Senior Manager – Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)- Remote

First Advantage

Bengaluru

On-site

INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive employee Leave policy

Career Development programs

Medical Insurance coverage

Quarterly Rewards and Recognition program

Other attractive allowances

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Manager – Site Reliability Engineering to lead and enhance their SRE function. This strategic role involves managing a team, ensuring system reliability, and driving best practices in operational excellence. Candidates should have substantial experience in software engineering and cloud-native environments. The position offers a hybrid working model and comprehensive employee benefits including medical insurance and continuous learning opportunities.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
Proven experience managing large-scale, distributed systems in a cloud-native environment.
Deep understanding of Linux systems, networking, and modern infrastructure practices.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a high-performing team of SREs across multiple time zones.
Drive the adoption of SRE best practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
Champion automation to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Monitoring (AppD, Splunk)

Automation (Terraform, Ansible)

CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Senior Manager – Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to lead and scale our SRE function in India. This role is pivotal in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our production systems while fostering a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement. You will lead a team of SREs responsible for designing and implementing robust infrastructure, automating operations, and driving incident management and service reliability across our platforms.

What You’ll Do

Leadership & Strategy
- Lead and mentor a high-performing team of SREs across multiple time zones.
- Execute the SRE roadmap aligned with business and engineering goals.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and infrastructure teams to ensure system reliability and performance.
Reliability Engineering
- Drive the adoption of SRE best practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
- Lead efforts in capacity planning, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.
- Oversee incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems.
Automation & Tooling
- Champion automation to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, and infrastructure-as-code solutions.
Operational Excellence
- Establish and monitor key metrics for system health and team performance.
- Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory standards.
- Foster a culture of blameless postmortems and continuous learning.

What You May Need to Be Successful

10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
Proven experience managing large-scale, distributed systems in a cloud-native environment (AWS, Azure).
Strong expertise in monitoring (AppD, Splunk), automation (Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Deep understanding of Linux systems, networking, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern infrastructure practices.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in a global, matrixed organization.
Contributions to open-source SRE or DevOps tools.

Why First Advantage is Your Next Big Career Move

First Advantage is going through a technology transformation! We are looking for experts who are excited to work with advanced technologies and provide best-in-class user experiences, drive the development and deployment of scalable solutions, and smoothly guide our agile teams and clients through meaningful changes as we continue to expand our impact.

What Are You Waiting For? Apply Today!

You have learned a little about us today – we want to learn about you! If you think this position and our company are a great fit for your areas of interest and expertise, tell us about you by applying now!

Employee Benefits – India Region

Most of the roles are enabled with the ability to work remotely with occasional business travel. Hybrid working model

Comprehensive employee Leave policy

Career progressions through Internal job opportunities and Global Talent mobility programs

Career Development: Mentoring Program, People Management Program, cross-functions training, soft skills training.

Continuous learning and development opportunities. Upskilling and reskilling opportunities mobilized through e-learning platforms

Training and Certification reimbursement programs

Medical Insurance coverage for employees and parental insurance benefits available. Calendarized Employee Wellness programs

Quarterly Rewards and Recognition program to recognize exemplary performance

Other attractive allowances – Weekend working, Holiday pay, Relocation assistance, Maternity bonus, Creche allowance & Other allowance etc.

United States Equal Opportunity Employment

First Advantage is proud to be a global leader in removing barriers and supporting our community members to ensure the changing demographics of the workforce are reflected in our hiring and employment practices. We value all of our candidates, employees, and clients, and place great emphasis on hiring and supporting qualified individuals in each role. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other area protected by applicable law.

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