Manager Site Reliability Engineering

Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

Lead the architecture, automation, and reliability of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and developer platforms within a cybersecurity context. Inspire DevOps excellence, deliver high availability, and drive operational resilienceall while mentoring and managing a high-caliber SRE team.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and grow the SRE team, setting direction, mentoring and managing engineers, and fostering excellence.
• Design and manage cloud and containerized infrastructure with IaC (Terraform).
• Implement robust CI/CD pipelines integrating security and compliance.
• Build scalable observability systems, leading the definition of SLIs / SLOs and dashboards.
• Manage incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems; automate recovery via playbooks/runbooks.
• Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with InfoSec, DevSecOps, and Compliance teamsensuring alignment with frameworks like FedRAMP, NIST, RMF.
• Support program-level initiatives, communicating effectively with stakeholders.
• Promote a culture of reliability, security, and developer efficiency.
• Maintain an active 'player' role, dedicating approximately 75% of your time to hands-on engineering (design, coding, and architecture) and 25% to leadership, mentorship, and management.

What You'll Bring:

• 8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering; with technical leadership experience ready to step into management as a player/coach.
• Proven cloud experience (AWS, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Strong coding/scripting (Python, GO) and proficiency in IaC and GitOps.
• Deep knowledge of observability tools and defining reliability metrics.
• Experienced in incident handling (PagerDuty, Datadog) and post-incident evaluations.
• Demonstrated success in mentoring and developing junior/mid-level SRE talent, moving beyond delegation to hands-on technical coaching.
• Familiarity with regulatory or cybersecurity frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST, STIGs, RMF).
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management.
• Preferred: certifications such as AWS, CKA, or cyber security credentials (e.g., OSCP).

What We Offer:

• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance
• Flexible Time Off (FTO), 12 company holidays, sick leave and 8-Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Unique professional development benefits with Annual "development dollars" to support our people growth and development
• Wellness contests and monthly educational programs
• 401(K) retirement program
• Learn more here: Deepwatch Benefits