Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Piper Companies is hiring a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer for a global financial institution located in New York City. The Sr. Site Reliability Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of real-time trading and risk applications supporting the Rates desk. This is a full-time opportunity and requires the candidate to sit on site 3 days per week in New York City.

Responsibilities of the Sr. Site Reliability Engineer:

• Act as the first line of defense for trading systems, resolving production incidents swiftly to minimize downtime and financial impact.
• Collaborate directly with Traders, Strats, and Development teams to optimize workflows and troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Drive improvements in application health monitoring and automation to reduce manual effort and operational risk.
• Conduct root cause analyses and blameless post-mortems, implementing preventative measures for recurring issues.
• Lead cost optimization and capacity management initiatives to ensure efficient resource utilization.
  
  

Requirements of the Sr. Site Reliability Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• 5 years of experience in reliability engineering or technical support within financial services.
• Experience with observability tools such as Geneos, Grafana, Splunk, or Prometheus.
• Strong technical proficiency in Linux/Unix systems, SQL, and scripting.
• Programming experience with Python or Java.
• Proven experience supporting front office trading environments and business-critical applications.
  
  

Compensation of the Sr. Site Reliability Engineer:

Compensation: $142,000 3% Bonus

Full Comprehensive Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, PTO, Paid Holidays, Sick Leave if Required by Law

Keywords: Technology Management lead, application reliability engineer, business alignment, reliability engineering, root cause analysis, production support, application reliability, trading systems, rates applications, capacity management, performance tuning, system troubleshooting, fault-tolerant systems, Geneos, Linux, SQL, java, python, bash, CI/CD, Jenkins, gitlab CI, scripting, automation, monitoring, observability

This Job opens for applications on 12/12/2025. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.