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.
$88K - $105K *
Unlock your potential as a Site Reliability Engineer, providing critical support for core software applications. Collaborate with teams to enhance system reliability and performance while managing pro...
1 week ago
$80K - $95K *
Shape your career as a Site Reliability Engineer, providing critical support for core software applications. Collaborate with teams to enhance system reliability and automate processes, ensuring optim...
1 week ago
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
$150K - $180K *
Elevate your career by leading technical initiatives in large-scale production environments. Drive reliability, scalability, and performance improvements while collaborating with cross-functional team...
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$118K *
Join us to enhance the reliability of our cardiovascular data platform. You'll ensure data integrity, manage incident responses, and automate processes, driving continuous improvements in operational...
4 weeks ago
$120K - $145K *
Transform campus reliability by leading incident response, designing monitoring systems, and driving cross-functional projects. Leverage your expertise in power, compute, and cooling to enhance operat...
1 week ago
$110K - $130K *
Help us enhance campus reliability by leading incident response, designing monitoring systems, and driving cross-functional projects. Your expertise will ensure optimal performance across power, compu...
1 week ago
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
$138K - $165K *
Oversee the establishment and leadership of the Site Reliability Engineering function, defining its vision and operating model while managing and coaching a skilled team to enhance production engineer...
2 weeks ago
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
$160K - $180K *
Drive the future of enterprise reliability by leading strategic initiatives, ensuring operational excellence, and fostering a proactive engineering culture across diverse environments and teams...
3 weeks ago
Site Reliability Engineering Manager
$114K - $190K *
Build a resilient Site Reliability Engineering practice, leading a global team to enhance cloud platform reliability, scalability, and operational excellence while fostering collaboration and continuo...
1 week ago
$100K - $130K *
Contribute to robust cloud infrastructure and CI/CD processes as you support and enhance scalable solutions. Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure high-quality service delivery while fostering...
3 weeks ago
Sr Staff Site Reliability Engineer, AI Infrastructure
$150K - $180K *
Join a team that's dedicated to enhancing infrastructure reliability and observability across diverse environments, ensuring seamless operations for engineering teams. Take ownership from provisioning...
4 weeks ago
Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer, AViD, YouTube Ads
$262K - $364K *
Drive innovative engineering solutions and lead cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability and performance, leveraging AI and automation to optimize large-scale infrastructure and production...
2 weeks ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
$150K - $180K *
Champion the reliability architecture for critical business systems, influencing engineering practices across teams. Drive incident management, observability, and deployment safety to ensure scalable...
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Staff Site Reliability Engineer, AQI Data SRE
$207K - $300K *
Drive reliability and performance in large-scale systems by leading innovative infrastructure projects and collaborating with development teams to enhance Google Ads services and ensure optimal uptime...
2 days ago
Technical Leader, SRE/Go development
$186K - $267K *
Drive the migration and operation of specialized Kubernetes workloads, enhancing reliability and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure production readiness and optimize perfor...
Reposted 1 week ago
Technical Leader, SRE/Go development
$186K - $267K *
Advance your career by leading the migration and operation of specialized Kubernetes workloads, enhancing reliability and scalability for cloud services while collaborating across teams to drive techn...
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Technical Leader, SRE/Go development
$186K - $267K *
Transform the Kubernetes landscape by leading the migration of services to an internal platform, ensuring reliability and scalability while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance cloud c...
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Technical Leader, SRE/Go development
$186K - $267K *
Elevate cloud connectivity by leading the migration of Kubernetes services, ensuring reliability and scalability while collaborating across teams to enhance platform engineering initiatives and operat...
Reposted 1 week ago
Technical Leader, SRE/Go development
$186K - $267K *
Lead the migration and support of specialized Kubernetes workloads, enhancing reliability and scalability. Collaborate across teams to drive operational excellence and implement production-quality sof...
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Director, Systems Reliability Engineering
$148K - $217K *
Unlock your potential by leading global technology strategies that enhance distribution and logistics operations. Drive innovation, improve service quality, and foster operational excellence through A...
3 weeks ago
Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Observability
$145K - $175K *
Transform operations by leading a team of Site Reliability Engineers to enhance observability, scalability, and reliability of cloud and on-prem solutions through automation and best practices in a co...
2 weeks ago
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Services
$145K - $175K *
Champion the reliability and performance of critical network services, leveraging DevOps best practices to enhance scalability and efficiency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize tools...
3 weeks ago
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$90K - $110K *
Join a dynamic team as you enhance the reliability and performance of production environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate operations, diagnose complex incidents, and drive con...
1 week ago
Data Center Site Reliability Engineer
$95K - $115K *
Engage as the essential on-site technical resource for a data center, managing day-to-day operations while collaborating with global engineering teams to ensure system reliability and operational exce...
Reposted 1 week ago
Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
$190K - $250K *
Lead the charge in automating deployment processes for secure environments, ensuring seamless, reliable installations and upgrades. Collaborate with engineers to enhance deployment efficiency and crea...
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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.