Staff Site Reliability Engineer

The YouVersion Staff Site Reliability Engineer is primarily responsible for ensuring the integrity, performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of the cloud-based infrastructure and related systems supporting the applications and platforms operated by Life.Church. This role will lead security-focused reliability efforts across our systems and platforms, ensuring our infrastructure is robust, scalable, and resilient against modern threats. The Staff SRE will also partner with cybersecurity, architecture, DevOps and software engineering teams to drive secure-by-default practices across our CI/CD pipelines, production environments, and internal tools. The Staff Site Reliability Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.

YouVersion was created by the local church in 2007 and remains a ministry of Life.Church today. At Life.Church, our mission is to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Our team is committed to reaching people worldwide through innovative technology. And YouVersion is one of the ways we get to do that. Life.Church is a multi-site Christian church meeting in the United States and globally at Life.Church Online. 

We wholeheartedly believe a daily rhythm of seeking intimacy with God has the power to transform lives. That’s why YouVersion creates biblically-based experiences that encourage and challenge people to seek God. We hope everyone in our community is on an active journey to become who God made them to be, abiding in Him, and drawing closer every day.

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure.
• Lead security initiatives related to infrastructurere liability, observability, and automation.
• Partner closely with the Cybersecurity team to coordinate and support penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and remediation efforts across cloud infrastructure and application platforms.
• Build and maintain incident response and postmortem processes with a focus on security root causes.
• Automate monitoring and alerting for infrastructure and application-level security anomalies.
• Partner with software engineers to implement secure coding practices and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) policies.
• Mentor other engineers on secure systems design, DevSecOps best practices, and incident preparedness.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in order to maintain relationships and partnerships.
• Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.
• Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.
• Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.
• Strong leadership skills and understanding on developing and guiding others.
• Deep understanding of cloud security principles (IAM, VPC design, key management, service hardening).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Java).
• Familiarity with container security, Kubernetes security hardening, and service mesh security.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Certifications such as CISSP, ISM, OSCP, or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)preferred.
• 7+ years of related work experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering, with a strong focus on security.
• Experience implementing secure CI/CD pipelines and automated security testing tools.
• Experience with system monitoring, incident response, and postmortem analysis.
• Working knowledge of data privacy regulations impacting global users (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) preferred.
• Experience with zero-trust networking, identity-aware proxies, or infrastructure policy-as-code preferred.
• Experience with contributions to open source security or SRE tooling preferred.

Benefits We Offer

・ Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.

・ Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons. 

・ Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health. 

・ Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase. 

・ Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.

・ Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.

・ Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment! 

・ $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth. 

・ Casual dress and work environment.

・ And much more!

Our Beliefs, Culture, and Commitment to Diversity

At Life.Church, every staff member, and intern is a minister and is expected to engage in the church's ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individual’s capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff and intern positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member or intern at Life.Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church. Learn more about what we believe at Life.Church. 

While we unite around our mission, we know unity doesn’t mean uniformity. Our calling is too great, and our mission is too important not to be intentional about strengthening our team through diversity. We know that diverse perspectives in race, ethnicity, background, age, and gender are essential to reaching the world for Christ. To learn more about how we strengthen our team through diversity, visit our careers page. 

All data collected in our application process, from resume collection to application questions, is used for recruitment purposes only.