VP of Reliability & Tech Operations Excellence

Antares Capital LP

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 175,000 - 225,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k)

Profit sharing

Paid time off

Maven family benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Antares Capital LP seeks a VP of Reliability Engineering & Technology Operations to lead production operations, reliability engineering, observability, and automation across cloud platforms. You will partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Data, and Business teams to ensure systems are secure, observable, scalable, and operationally mature.

This leadership role drives AI-enabled operational capabilities, service ownership, and KPI-driven improvements, shaping the future of

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, technology operations, or related technical disciplines.
3-5+ years of experience leading engineering, reliability, platform, cloud, DevOps, or technology operations teams.
Strong experience operating and supporting applications within Microsoft Azure environments.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container-based platforms.
Experience supporting distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
Strong understanding of application architecture, system dependencies, and production support models.
Experience leading major incident response activities and outage management processes.
Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions using tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic, or similar platforms.
Experience building automation solutions using scripting languages, APIs, orchestration tools, and workflow platforms.
Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, release management, and software delivery practices.
Demonstrated ability to define, measure, and improve KPIs related to reliability, availability, operational efficiency, and service quality.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business leaders.
Preferred: Experience building or leading Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, DevOps, or Platform Engineering organizations.
Experience implementing AI-assisted operational workflows, AIOps platforms, AI agents, or intelligent automation solutions.
Experience with ServiceNow, Control-M, or equivalent enterprise operational platforms.
Experience operating within highly regulated environments.
Financial services experience, including asset management, lending, banking, private credit, or investment management.

Responsibilities

Lead Reliability Engineering function; define strategies to improve reliability, resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence.
Oversee production operations; establish support models, ownership boundaries, and service management processes.
Provide Azure Cloud & Kubernetes operations leadership; optimize reliability and capacity.
Be executive incident leader during major production events and coordinate cross-functional teams.
Champion automation and AI-enabled operations; drive self-healing capabilities.
Mentor high-performing teams and build partnerships across Engineering, Infrastructure, Data, and Business units.
Manage vendor relationships and ensure service commitments.
Ensure disaster recovery and business continuity readiness; develop recovery automation.
Define and report operational KPIs; drive continuous improvement across the org.