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SRE Function Lead

SysMind, LLCHartford, CT🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 8, 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Hartford, CT, United States
Posted
Yesterday

Job Description

Location: Hartford, CT / Hybrid
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 6 Months
Experience: 10+ Years

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced SRE Function Lead to build and establish an SRE function within a dynamic engineering organization. This role will be responsible for defining the SRE strategy, operating model, team structure, engineering standards, and engagement model while developing a high-performing SRE organization.

The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in SRE, production engineering, infrastructure, observability, and technical team leadership, along with a proven ability to establish SRE practices from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define the SRE vision, charter, operating model, and engagement model.

  • Develop and execute a roadmap for establishing and scaling the SRE function.

  • Recruit, onboard, manage, coach, and retain SRE engineers.

  • Build a team with the appropriate balance of software engineering, infrastructure, observability, and production engineering expertise.

  • Define SRE competencies, career paths, team objectives, and coverage expectations.

  • Establish engineering standards, operational practices, and reliability objectives.

  • Define clear roles and boundaries between SRE and application development teams.

  • Promote reliability, scalability, availability, performance, and operational excellence across engineering teams.

  • Partner with engineering and technology stakeholders to establish effective SRE engagement practices.

Primary Skills

  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

  • SRE Strategy & Operating Model

  • SRE Function / Organization Building

  • Production Engineering

  • Infrastructure Engineering

  • Observability

  • SRE Team Leadership

Secondary Skills

  • Engineering Leadership

  • Team Building & Coaching

  • Career Development & Mentoring

  • Reliability Engineering

  • Operational Excellence

  • Engineering Standards

  • Application Development Collaboration

  • SRE Roadmap & Transformation

  • Scalability & Availability

  • Production Operations

Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years of relevant technology/engineering experience.

  • Strong hands-on and leadership experience in Site Reliability Engineering.

  • Demonstrated experience establishing or scaling an SRE function.

  • Experience defining SRE strategies, operating models, and engagement models.

  • Strong background in production engineering, infrastructure, and observability.

  • Proven ability to recruit, lead, coach, and develop technical engineering teams.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

  • Ability to establish engineering standards and operational best practices.


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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