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Lead Mainframe Site Reliability Engineer

MetLife · Cary, US

MetLife is hiring a lead Lead Mainframe Site Reliability Engineer in Cary, US.

Hiring signals for Network and Computer Systems Administrators

SOC 15-1244 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

58
/ 100
Cooling

Network and Computer Systems Administrators Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($149k vs $135k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 24% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (27% appear duplicated)

Network and Computer Systems Administrators job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Network and Computer Systems Administrators.

  • 1,529Active postings
  • 43Posted this week
  • 480Open 30+ days31% of active
  • 235Remote / hybrid15% of active
  • 9%List salary140 of 1,529
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $149kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 17dMedian agep90 66d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
DevOps / SRE955$151k n=89
Engineering259$144k n=31
VP19
Server / Host11$110k n=5
Backend10

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time80$165k n=46
Contract39$144k n=12
Intern15$254k n=4
Part-time6$163k n=4
Temporary4

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology789$151k n=110
Financial Services378$189k n=19
Manufacturing356$120k n=19
Professional Services264$169k n=9
Government / Public Sector160$101k n=10

Top categories

  • DevOps / SRE955
  • Engineering259
  • VP19
  • Server / Host11
  • Backend10
  • Director10

In-demand skills

  • AWS349
  • Azure304
  • Kubernetes270
  • Python239
  • Google Cloud238
  • Linux198
  • Terraform186
  • Docker160

Top sectors

  • Technology789
  • Financial Services378
  • Manufacturing356
  • Professional Services264
  • Government / Public Sector160
  • Healthcare58

Employment mix

  • Unspecified1,385 · 91%
  • Full-time80 · 5%
  • Contract39 · 3%
  • Intern15 · 1%
  • Part-time6 · 0%
  • Temporary4 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Source
metlifecareers.com
Original link
https://www.metlifecareers.com/en_US/ml/JobDetail/Lead-Mainframe-Site-Reliability-Engineer/16532
ATS
Workday
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-24)
Status
active

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