SRE Architect

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000 Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
• Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

Title: Assoc. Director (SRE - Platform Operations)

Location: Redmond, WA

About the Role:

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement scalable, highly available infrastructure across Azure and hybrid environments.
• Lead reliability initiatives for services like Active Directory, Dynamics 365, Teams, and Azure Identity.
• Develop and maintain automation for provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and incident resolution using tools like Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
• Build observability frameworks using Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Splunk.
• Apply chaos engineering principles to validate system resilience and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to eliminate toil and improve service performance.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards across infrastructure and application layers.
• Create and maintain documentation for architecture, operational procedures, and best practices.

Required Qualifications:

• 15 years of experience in infrastructure architecture, DevOps, or SRE roles.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale live services (e.g., Active Directory, Dynamics 365, Azure AD, Teams).
• Strong command of Azure services including AKS, Azure Functions, App Gateway, Traffic Manager, and Azure Front Door.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with security practices, identity management, and compliance frameworks.

Salary Range:The salary for this position is between $160000 - $200,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

Want to change the world? Let us know.

Tell us about your experiences, education, and ambitions. Bring your knowledge, unique viewpoint, and creativity to the table. Let’s talk!

Connect at Urvashi.dubey@ascendion.com/ 9733064395