SRE Engineering Manager

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Job Description: SRE Engineering Manager - DevOps & Reliability

Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SRE Engineering Manager to lead our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps teams. This leader will play a crucial role in overseeing the software development lifecycle, driving automation, reliability, and performance improvements, while ensuring alignment with company objectives. This position requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage a team of engineers. As a key enabler of business success, the SRE Engineering Manager will be instrumental in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our systems, applications, and infrastructure.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Development

Oversee the software development lifecycle from design to deployment, ensuring on-time delivery and high-quality software.

Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineers, ensuring they are continuously growing and able to meet business needs.

Strategic Leadership & Execution

Define and track key metrics such as MTTR, deployment frequency, error rates, and change failure rates to assess the success of SRE and DevOps initiatives.

Take full ownership of product development execution across R&D, Solutions Engineering, DevOps, and reliability, ensuring timely and efficient delivery.

Process & Standards Improvement

Promote and implement agile methodologies and engineering best practices (e.g., CI/CD, automated testing, and DevSecOps).

Standardize DevOps tools, practices, and governance across the organization, working closely with DevOps architects and engineers.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

Act as the bridge between engineering teams, product management, security, and platform teams to ensure seamless communication and collaboration.

Advocate for the adoption of SRE-driven toolchains and reliability practices across the organization

• Multitask Across Multiple Verticals and Platforms:

Manage the operations and reliability of services across multiple business verticals and platforms.

Coordinate with different teams to ensure seamless integration, performance, and reliability across all systems.

What You Will Have

Technical Expertise
Strong background in DevOps and SRE, with hands-on experience in CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/GCP/Azure, and observability tools.

In-depth understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and GitOps.

Expertise in reliability engineering practices, including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and incident management.

Solid experience with DevSecOps, ensuring security and compliance in DevOps workflows.

Proficient in monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and the ELK stack.

Why Join Us? As an SRE Engineering Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of our engineering operations. You will work with a talented, motivated team, and be at the forefront of implementing cutting-edge technology solutions. We offer a dynamic, collaborative work environment with opportunities for growth, leadership, and impact.

What We Do For You

Wellbeing focused - Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral.

Annual Leave - 20 days of annual leave, plus public holidays

Employee Assistance Programme - Free advice, support, and confidential counselling available 24/7.

Personal Growth - We're committed to enabling your growth personally and professionally through development programmes.

Life Insurance - 2x annual salary

Personal Accident Insurance - providing cover in the event of serious injury/illness.

Performance Bonus - Our Group-wide bonus scheme enables you to reap the rewards of your success.

Who We Are

OneAdvanced is one UK's largest providers of business software and services serving 20,000+ global customers with an annual turnover of £330M+. We manage 1.5 million 111 calls per month, support over 2 million Further Education learners across the UK, handle over 10 million wills, and so much more. Our mission is to power the world of work and, as you can see, our software underpins some of the UK's most critical sectors.

We invest in our brilliant people. They are at the heart of our success as we strive to be a diverse, inclusive and engaging place to work that not only powers the world of work, but empowers the growth, ambitions and talent of our people.