Job Title: Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Location: Bangalore, Hyderabad & Chennai (Hybrid)
Experience: 8–14 Years
Job Summary
We are looking for a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead a team of 5–6 engineers in a 24x7 production support environment. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Incident Management, Linux, Kubernetes, Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), DevOps, Automation, and Production Operations with the ability to drive reliability, automation, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a team of 5–6 SREs and coordinate daily operations.
- Act as Incident Commander during critical production incidents.
- Drive RCA, incident triage, and rapid issue resolution.
- Build automation to reduce manual operational tasks.
- Monitor system health and improve platform reliability.
- Troubleshoot Linux, Kubernetes, Cloud, Networking, and distributed systems.
- Prepare weekly/monthly KPI reports and collaborate with global engineering teams.
Mandatory Skills
- 8+ years in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) / Production Support
- Team Lead experience
- Incident Management, RCA & Incident Command
- Linux Administration
- Kubernetes & Docker
- AWS / Azure / GCP
- DevOps & CI/CD (GitHub/GitLab/Harness/Jenkins)
- Automation using Python/Shell/Bash
- Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, Load Balancers)
- Experience with Java/Node.js applications is a plus
Preferred
- Experience in Fortune 500 or large enterprise environments
- Akamai/CDN knowledge
- Hybrid/Multi-cloud infrastructure experience
- AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude)
Looking for professionals who can thrive in high-pressure production environments, lead critical incidents, and drive automation to improve system reliability.
