Explore Director of Site Reliability Engineering opportunities for experienced technology leaders ready to build reliable, scalable digital services. These senior roles shape site reliability engineering (SRE) strategy, guide teams responsible for production systems, and partner across engineering, security, and product organizations. Find vetted professional openings on Ladders, including roles with compensation of $100,000 or more.
A Director of SRE sets the direction for reliability engineering across products and infrastructure. Responsibilities may include defining service-level objectives (SLOs), improving incident response and post-incident learning, managing on-call practices, and reducing operational toil through automation. Directors also help teams balance reliability, delivery speed, performance, and cost.
Employers commonly seek leadership experience in SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure, along with a strong understanding of distributed systems and production operations. Valuable skills include observability, incident management, capacity planning, automation, and infrastructure as code. Communication, organization-wide influence, and the ability to develop technical leaders are also essential.
These leaders work across industries that depend on available, secure, and performant software, including technology, financial services, healthcare, ecommerce, and telecommunications. Opportunities may be remote, hybrid, or office-based, with scope ranging from a single product platform to reliability programs spanning a global organization.
Search Director of Site Reliability Engineering jobs on Ladders to find vetted professional opportunities paying $100,000 or more. Compare role scope, team responsibilities, work arrangements, and compensation to identify positions that fit your leadership experience and career goals.
Senior Director of Site Reliability Engineering
$160K - $200K *
Innovate and lead the development of a world-class Site Reliability Engineering organization, establishing reliability practices and culture across product portfolios while driving organizational tran...
1 week ago
Manager, Site Reliability Engineering
$130K - $160K *
Join a team that's dedicated to building resilient infrastructure and leading a skilled SRE group. You'll drive incident management, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and leverage AI to enha...
2 weeks ago
Manager, Site Reliability Engineering
$130K - $155K *
Champion reliability by leading a skilled SRE team to enhance infrastructure, automate processes, and integrate AI solutions, ensuring optimal performance and incident management while fostering a cul...
2 weeks ago
$80K - $125K *
Optimize system reliability by monitoring critical applications, troubleshooting incidents, and collaborating with technical teams to ensure seamless operations. Join a mission-driven team dedicated t...
2 weeks ago
$178K - $205K *
Drive the development and enhancement of automation utilities while ensuring system reliability and compliance across all environments. Collaborate on upgrades and issues to optimize service delivery...
Reposted 5 days ago
Service Reliability Engineering Technical Lead
$250K - $300K *
Drive the evolution of a robust Kubernetes platform, ensuring performance and reliability across hundreds of clusters. Collaborate with teams to optimize infrastructure, automate processes, and delive...
3 weeks ago
Service Reliability Engineering Technical Lead
$250K - $300K *
Unlock potential by leading the Container Infrastructure team to enhance our Kubernetes platform, ensuring performance and reliability while driving automation and collaboration across business units...
3 weeks ago
Director, Site Reliability Engineer
$180K - $219K *
Champion the reliability and observability of Azure-hosted systems, leading SRE practices to enhance performance, security, and customer experience across enterprise applications and infrastructure...
2 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering
$207K - $300K *
Unlock the potential of large-scale systems by combining software and systems engineering to enhance reliability, performance, and automation in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement...
1 week ago
Site Reliability Engineering Lead
$150K - $180K *
Drive the establishment of a new SRE organization, leading cross-team production operations. You will shape processes, hiring, and incident management for a cutting-edge AI supercomputing platform wit...
4 weeks ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
$181K - $263K *
Champion the future of reliability engineering by defining SRE strategy, driving automation, and enhancing global infrastructure. Influence architecture decisions and mentor teams to elevate operation...
1 week ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
$181K - $263K *
Discover your potential as you define and drive SRE strategy, enhance global infrastructure, and lead engineering excellence across diverse teams and products in this impactful senior role...
1 week ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
$181K - $263K *
Accelerate your career by defining SRE strategy and driving operational excellence across global infrastructure. Influence architecture decisions and mentor teams while ensuring high availability and...
1 week ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
$200K - $285K *
Join a team that's pivotal in ensuring our cloud infrastructure is reliable and scalable. You will build, operate, and enhance production systems using Kubernetes, AWS, and automation, making an impac...
Reposted 1 week ago
Site Reliability Engineer - AI Platform
$89K - $121K *
Join a dynamic engineering team to support and enhance a Kubernetes-based AI platform. Contribute to operational excellence through automation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement, ensuring re...
Yesterday
Site Reliability Engineering Team Lead (Principal SRE)
$150K - $180K *
Unlock potential by leading our Site Reliability Engineering team, ensuring the reliability and performance of our cloud-native platform. Drive technical excellence, cultivate a high-performance cultu...
Reposted 4 weeks ago
Director, Site Reliability Engineering - Digital Assets
$126K - $255K *
Unlock the potential of scalable cloud environments by leading a skilled team of Site Reliability Engineers, driving the implementation of industry best practices, and partnering across functions to e...
Reposted 5 days ago
Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Data- FreeWheel
$152K - $228K *
Transform data reliability and performance as an SRE, ensuring scalable infrastructure, automation of operations, and cross-team collaboration to optimize data systems while swiftly addressing issues...
Reposted 3 weeks ago
Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Data- FreeWheel
$152K - $228K *
Manage and optimize data systems' reliability, scalability, and performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, automate operations, and enhance incident response for robust data infrastructure...
Reposted 3 weeks ago
$95K - $134K *
Innovate in site reliability engineering to enhance our platform's stability, performance, and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive key technical initiatives to achieve excep...
Reposted 3 weeks ago
$95K - $134K *
Develop and drive key reliability initiatives as a Site Reliability Engineer, collaborating with development teams to enhance system performance, automate tasks, and ensure system stability while adap...
Reposted 3 weeks ago
Site Reliability Engineering Lead
$118K - $219K *
Drive operational excellence by leading a team of SREs to enhance cloud infrastructure, automate processes, and ensure reliability across services while fostering a collaborative environment for conti...
2 weeks ago
Site Reliability Engineering Lead
$118K - $219K *
Shape the future of cloud infrastructure by leading a dynamic SRE team, driving automation, and enhancing operational excellence across scalable platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to e...
2 weeks ago
Site Reliability Engineering Lead
$118K - $219K *
Transform the future of cloud infrastructure by leading a dynamic SRE team, driving automation, and enhancing operational excellence across scalable platforms while fostering collaboration and continu...
4 weeks ago
$88K - $105K *
Unlock potential by providing escalated engineering support and maintaining production servers. Collaborate with development teams to ensure service reliability and enhance operational efficiency in a...
1 week ago
What does a Director of Site Reliability Engineering do?
A Director of SRE leads reliability strategy and teams that keep production services dependable, scalable, and efficient. The role often covers SLOs, incident response, automation, observability, and operational practices.
What qualifications are common for Director of SRE jobs?
Employers generally look for substantial experience leading SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure teams, plus knowledge of cloud systems, distributed architectures, incident management, and automation. Strong communication and organizational leadership are also important.
What is the difference between an SRE director and an SRE manager?
An SRE manager often leads a team or specific operational area, while a director typically sets broader strategy across multiple teams or services, develops leaders, and aligns reliability priorities with organizational goals. Exact scope varies by employer.
What industries hire Directors of Site Reliability Engineering?
Technology companies and organizations in finance, healthcare, ecommerce, telecommunications, and other software-dependent industries hire SRE directors to improve availability, performance, and resilience.
Can I find $100,000+ Director of SRE jobs on Ladders?
Ladders focuses on vetted professional jobs paying $100,000 or more. Review each listing for its specific compensation range, responsibilities, and work arrangement.