Staff Reliability Engineer

The Hartford

4.5

(70)

Columbus, OH

Why you should apply for a job to The Hartford:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 76% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 87% would recommend this company to other women
  • 90% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • The Professional Women’s Network (PWN) provides professional support, growth, advancement and networking to enable greater gender balance.
  • The Hartford offers diversity awareness training known as Appreciating Differences and Managing Inclusion.
  • Employees will be provided with leave of up to four weeks and paid at a rate of 100 percent of their base pay.
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    Position summary

    astructure.

    • Collaborate with software engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure uptime and availability targets are met.

    • Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategies to detect and resolve issues quickly.

    • Conduct root cause analysis of system failures and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

    • Advocate for reliability best practices and foster a culture of proactive risk mitigation across the organization.

    • Mentor and provide technical guidance to other reliability engineers and cross-functional team members.

    • Develop automation tools to enhance efficiency in deployment, monitoring, and recovery processes.

    • Participate in capacity planning, performance testing, and disaster recovery exercises.

    • Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in reliability engineering.

    Qualifications

    • 5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), or related roles.

    • Expertise in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).

    • Strong programming skills in one or more languages (e.g., Python, Java).

    • Proven experience with logging and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog) and incident management frameworks (e.g. ServiceNow).

    • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

    • Ability to lead complex projects and influence stakeholders at all levels.

    Preferred Skills

    • Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).

    • Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements.

    • Background in high-availability architectures and distributed systems.

    • Certifications in cloud or reliability engineering domains are a plus.

    Work Environment

    This position may require participation in an on-call rotation and occasional after-hours support for critical incidents. We offer a dynamic, collaborative environment where innovation and reliability are valued.

    This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT or Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

    Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

    Compensation

    The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:
    $127,600 - $191,400
    Equal Opportunity Employer/Sex/Race/Color/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age

    Why you should apply for a job to The Hartford:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 76% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 87% would recommend this company to other women
  • 90% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • The Professional Women’s Network (PWN) provides professional support, growth, advancement and networking to enable greater gender balance.
  • The Hartford offers diversity awareness training known as Appreciating Differences and Managing Inclusion.
  • Employees will be provided with leave of up to four weeks and paid at a rate of 100 percent of their base pay.