Description:
Purpose of Role:As the Lead SRE (GCP Google Cloud), you will drive reliability and scalability across production environments by leading a high-performing SRE team and implementing robust monitoring, automation, and DevOps practices on Google Cloud Platform. You will ensure system uptime, efficiency, and performance while mentoring others and embedding a culture of engineering excellence.
Key Responsibilities & Outputs
Lead and mentor a team of SRE engineers, promoting knowledge sharing and growth. Act as the technical authority on SRE practices for GCP, ensuring system reliability and uptime across environments. Oversee team workload distribution and manage stakeholder expectations. Champion and implement DevOps and SRE best practices with emphasis on automation and scalability. Drive monitoring and observability initiatives, leveraging tools like Grafana, Prometheus, and Stackdriver. Design, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GCP-native tools and industry standards. Troubleshoot complex production incidents, ensuring root cause analysis and long-term fixes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent platform performance. Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using tools such as Terraform or Deployment Manager. Stay abreast of emerging technologies to continually evolve our clients tooling and architecture continually. Foster a proactive and blameless incident management culture.
Education
Education required to perform this role
Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience. Google Cloud certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect) are highly advantageous.
Competencies
Experience required
Minimum 3 years in a management/leadership capacity within SRE/DevOps teams. Strong experience working on GCP infrastructure and services. Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration at scale. Familiarity with incident management, post-mortem processes, and production monitoring tools. Hands-on experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Deployment Manager. Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools. UNIX/Linux administration expertise. Familiarity with security, compliance, and cost optimisation on GCP.
Technical skills/knowledge
Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Shell). Familiarity with configuration management (Chef, Puppet, or Ansible). Use of observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, Stackdriver, etc.). Deep understand
17 Feb 2026;
from:
gumtree.co.za