Site Reliability Engineering Manager, Core Data

Google; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology leader located in Sydney is seeking a Site Reliability Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers, improve the reliability and performance of services, and drive technical strategy. The role requires strong software development skills, experience in systems engineering, and a commitment to fostering a culture of excellence. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, along with substantial industry experience in software and systems engineering. This position offers opportunities to manage complex challenges unique to large-scale systems.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience with managing people or teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Site Reliability Engineers.
• Manage the availability, latency, performance, and efficiency of services.
• Design, write and deliver software to improve service efficiency.

Skills

Software development

Systems engineering

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Overview

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Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience with managing people or teams.
• 3 years of experience with leading projects.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.

About The Job

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. SRE ensures that Google's services—both our internally critical and our externally-visible systems—have reliability, uptime appropriate to users' needs and a fast rate of improvement. Additionally SREs will keep an ever-watchful eye on our systems capacity and performance.

Much of our software development focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure and eliminating work through automation. On the SRE team, you’ll have the opportunity to manage the complex challenges of scale which are unique to Google, while using your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis and large-scale system design.

SRE's culture of intellectual curiosity, problem solving and openness is key to its success. Our organization brings together people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We encourage them to collaborate, think big and take risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on meaningful projects, while we also strive to create an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn and grow.

To learn more: check out our books on Site Reliability Engineering or read a career profile about why a Software Engineer chose to join SRE.

Caching Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a team in Core Data foundations that manages critical, business and user-impacting services.

As a Site Reliability Engineering Manager, you will foster a culture of engineering excellence, drive technical strategy, and develop a high-performing, collaborative team. Your role is pivotal in ensuring our services meet stringent Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and in building resilient, automated production environments.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We\'re proud to be our engineers\' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Site Reliability Engineers, guide in their professional development and ensure their success.
• Manage the availability, latency, performance, and efficiency of services.
• Develop and execute the goal and strategy for the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, aligning with organizational goals.
• Perform, manage and improve on-call rotations, spanning multiple continents, ensuring healthy on-call practices and response.
• Design, write and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency and efficiency of Google's services.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.