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Principal SRE / Hybrid / Tempe

Motion Recruitment
Tempe, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2026
This organization is hiring a Principal Site Reliability Engineer for a full-time hybrid role based in Tempe, Arizona (3 days onsite). The company builds and operates large-scale consumer technology platforms and is investing heavily in modern cloud infrastructure, containerized systems, and reliability engineering practices. This role will focus on designing scalable cloud architecture across AWS environments with additional workloads in Azure and GCP, while driving infrastructure automation and observability across mission-critical production systems.

This is a high-impact principal engineering role where you’ll help shape the reliability strategy for a large cloud platform. The team is looking for someone who can dive deep technically while also influencing architecture decisions and mentoring other engineers. Engineers here work in modern environments built around Terraform infrastructure automation, Kubernetes and ECS container platforms, and advanced monitoring and observability tools. It’s an opportunity to step into a leadership-level engineering role where you can guide best practices, build resilient systems, and help scale cloud infrastructure supporting millions of users.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
  • Strong experience supporting large-scale AWS environments
  • Expertise with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Experience designing or supporting containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS
  • Strong Linux systems knowledge
  • Scripting experience using Bash

Desired Skills & Experience

  • Python scripting experience
  • Experience supporting multi-cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Experience implementing monitoring and observability platforms at scale
  • Experience driving reliability or automation initiatives across engineering teams
  • Exposure to modern DevOps or platform engineering practices

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

  • 45% Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • 25% Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
  • 15% Containers (Kubernetes / ECS)
  • 15% Observability & Monitoring (Datadog, Splunk, Logging Platforms)

Daily Responsibilities

  • 70% Hands On
  • 15% Architecture & Technical Leadership
  • 15% Team Collaboration & Mentorship

The Offer

  • Bonus OR Commission eligible

You Will Receive The Following Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Vacation Time
  • Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Posted By: Isabella Sweet

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