Remote Senior Site Reliability Engineer Manager (Remote)

remotestar-team; Cambourne; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic working environment

International environment

Low hierarchy

Intellectually challenging; role in a/

Flexible working hours

Job summary

RemoteStar is partnering with a UK-based client to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineering Manager for a fully remote role. You will own production reliability and lead a growing SRE team, shaping incident response and automation strategies.

The ideal candidate has proven senior/lead SRE experience, strong monitoring/observability skills (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog), and hands-on cloud IaC expertise (Terraform, CloudFormation). Excellent remote collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven senior/lead SRE with reliable infra experience.
• Expertise in incident management and post-mortem analysis.
• Strong monitoring, alerting, and observability skills.
• Hands-on with cloud IaC tools (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Proficient in Python, Bash or Go scripting.
• Excellent cross-functional communication in remote teams.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring ability.

Responsibilities

• Proven experience in a senior or lead SRE role and reliable infra.
• Expertise in incident management, response, and post-mortems.
• Design and maintain monitoring/observability tooling.
• Build and lead a high-performing SRE team.
• Drive on-call processes and post-incident reviews.

Skills

SRE leadership

Incident management

Remote collaboration

Mentoring

Team leadership

SRE practices

Communication

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Datadog

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

Bash

Go

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Job description

RemoteStar is looking to hire a Senior Site Reliability Engineering Manager on behalf of our client based in the UK with a fully remote work policy.

About Client:

The client building, the B2B marketplace for diamonds. It’s an industry-leading B2B diamond and gemstones marketplace, connecting jewelry retailers to gemstone supplies They have a presence in London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and as well in Mumbai and now in New York in 2001.

About the role

As the SRE Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure and services through both direct technical contribution along with team building and management.

Take full ownership of the production estate from both a technical and process perspective.

Provide a consistent smooth operation of live systems and drive all on-call support issues.

Design and operate a new incident tracking process to ensure root causes are found and remediated in a timely fashion by the development team.

Create and maintain high end monitoring and automation tooling. Drive automation initiatives to streamline operational workflows and improve efficiency. Develop and maintain tools, scripts, and dashboards to monitor system health, performance, and reliability.

Build a first class SRE team. Through a combination of leading by example, coaching and mentoring, mould the team would want to have around you. Provide leadership and guidance to the SRE team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proven experience in a senior or lead SRE role, with a strong track record of building and maintaining highly reliable infrastructure and services.
• Expertise in incident management, including incident response, resolution, and post-mortem analysis.
• Proficiency in monitoring, alerting, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack or Datadog.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Strong scripting and automation skills, with proficiency in languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a remote environment.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, with a passion for mentoring and developing team members.

WHAT THEY OFFER

• Dynamic working environment in an extremely fast-growing company
• Work in an international environment
• Work in a pleasant environment with very little hierarchy
• Intellectually challenging, play a massive role in client’s success and scalability
• Flexible working hours