Senior SRE Manager | Auckland, NZ

Were a global team of over 400 people working together to push the boundaries of open-source technology and multi-cloud solutions. Our vision is to help developers builders and creators bring their ideas to life with speed and simplicity by providing a cloud data platform that makes open-source databases search streaming and application infrastructure easily accessible to everyone.

The Role:

We are in search of a Senior Site Reliability Engineering Manager to build and lead an ANZ-based team of talented Site Reliability Engineers. The team will provide reliable services for Aiven customers by proactively looking after the health of the Aiven platform during business hours of the 24/7/365 Aiven global operation. The team will also handle incidents and coordination to fix those in cooperation with other units. The teams work is heavily oriented toward software development and automation.

This role will be based in Auckland New Zealand. We offer a relocation package.

What Youll Do:

• Coordinate and develop global operations work together with our EMEA and NA based SRE Managers and their respective teams
• Lead a team of ANZ-based SREs
• Enable the team to drive important software and process initiatives for the Aiven platform plan on-call shift rotations ensuring adequate team availability in Aivens global follow-the-sun operation
• Run a tight efficient operation where decision-making is based on metrics and data and work is prioritized accordingly

What Were Looking For:

Dont worry if your experience doesnt line up perfectly we still encourage you to apply! We believe in investing in our crabs professional growth.

Must-have:

• Experience managing or leading software development or operations team and defining setting measurable success criteria for engineering roles with a focus on hiring training and leading a team of engineers
• Prior experience working as an engineer at a software company enabling you to contribute to technical discussions at a senior level
• Previous knowledge working with other internal teams to successfully resolve complex cases with excellent communication skills

Nice-to-have:

• Development application or some technical hands-on capacity with two or more technologies in Aivens portfolio for multiple years
• Troubleshooting root-causing and triaging support and/or operational cases
• Incident management and facilitating retrospectives and postmortems

Amazing! Whats next:

If you think Aiven is the place for you and that our Values align with yours send us your resume and well get in touch!

Global Benefits:

Our global benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow personally and professionally:

• Participate in Aivens equity plan.
• Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
• Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
• Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
• Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
• Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave as well as Personal Time)
• Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.

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Equal Opportunities:

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