Head of Platform Infra & SRE

Naviga Recruiting & Executive Search

Tampa (FL)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Naviga Recruiting & Executive Search is seeking a seasoned technology leader to drive the design and execution of a redesigned infrastructure platform. You will build and scale SRE, Platform Engineering, and Backend Software Engineering functions across global teams, aligning with product growth and reliability goals.

The role emphasizes high availability, observability, and automation, with extensive international travel and a hybrid Tampa-based work arrangement.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in software engineering, infrastructure, or SRE roles.
  • Proven leadership of infra/SRE teams supporting SaaS or mission-critical systems.
  • Deep knowledge of distributed systems, scalable hybrid cloud, and self-hosted environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a global team of ~20 across SRE, Platform, and Backend Engineering.
  • Define and execute infrastructure roadmap aligned with product growth and reliability goals.
  • Champion SLOs, SLAs, and incident response with automated on-call processes.
  • Oversee hybrid cloud and self-hosted architectures for high availability.
  • Own observability stacks and drive IaC, CI/CD, deployment automation, and config management.
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure platform integrity and audit-readiness.

Skills

Leadership
SRE
Distributed systems
Terraform
Prometheus
Grafana
CI/CD
Hybrid cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Prometheus
Grafana
Datadog
Terraform

Job description

Naviga Recruiting & Executive Search is seeking a seasoned technology leader to drive the design and execution of a redesigned infrastructure platform. You will build and scale SRE, Platform Engineering, and Backend Software Engineering functions across global teams, aligning with product growth and reliability goals.

The role emphasizes high availability, observability, and automation, with extensive international travel and a hybrid Tampa-based work arrangement.

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