Lead Site Reliability Engineer at Royal Bank of Canada

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Aug, 26

Salary

150550.0

Posted On

03 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Software Development Life Cycle, Java, C++, Linux, Cloud, Automation, Incident Management, Database Management, Ansible, Docker, Kafka, Jenkins, Monitoring, System Integration

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Job Description RBC Capital Markets LLC seeks a Lead Site Reliability Engineer in Jersey City, NJ to support and spearhead the development and implementation of Site Reliability Engineering Solutions (monitoring and alerting, machine learning anomaly detection, self-healing, and reliability testing) for all applications. Lead the production environment, build software systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications, and enhance our software solutions' reliability, quality, and time-to-market. Lead and assist in incident management and problem management for applications within scope. Ensure all systems and applications comply with the scope of work. Remote work permitted 2-3 days per week. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field, plus 5 years of experience working within a financial institution, focusing on site reliability engineering. 5 years of experience in SRE/DevOps, application support, software development lifecycle (SDLC) to include C/C++ and Java. 5 years of experience with a variety of environments to include Linux, Windows, MacOS., Databases (Oracle, PostGres, MongoDB, SQL Server, and NoSQL), Cloud, distributed and mainframe, business workflows, and Services/APIs. 5 years of experience with database querying, KDB+, Q, Cloud, Docker, Data, and experience automating simple tasks to reduce the toil and increase operating system efficiency. 5 years of experience using automation tools to include RPA, UIPath, Ansible, Chef, and puppet. 5 years of experience with SRE languages, monitoring tools, service management (Dynatrace, Moogsoft, PagerDuty, ServiceNow, Elastic, Logstash, Kibana, Blue Prism, Catch Point, Grafana, yaml, Global Service Desk). 5 years of experience Job Scheduling tools (CAWA, Airflow, Messageway, Control-M), Messaging platforms Solace, MQ, Kafka), CICD (Jenkins, Fusion, Ant, Bladelogic), Vulnerability management (SAST, DAST, IT Risk remediation). The salary for this job is $150,550 per year. This salary does not include other elements of total compensation, including a discretionary bonus and benefits such as a 401(k) program with company-matching contributions; health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; and paid time-off plan. RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that: Drives RBC’s high-performance culture; Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals; and Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value. Job Skills Agile Methodology, Group Problem Solving, IT Systems Integration, Organizational Leadership, Product Services, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications, System Integration Testing (SIT), Systems Software Additional Job Details Address: City: Country: Work hours/week: 0 Employment Type: Full time Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS Job Type: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-03-02 Application Deadline: 2026-05-11 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all. Join our Talent Community Stay in-the-know about great career opportunities at RBC. Sign up and get customized info on our latest jobs, career tips and Recruitment events that matter to you. Expand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at jobs.rbc.com. RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

Responsibilities

The Lead Site Reliability Engineer will spearhead the development and implementation of SRE solutions including monitoring, anomaly detection, and self-healing systems. They will also lead production environment management, incident response, and infrastructure software development to enhance system reliability and quality.