Technical Lead Site Reliability Engineer

We help the world run better
At SAP we keep it simple: you bring your best to us and well bring out the best in you. Were builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce and we need your unique talents to help shape whats next. The work is challenging but it matters. Youll find a place where you can be yourself prioritize your wellbeing and truly belong. Whats in it for you Constant learning skill growth great benefits and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What youll build

We help the world run better.

Our company culture is centered on enabling our employees to innovate by building breakthroughs together. We focus on creating a workplace that embraces differences values flexibility and supports a purpose-driven and future-focused way of working. You will join a collaborative caring team environment with a strong focus on learning development recognition and a variety of benefit options.

We are forming a new SRE team focused on K8S Unified Gateway Services and as a Technical SRE Lead you will help define how reliability automation observability and security are built and scaled across critical services. You will act as a role model with both technical expertise and strong soft skills actively sharing knowledge and contributing to the development of your colleagues. You will play a central role in stakeholder management - aligning and balancing priorities across teams leadership and the broader SRE organization.

You will guide the teams roadmap and commitments propose and adopt new tools and practices and help enable a proactive approach to incident management. Your work spans leveraging AI/ML technologies applying the latest security standards building automation and observability frameworks and driving projects that have impact across the entire SRE organization. When required you will participate in weekend or overnight on-call rotations during live-site situations supported by a special compensation package.

Your key focus areas will be:

Leading technical direction roadmap execution and stakeholder alignment

Enabling observability automation and proactive incident management

Driving impactful initiatives across the SRE organization

Facilitating strong collaboration across global technical and non-technical teams

What you bring

You hold a BSc degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Telecommunications or a related technical field and you bring expert-level experience as a DevOps or SRE engineer. You have hands-on experience with Linux/Unix and Kubernetes and deep knowledge of cloud architecture or platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP. You understand cloud security concepts such as identity and access management authentication certificate management and malware protection and you have strong expertise in virtualization and cloud networking fundamentals including TCP/IP DNS HTTP/2 TLS NAT VPNs and firewalls.

You bring excellent understanding of Envoy Proxy and service mesh technologies and experience with Git GitHub Terraform and Postgres. You can program in Python Bash or Go and have worked with monitoring and visualization tools like Dynatrace Kibana Prometheus and Grafana. You are familiar with CI/CD approaches using Jenkins or Concourse and may have experience with PKI cryptographic applications or application attacks. You are comfortable working in an Agile environment thrive in critical situations and quickly analyze and solve problems. You are a proactive self-motivated team player with excellent communication negotiation and presentation skills and fluency in English.

Your essential strengths include:

Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure Kubernetes and cloud networking

Strong hands-on experience with automation observability and CI/CD tooling

Solid background in cloud security and modern infrastructure practices

Ability to lead technical direction while collaborating across global teams

We know from experience that not ticking every box on the skills sections stops many from applying. Please apply regardless of your self-assessment - we want to hear from you! We have seen people succeed with a diverse range of skills and experiences.

Where you belong

You will join a newly formed globally distributed SRE team operating from Bulgaria (Sofia) Brazil (São Leopoldo) and China (Shanghai). Our culture is based on knowledge sharing collaboration positive attitude and respect for each team members strengths and individuality. We treat challenges as opportunities to grow learn and succeed together.

In this team you can expect:

A collaborative culture grounded in learning trust and technical excellence

Opportunities to influence SRE direction across a global organization

A supportive environment that values initiative curiosity and teamwork

If you want to be part of a rapidly evolving cloud-native ecosystem that will shape the industry in the coming years we would love to hear from you.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database analytics intelligent technologies and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide we are purpose-driven and future-focused with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries people or platforms we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion
SAPs culture of inclusion focus on health and well-being and flexible working models help ensure that everyone regardless of background feels included and can run at their best. At SAP we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: 440545 Work Area: Software-Development Operations Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid