Brief Description:
We are seeking an Site Reliability Engineer Lead to own and evolve the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of cloud-native data platforms running primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role supports data systems that ingest, process, and serve large volumes of operational data from oilfield and energy environments. The ideal candidate is a cloud-first SRE with deep GCP experience, strong Python engineering skills, and a track record of leading reliability initiatives for data-intensive systems.
Detailed Description:
Lead SRE practices for GCP-based data platforms
Design and own SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability metrics
Build and maintain cloud-native observability (monitoring, logging, alerting)
Lead incident response for production cloud systems and drive postmortems
Partner with data engineering and platform teams to design reliable architectures
Automate operational workflows using Python
Drive improvements in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and deployment safety
Mentor engineers and set SRE best practices across the team
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
7+ years in SRE, Cloud Platform Engineering, or DevOps
Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, including:
GCP: GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub (or equivalents)
Cloud Monitoring & Logging
BigQuery
Dataflow
Datastream
IAM and networking
Composer/AIrflow
Kubernetes: deployment, scaling, reliability patterns
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar
Observability: GCP Cloud Monitoring, Logging
Experience supporting cloud-native data systems (batch and streaming)
Production experience with Python for automation, tooling, or services
Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform strongly preferred)
Experience operating systems in 24/7 production environments
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
5+ years experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Platform Engineering, or DevOps
3+ years operating production workloads on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Prior technical leadership experience (lead engineer, tech lead, or ownership of reliability initiatives)
Ability to understand and speak English at a level of proficiency allowing employee to issue, receive and respond to both safety and operations-related directions in English
Preferred Qualifications:
Oil and Gas Industry knowledge
Technology/Digital Industry knowledge
Top Skills
What We Do
Patterson-UTI Energy subsidiaries provide onshore contract drilling and pressure pumping services. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. pushes the boundaries of innovation so you can embrace new possibilities. With expertise and scale in major operational areas, we provide a diverse network of drilling and pressure pumping services, directional drilling, rental equipment and technology to forge your path to success. Our oilfield solutions deliver results that lead your business into the next generation of oil and gas. With headquarters in Houston, Texas and regional offices throughout our operating areas, let’s team up to advance your business.

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