Senior Manager Software Engineering Sre Job in Optum

About the Role:

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Team Lead at Optum, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our critical systems. You will lead a high-performing team, drive strategic initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Build, develop, and lead a world-class SRE team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards.
• Incident Management: Lead incident response efforts, drive root cause analysis, and implement effective solutions to prevent future occurrences.
• Automation and Tooling: Champion automation initiatives, leveraging tools like Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline operations and reduce manual effort.
• Performance Optimization: Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations to ensure optimal performance and scalability.
• Infrastructure as Code: Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code practices to improve consistency, reliability, and efficiency.
• Cloud Expertise: Leverage cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) to build and maintain scalable and resilient infrastructure.
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to align on goals, strategies, and priorities.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and execute a long-term SRE strategy that aligns with the organization's business objectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related roles.
• 3+ years of experience leading and managing technical teams.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash) and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of chaos engineering and resilience engineering principles.
• Certifications in relevant technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).