Site Reliability Engineering Manager (SRE)

TL;DR

Site Reliability Engineering Manager (SRE): Leading the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical production platforms with an accent on database expertise and operational excellence. Focus on building a culture of automation, managing SLIs/SLOs, and optimizing high-availability systems.

Location: Montevideo

Company

A global leader in simulation, training, and mission readiness, supporting critical operations worldwide for nearly 80 years.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team of reliability engineers across database and platform domains.
• Own the availability, performance, and resilience of production databases and dependent platform services.
• Define and enforce SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical services.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC), operational automation, and self-healing mechanisms to reduce manual toil.
• Define the observability strategy, including metrics, logs, traces, and alerting for proactive detection.
• Oversee disaster recovery planning, RTO/RPO alignment, and backup strategies.

Requirements

• Location: Must be based in Montevideo.
• 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Database Engineering, or production engineering.
• 2+ years of experience managing engineers or technical teams.
• Strong expertise in relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server.
• Experience operating reliable services in AWS or hybrid environments.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and platform engineering practices.

Nice to have

• Experience with distributed systems and large-scale production environments.
• Expertise in automation frameworks, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or capacity modeling.
• Familiarity with modern observability platforms and reliability review processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-driven organization focused on making the world a safer place.
• Collaborative environment where bold ideas are encouraged.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a global corporate structure.
• Commitment to equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for all employees.