Vice President of Site Reliability Engineering

About the Job

Our client is seeking a Vice President of Site Reliability Engineering to lead infrastructure automation and platform reliability initiatives within a highly scalable hybrid environment. This individual will be responsible for driving automation strategy, establishing Infrastructure as Code standards, overseeing platform reliability, and mentoring a team of engineers focused on building and maintaining modern infrastructure services. The role offers the opportunity to remain hands-on while influencing the long-term direction of infrastructure engineering across the organization.

What You'll Do:

• Define and enforce Infrastructure as Code standards to drive consistent, scalable, and secure deployments.
• Oversee configuration management, system provisioning, image lifecycle management, and infrastructure automation across Windows and Linux environments.
• Develop and enhance self-service platforms that improve engineering efficiency, deployment velocity, and operational stability.
• Own monitoring, observability, and reliability initiatives for internal infrastructure and automation platforms.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, networking, and engineering teams to improve operational workflows and platform capabilities.
• Drive the development of internal tooling and automation solutions using modern scripting and programming languages.
• Establish best practices around infrastructure lifecycle management, performance optimization, and platform scalability.

What We're Looking For:

• 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Deep expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices in enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible and large-scale automation initiatives.
• Experience managing and automating VMware-based environments as well as public cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Proficiency with scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, or related platforms.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and modern software delivery practices.
• Ability to support and troubleshoot both Windows and Linux infrastructure environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience leading or managing engineering teams.
• Experience with identity and access management platforms.
• Exposure to enterprise storage, backup, disaster recovery, and large-scale infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, infrastructure architecture, and systems performance optimization.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Annual performance bonus
• Equity participation
• Fully remote work environment
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company contribution
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Opportunity to help shape and scale a modern infrastructure automation function within a growing technology-driven organization.