SRE Project Manager

Onward Search; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Program

Commuter Benefit

eLearning and Ongoing Training

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Onward Search is seeking an SRE Project Manager for a temporary, remote-in-region assignment. The role drives delivery across infrastructure, reliability, incident management, observability, and cloud cost optimization.

You will coordinate across Development, Security, and Cloud Engineering and maintain Jira workflows. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in technical program management within software teams, strong Agile/Scrum knowledge, and experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and observability tools.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in technical program management, PM, or product ownership in software engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum principles and Jira/Confluence best practices.
• Experience with cloud-native tech and IaC tools (AWS, Kubernetes, ECS, Terraform).
• Familiarity with observability, incident response, and cost optimization tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, backlog refinement, sprint execution, and post-mortem activities for SRE teams.
• Coordinate work across Development, Security, and Cloud Engineering partners.
• Maintain Jira workflows with defined, estimated, and linked tickets.
• Track and communicate progress on reliability, performance, and cost initiatives.
• Facilitate ceremonies and leadership reviews, driving process improvements.

Skills

Agile & Scrum

Technical program management

Backlog refinement

Cross-team coordination

Tools

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Kubernetes

ECS

Terraform

Datadog

New Relic

PagerDuty

Job description

Our client is seeking an SRE Project Manager for a temporary, remote-in-region opportunity. This role coordinates SRE initiatives, aligns engineering partners, and drives delivery across infrastructure, reliability, incident management, observability, and cloud cost efforts.

The application deadline for this role is XX/XX/XXXX.

SRE Project Manager Responsibilities:

• Lead planning, backlog refinement, sprint execution, and post-mortem activities for SRE teams.
• Coordinate work across Development, Security, and Cloud Engineering partners.
• Maintain Jira workflows, ensuring tickets are defined, estimated, assigned, and properly linked.
• Track and communicate progress on reliability, performance, and cost-focused initiatives.
• Facilitate team ceremonies and leadership reviews while improving processes through retrospectives and experimentation.

SRE Project Manager Qualifications:

• Availability to work from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. US Eastern Time.
• At least four years of experience in technical program management, project management, or product ownership within software engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles, along with Jira and Confluence best practices.
• Familiarity with cloud-native technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, ECS, and Terraform.
• Experience with observability, alerting, and incident response tools such as Datadog, New Relic, and PagerDuty.

Perks and Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• 401(k) Program.
• Commuter Benefit.
• eLearning and Ongoing Training.
• Education Reimbursement.

Eligibility requires working over 30 hours per week on an assignment lasting at least 10 weeks.