Forbes Advisor
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“SRE Manager at Forbes Advisor. Skills: SRE, DevOps, incident management, observability, cloud infrastructure. Lead and manage production & non-production support ensuring high availability and system reliability. Drive SRE best practices including incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement”
What You'll Achieve.
ensuring high availability and system reliability; quick resolution of impacting events; monitor and maintain the uptime of these systems in-line with the defined SLOs and SLAs; Track and report on incident metrics, identifying patterns and areas for systemic improvement
Industry & Context.
analytical skills to drive root cause analysis and trend identification; Identify and remove blockers, escalate appropriately, and continuous momentum of troubleshooting efforts; diagnose and troubleshoot issues proactively
managing critical incidents in a 24/7 production environment
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years of experience in SRE / DevOps, 5+ years of working experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Experience managing critical incidents in a 24/7 production environment, Experience with ServiceNow ITSM and on‑call incident coordination via PagerDuty / Zen duty (or comparable ITSM/on‑call tools), Understand a wide breadth of technical concepts across SRE practices, Background in cloud-based systems and SRE practices is a must, Ability to use AI tools to synthesize communication, reports, and troubleshooting leads, leadership and decision-making skills under pressure, Excellent verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences, Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in high-stakes situations, analytical skills to drive root cause analysis and trend identification, Familiarity with modern monitoring and incident management tools, Demonstrated ability to build consensus across diverse teams, Effective at maintaining calm and focus during critical situations, Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (e. g. , AWS, Azure) and application architecture, Proven track record of improving incident management processes, Attention to detail in documentation and follow-through, Adept at facilitating collaboration across remote and global teams, Proactive in identifying operational risks and implementing preventive measures, Committed to continuous learning and process improvement, Ethical, dependable, and resilient in challenging scenarios
Nice to Have
Experience in at-least one Observability platform like New Relic, Datadog, etc. preferred, Certification in AWS, ITIL, or related frameworks preferred, Experience in SaaS or technology product companies preferred
What You'll Do.
Lead and manage production & non-production support ensuring high availability and system reliability
Drive SRE best practices including incident management
and continuous improvement
Assume ownership of major incidents and drive coordinating efforts to ensure quick resolution of impacting events
Collaborate with SRE team members for design and development of observability practices like Dashboarding
Collaborate with SRE team members to define Service Level Objectives (SLO) and agreements (SLA) of critical systems.
Monitor and maintain the uptime of these systems in-line with the defined SLOs and SLAs.
Identify and remove blockers
escalate appropriately
and continuous momentum of troubleshooting efforts.
Ensure adherence to established incident management processes and protocols.
Contribute to the improvement of incident response runbooks and documentation.
Own internal and external communications during major incidents.
Translate technical details into business-impact language (scope
Maintain clear and continuous communication with stakeholders during incidents
providing timely updates.
Ensure safe execution of mitigations
Lead post incident review meetings with stakeholders to confirm event details and assign problem investigators.
Track and report on incident metrics
identifying patterns and areas for systemic improvement.
Augment Change Managers and / or Problem Managers as required in the performance of those responsibilities.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with SRE team members for design and development of observability practices; Collaborate with SRE team members to define Service Level Objectives (SLO) and agreements (SLA); Lead post incident review meetings with stakeholders; Demonstrated ability to build consensus across diverse teams; Adept at facilitating collaboration across remote and global teams
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences; Own internal and external communications during major incidents; Translate technical details into business-impact language (scope, severity, risk, ETA, confidence level); Maintain clear and continuous communication with stakeholders during incidents, providing timely updates.
Process & Methodology
Manage multiple priorities and deadlines in high-stakes situations, incident management, root cause analysis, continuous improvement
Full Job Description
Forbes Advisor is a new initiative for consumers under the Forbes Marketplace umbrella that provides journalist- and expert-written insights, news and reviews on all things personal finance. We’re dedicated to helping turn aspirations into reality. We do this by providing consumers with the knowledge and research they need to make informed financial decisions they can feel confident in, so they can get back to doing the things they care about most. WHAT YOU’LL DO: * Lead and manage production & non-production support ensuring high availability and system reliability * Drive SRE best practices including incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement Assume ownership of major incidents and drive coordinating efforts to ensure quick resolution of impacting events. * Collaborate with SRE team members for design and development of observability practices like Dashboarding, Logging, Metrics, Tracing, etc. They aim to diagnose and troubleshoot issues proactively. * Collaborate with SRE team members to define Service Level Objectives (SLO) and agreements (SLA) of critical systems. They also monitor and maintain the uptime of these systems in-line with the defined SLOs and SLAs. * Identify and remove blockers, escalate appropriately, and continuous momentum of troubleshooting efforts. * Ensure adherence to established incident management processes and protocols. * Contribute to the improvement of incident response runbooks and documentation. * Own internal and external communications during major incidents. * Translate technical details into business-impact language (scope, severity, risk, ETA, confidence level). * Maintain clear and continuous communication with stakeholders during incidents, providing timely updates. * Ensure safe execution of mitigations, rollbacks, feature flags, and failovers * Lead post incident review meetings with stakeholders to confirm event details and assign problem investigators. * Track and report on incident metrics, iden
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