Director Site Reliability Engineer

AGS Cyber; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Director of Site Reliability Engineering to lead transformative initiatives in system reliability and modernization. This pivotal role focuses on maintaining uptime for critical systems and innovating CI/CD processes, ensuring cost-efficiency while enhancing performance visibility. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in cloud infrastructure and a passion for driving organizational change. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to scaling operations and delivering exceptional service, where your leadership will directly impact the company's success and growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading SRE teams and modernizing legacy systems.
• Strong background in CI/CD practices and cloud infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and ensure the reliability of critical systems.
• Drive modernization across CI/CD, observability, and cloud infrastructure.

Skills

SRE Leadership

CI/CD Modernization

Cloud Infrastructure

Performance Monitoring

Incident Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Engineering

Tools

AWS

GitHub Actions

Datadog

New Relic

Dynatrace

Job description

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Base pay range

$180,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr

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Hiring: Director of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Salary is up to $220,000 plus additional compensation, depending on experience and skills.

Our client is looking for a hands-on, high-impact SRE leader to scale, modernize, and own the reliability of systems supporting over $130M in ARR.

This isn’t just a maintenance role — it's a transformation mandate.

What You’ll Lead:

70% of your focus: Maintain and ensure the reliability of critical systems.

30% (and growing): Drive modernization across CI/CD, observability, and cloud infrastructure.

• Has proven experience modernizing SRE orgs and legacy systems.
• Knows how to balance platform reliability with cost-efficiency and innovation.
• Can roll up their sleeves and troubleshoot fast — no unnecessary escalations.
• Is obsessed with uptime, monitoring, and performance visibility.

Our Stack (and Evolution):

• CI/CD: Transitioning from Jenkins → GitHub Actions (runners)
• Monitoring: Currently using Datadog (contract ending), New Relic, Dynatrace
• Cloud: Primarily AWS; exploring GCP & Azure for multi-cloud cost strategies

What Success Looks Like:

• Reduce mean time to detect/respond to incidents
• Transition to modern, cost-effective observability
• Help architect and support Platform V2
• Own uptime for systems directly tied to company revenue

We'd love to hear from you if you're ready to lead transformation with impact — and not just talk about it.

Reach out or apply directly. Referrals welcome!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering, Information Technology, and Quality Assurance

• Industries

  IT System Custom Software Development, Information Services, and IT System Testing and Evaluation

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