Senior Java Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Job Title: Senior Java Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)Location: McLean, VA (Hybrid)Job SummarySTAFFXPERT LLC is seeking a Senior Java Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on behalf of our client in McLean, VA (Hybrid). This role is focused on supporting and enhancing highly available, mission-critical enterprise platforms within a large-scale financial services environment. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in production support, reliability engineering, cloud platforms, automation, observability, and incident management, with strong experience in enterprise Java-based systems.Key ResponsibilitiesSupport and maintain highly available production systems across cloud and distributed environmentsLead incident management, problem management, root cause analysis (RCA), and platform stability initiativesMonitor and ensure uptime, performance, and reliability of Java applications and microservicesIdentify, troubleshoot, and resolve application and system performance bottlenecksDesign and implement resiliency patterns including circuit breakers, retries, failover, and high-availability architecturesImprove observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and automation of incident responseCollaborate with development, infrastructure, platform, and cloud engineering teams to enhance deployment reliabilitySupport cloud transformation, infrastructure modernization, and automation initiativesCoordinate disaster recovery testing, resiliency validation, capacity planning, and production readiness reviewsDrive operational excellence and continuous service improvement initiativesProvide technical leadership and mentor distributed engineering teamsRequired Qualifications16 20 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Application Support rolesStrong experience supporting large-scale enterprise production environmentsProven expertise in incident management, problem management, and operational supportExperience working in Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, or other highly regulated environmentsHands-on experience with mission-critical applications requiring high availability, scalability, and performanceStrong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skillsTechnical SkillsJavaLinux / Unix AdministrationKubernetes, DockerCloud Platforms: AWS / Azure / GCPCI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCDInfrastructure as Code: Terraform, AnsibleMonitoring & Observability: Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, MoogsoftITSM Tools: ServiceNow, JIRA, ConfluenceScripting: Python, Bash/ShellSQL and database troubleshootingApplication Performance Monitoring (APM) toolsProduction release managementDisaster recovery and high availability architecturesEducationBachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related fieldPreferred QualificationsStrong cloud-native and microservices architecture experienceAbility to lead critical production incidents and drive long-term reliability improvementsExcellent communication and stakeholder management skillsExperience mentoring and leading global engineering teams