Director of SRE
Blackpoint Cyber · Remote · Remote - Canada ·
COMPENSATION
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Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Director level role
- Fully remote options
- AWS and Azure focus
- Team leadership required
- Cybersecurity industry
Lead the Site Reliability Engineering function at Blackpoint Cyber, ensuring the availability and efficiency of mission-critical cybersecurity platforms. You will manage a global team while driving automation, observability improvements, and cloud cost strategies across AWS and Azure environments.
What you'll do
- Lead design and management of scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure
- Establish SRE best practices for monitoring, incident response, and capacity planning
- Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD pipelines
- Manage and mentor a global team of SREs and DevOps engineers
- Optimize cloud spending and resource utilization without compromising reliability
- Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance and disaster recovery readiness
- Integrate AI tooling to enhance system stability and operational velocity
What you'll need
- 10+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
- 5+ years of experience managing SRE or infrastructure teams
- Strong expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP with a focus on cost management
- Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform or Pulumi
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and CI/CD
- Expertise in observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
- Proven track record in optimizing cloud costs while maintaining performance
Nice to have
- Experience in cybersecurity or high-security operational environments
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks like SOC2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP
- Familiarity with serverless architectures and edge computing concepts
- Previous collaboration with FinOps teams for cloud cost management
Stack
- AWS
- Azure
- Terraform
- Kubernetes
- Grafana
- Loki
- Prometheus
- Datadog
What you get
- Competitive health, vision, dental, and life insurance plans (US)
- Robust 401k plan for eligible US employees
- Discretionary time off policy
- Global equity participation opportunities
- Local market standard benefits for international employees