IT SRE Team Lead

Cerebras; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras is seeking an experienced IT SRE Team Lead in Sunnyvale, California, to oversee the reliability for their internal technology estate. The ideal candidate will lead a team responsible for ensuring the performance and operational quality of internal systems.

This position demands a software engineering mindset, advocating for automation, and collaboration across security and infrastructure teams. A strong background in SRE or DevOps is essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or IT engineering roles.
• At least 2 years in a leadership capacity.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define and own reliability strategy for internal IT systems.
• Build and lead a team of IT SRE engineers focused on automation.
• Run incident response for IT outages including root cause analysis.

Skills

Experience in SRE, DevOps, or IT engineering roles

Hands-on experience with AI coding tools

Strong software engineering background in Python or Go

Experience with identity platforms (Okta, Entra)

Hands-on experience with Terraform

Job description

Cerebras Systems builds the world’s largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs, delivering industry‑leading training and inference speeds.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced IT SRE Team Lead to build and run the reliability function for Cerebras’ internal technology estate.

The IT SRE Team Lead will be responsible for the availability, performance, and operational quality of the systems Cerebras employees rely on every day, including identity, endpoint management, collaboration, SaaS, and internal networking. The right candidate will bring a software engineering mindset to IT operations, treating corporate infrastructure as code, with measurable SLOs, automated remediation, and a ruthless focus on eliminating toil.

You will build and lead a small, high‑leverage team of engineers who build tooling, write automation, and respond when things break. You will partner closely with the security, networking, and infrastructure teams to keep the internal environment fast, stable, and secure as the company scales.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the reliability strategy for internal IT systems, including SLOs, error budgets, and operational health reporting.
• Build and lead a team of IT SRE engineers focused on automation, observability, and incident response for corporate systems.
• Design and implement automation to eliminate manual IT work across provisioning, access management, patching, and lifecycle operations.
• Instrument internal services and SaaS integrations with monitoring, alerting, and on‑call workflows.
• Run incident response for IT outages, including root cause analysis and durable remediation.
• Drive infrastructure‑as‑code and GitOps practices across IT‑owned systems.
• Partner with security and networking teams on identity, access, and network reliability.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or IT engineering roles, with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity.
• Direct hands‑on experience with AI coding tools, building and deploying AI agents for triage and bug fixes.
• Strong software engineering background with hands‑on experience in Python, Go, or similar, and comfort writing production‑grade automation.
• Deep experience with identity platforms (Okta, Entra), endpoint management (Jamf, Intune), and SaaS integration patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines applied to IT systems.
• Proven track record of running on‑call rotations, defining SLOs, and driving operational maturity in a fast‑moving environment.
• Experience supporting highly technical engineering populations where uptime and speed both matter.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Detail‑oriented with the ability to anticipate the needs of customers and internal stakeholders.
• Proactive, adaptable, and able to thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.

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