IT SRE Team Lead

Cerebras Systems

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 8 years in SRE, DevOps, or IT engineering roles, with at least 2 in leadership.
  • Direct experience with AI coding tools and deploying AI agents for triage.
  • Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, or similar languages.
  • In-depth knowledge of identity platforms (Okta, Entra) and endpoint management tools (Jamf, Intune).
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform) and IT-focused CI/CD pipelines.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage on-call rotations and define SLOs effectively.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, able to handle multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the reliability strategy for internal IT systems.
  • Build and lead a team focused on automation, observability, and incident response.
  • Design automation to reduce manual IT tasks in provisioning and access management.
  • Instrument services and SaaS integrations with monitoring and alerting workflows.
  • Manage incident response for outages, including root cause analysis and remediation.
  • Advocate for infrastructure-as-code and GitOps within IT systems.
  • Collaborate with security and networking teams on reliability initiatives.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead a high-leverage engineering team.
  • Focus on automation and innovative solutions in IT operations.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge AI tools for incident management.
  • Work in a fast-paced, scaling company environment.
  • Collaborative team culture with cross-functional partnerships.
Full Job Description
About The Role

We are seeking an experienced IT SRE Team Lead to build and run the reliability function for Cerebras' internal technology estate.

The IT SRE Team Lead will be responsible for the availability, performance, and operational quality of the systems Cerebras employees rely on every day, including identity, endpoint management, collaboration, SaaS, and internal networking. The right candidate will bring a software engineering mindset to IT operations, treating corporate infrastructure as code, with measurable SLOs, automated remediation, and a ruthless focus on eliminating toil.

You will build and lead a small, high-leverage team of engineers who build tooling, write automation, and respond when things break. You will partner closely with the security, networking, and infrastructure teams to make sure the internal environment stays fast, stable, and secure as the company scales.

Responsibilities
  • Define and own the reliability strategy for internal IT systems, including SLOs, error budgets, and operational health reporting.
  • Build and lead a team of IT SRE engineers focused on automation, observability, and incident response for corporate systems.
  • Design and implement automation to eliminate manual IT work across provisioning, access management, patching, and lifecycle operations.
  • Instrument internal services and SaaS integrations with monitoring, alerting, and on-call workflows.
  • Run incident response for IT outages, including root cause analysis and durable remediation.
  • Drive infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices across IT-owned systems.
  • Partner with security and networking teams on identity, access, and network reliability.

Skills And Qualifications
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or IT engineering roles, with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity.
  • Direct hands on experience with AI coding tools, building and deploying AI agents for triage and bug fixes.
  • Strong software engineering background with hands-on experience in Python, Go, or similar, and comfort writing production-grade automation.
  • Deep experience with identity platforms (Okta, Entra), endpoint management (Jamf, Intune), and SaaS integration patterns.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines applied to IT systems.
  • Proven track record of running on-call rotations, defining SLOs, and driving operational maturity in a fast-moving environment.
  • Experience supporting highly technical engineering populations where uptime and speed both matter.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to anticipate the needs of customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Proactive, adaptable, and able to thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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