation code development, CI/CD pipeline management, IaC, monitoring and alerting, root cause analysis, technical leadership, workload planning, DevOps team management, production environment ownership, standards enforcement.
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Provide SRE support for current and new automation services; write, update, and maintain infrastructure and automation code; serve as highest point of escalation for production incidents; lead design sessions for new services and platform improvements; manage and review work of DevOps Engineers; enforce standards and documentation across the team.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities