SRE Lead Engineer: Platform Reliability & Excellence

Vodafone; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Learning opportunities

Health program

Mobility

Job summary

Vodafone is seeking an SRE Staff Engineer to drive Site Reliability Engineering across SMA. You will lead reliability initiatives, set SLOs/SLIs, and oversee incident management with a focus on SaaS, on‑prem, cloud and hybrid platforms.

You will line-manage the Operations Manager and DevOps engineers, champion observability, and partner with DevOps, development and data teams to improve platform quality and resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master in Computer Science or related field.
• Proven experience in an SRE or DevOps role within multi‑platform environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud, Linux/Unix, networking, IaC and observability.
• Experience leading SRE adoption and managing incidents and risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead SRE adoption across SMA and align with engineering teams.
• Define SLOs/SLIs, incident management and reliability improvements.
• Line manage the Operations Manager and DevOps engineers.
• Collaborate with DevOps, development and data teams on reliability priorities.

Skills

SRE leadership

DevOps

Cloud

Linux/Unix

Observability

Leadership

Education

Bachelor/Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Observability tools

Job description

Vodafone is seeking an SRE Staff Engineer to drive Site Reliability Engineering across SMA. You will lead reliability initiatives, set SLOs/SLIs, and oversee incident management with a focus on SaaS, on‑prem, cloud and hybrid platforms.

You will line-manage the Operations Manager and DevOps engineers, champion observability, and partner with DevOps, development and data teams to improve platform quality and resilience.