Leidos · 16 hours ago
SRE Technical Manager - Transport
Norfolk, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$116K/yr - $210K/yr
8+ years expLeidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. They are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SRE Technical Manager to lead their Transport Site Reliability Engineering team, managing a group of engineers to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of critical systems.
ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Manage and mentor 5-6 SRE teams (pods) and 60+ FTEs, providing guidance, setting performance expectations, and fostering professional development
Work collaboratively with SRE Resource Managers to staff and maintain engineering resources for your SRE vertical teams' reliability and scalability goals
Responsible for the P&L across the Transport Services vertical. Manage the SRE team’s resources, including budget planning, tool selection, and infrastructure investments to meet reliability and scalability needs
Meet regularly with your team members, participate in performance reviews and interviews, and development planning
Oversee the reliability, availability, and performance of critical systems by leading the SRE teams within the data center vertical in implementing monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization strategies
Ensure the team adheres to best practices for system reliability, automation, and operational efficiency
Drive continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing performance metrics (e.g., SLOs, MTTR, MTBF) and identifying areas for enhancement
Collaborate with operations, quality, cybersecurity and other SRE engineering teams to define and enforce Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and manage error budgets
Act as a liaison between the SRE team and other departments to prioritize reliability and operational needs in the product development process
Collaborate with senior leadership to define the SRE strategy, set long-term reliability goals, and ensure alignment with business objectives
Lead efforts to reduce operational toil through automation. Work with the team to build or enhance automation tools that manage infrastructure, monitor systems, and respond to incidents
Oversee the development and adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, CI/CD pipelines, and other automation processes
Ensure that SRE practices align with organizational security policies and compliance requirements
Collaborate with security teams to integrate reliability-focused security practices into the design and operation of systems
Ensure systems meet or exceed agreed-upon service levels by proactively addressing potential issues and working with stakeholders to align on reliability expectations
Work within a SRE team, collaborating with other Developers, Security, and Operations, to continuously deliver products and increase the value stream for the organization and customers
Embrace and champion Agile development processes and adoption to modern Site Reliability Engineering workflows and practices while providing technical guidance to team members and coworkers on best practices
Stay up to date on the latest Site Reliability Engineering practices and technologies
Strive to provide internal and external customers with excellent customer service and world-class service
Resolve most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently but intuitively raise sophisticated or consequential issues to senior management
Qualification
Required
Requires B.S. Degree (or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or Master's with 6+ years of prior relevant experience with 8-10 years of SRE or DevOps experience and at least 4 years in a leader or manager capacity
US Citizen with DoD Secret Clearance
Minimum of DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II Certification required prior to onboarding and must maintain certification while supporting the SMIT Contract
Must be able to support program execution in classified environments and access SIPRNet from an NMCI location on short notice (local travel)
Exceptional written and oral communication skills include producing technical analysis/reports, presentations and executive level briefings with internal and external stakeholders
Ability to review requirements, comprehend, and solution capabilities that satisfy customer requirements
Ability to work in a highly collaborative, forward thinking, and innovation-driven environment
Proven experience managing teams responsible for large-scale, distributed systems with high reliability and performance demands
Strong track record of managing incidents, conducting postmortems, and implementing reliability improvements
Experience implementing and managing Agile or DevOps processes, with a focus on continuous improvement, efficiency, and team productivity
Ability to lead teams through strategic initiatives such as reliability maturity assessments, process automation, and tooling selection
Solid understanding of SRE principles, including Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgeting
Experience with commercial cloud infrastructure deployment environments such as AWS and Azure
Strong knowledge of automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Experience with Agile and DevSecOps/SRE concepts and best practices
Hand-on experience with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)
Experience creating JIRA and/or Azure DevOps workflows, projects, custom configurations
Solid experience with integrating/maintaining with various 3rd party CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Gitlab
Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools like Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, or similar technologies
Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF), DISA STIGs
Preferred
Previous work experience providing support to the NGEN-NMCI program is highly desired
Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
Familiarity with serverless and event-driven architectures
Certification in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure Certified DevOps Engineer)
Experience in high-growth environments or managing teams during significant scaling periods
ITILv4 and Agile SAFe certifications or applicable experience
Benefits
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement
Company
Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO
Leadership Team
James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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