SAP · 10 hours ago
Secure Reliability Engineering Manager
Reston, VA, US, 20191
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $374K/yr
10+ years expSAP is a leader in enterprise application software, and they are seeking an experienced Secure Reliability Engineering Manager to lead the reliability and secure operation of a sovereign cloud platform. The role involves ensuring that availability, performance, and security are integrated into the platform design, while also managing a team of Secure Reliability Engineers.
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Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Own the reliability, availability, and resilience of sovereign cloud platforms supporting regulated workloads across hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP, and sovereign variants)
Design and enforce secure information and failure boundaries, including:
Network segmentation and fault isolation
Identity, access, and privilege separation
Data residency, encryption, and key management controls
Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets aligned with sovereign and regulatory requirements
Partner with Security, Architecture, and Compliance teams to ensure reliability designs meet sovereignty, regulatory, and contractual obligations
Lead development and governance of Terraform-based IaC frameworks with reliability and security baked in
Establish reusable modules, standards, and pipelines for:
Cloud-native services (compute, storage, networking, identity)
Built-in resilience patterns (multi-zone, multi-region, failover)
Embedded security and compliance controls
Drive automation for:
Provisioning and configuration
Drift detection and remediation
Capacity management and lifecycle operations
Build and operate reliability-focused CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform services
Lead operational practices including:
Monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting
Incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
Change, release, and reliability risk management
Reduce toil through automation while maintaining strict security and change controls
Implement security-by-default and resilience-by-design practices across all environments
Ensure operational alignment with frameworks such as:
Zero Trust architecture
NIST, ISO, SOC, or equivalent regulatory standards
Support audits and assessments by delivering traceable, code-driven controls, operational evidence, and reliability metrics
Treat compliance gaps, security weaknesses, and reliability risks as production-impacting issues
Govern and operate cloud-native and open-source platforms such as:
Kubernetes, Helm, Argo, Vault, Open Policy Agent
Ensure platforms are secure, observable, resilient, and supportable
Evaluate emerging technologies that improve reliability, security posture, and operational efficiency
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Secure Reliability Engineers
Establish an SRE culture focused on:
Blameless incident response
Continuous improvement
Strong operational ownership
Define clear roadmaps, reliability goals, and success metrics aligned with business and sovereign requirements
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering
4+ years of experience leading or managing technical teams
Deep hands-on experience with Terraform in production, regulated environments
Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Proven experience designing highly available, secure, and isolated cloud platforms
Strong understanding of: Cloud security fundamentals (IAM, encryption, network security, secrets management)
Strong understanding of: Reliability engineering concepts (SLOs, error budgets, incident management)
Experience with CI/CD, observability, and automation tooling
Preferred
Experience supporting sovereign, government, or highly regulated environments
Kubernetes platform reliability experience in security-sensitive contexts
Familiarity with policy-as-code, compliance-as-code, and reliability-as-code approaches
Cloud security, SRE, or DevOps certifications (AWS, Azure, CKA, Terraform Associate, etc.)
Experience working closely with GRC, legal, audit, and compliance stakeholders
Benefits
Great benefits
Summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements
Company
SAP
SAP provides enterprise application software to various industries, including consumer, discrete manufacturing, public services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.3BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2019-04-24Post Ipo Equity· $1.3B
2015-06-01Grant· $1.37M
1998-08-03IPO
Leadership Team
Christian Klein
CEO & Member of the Executive Board
Sandi de Souza
Chief Financial Officer: Africa
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