Remote SRE Engineering Manager, Platform Reliability

Sophos Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work model

Job summary

Sophos seeks an experienced Manager, Software Engineering (SRE) to lead a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada, focusing on reliability, scalability, and efficient cloud operations.

You will guide AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform/IaC, and automation efforts while driving incident response and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes leadership, governance, and collaboration with security, release, and product teams to deliver reliable cloud services at scale.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading site reliability engineers and platform operations.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Master’s a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers focused on SRE, platform operations, release engineering, and automation.
• Define and execute the roadmap for SRE and operational improvements with senior leadership.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment reliability, and environment stability across cloud platforms.
• Drive incident management, root-cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions to reduce repeat incidents.
• Ensure security, governance, and compliance practices are integrated into operational workflows.
• Plan sprint delivery, prioritize reliability work, and align with product and business priorities.
• Communicate status and risks to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Site reliability

DevOps

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes/EKS

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Python scripting

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree a plus

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Artifactory

Job description

Sophos seeks an experienced Manager, Software Engineering (SRE) to lead a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada, focusing on reliability, scalability, and efficient cloud operations.

You will guide AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform/IaC, and automation efforts while driving incident response and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes leadership, governance, and collaboration with security, release, and product teams to deliver reliable cloud services at scale.