As a hands-on SRE Manager, you'll lead by example actively driving operational excellence, contributing to code, and ensuring system reliability. You will be deeply involved in incident response across complex, distributed data platforms designed to support data exploration, analytics, and reporting solutions. These platforms operate at the unique intersection of high data volume and hybrid infrastructure, spanning both cloud and on-premise environments. We are looking for a collaborative and creative leader who thrives under tight deadlines, excels at solving complex problems, and consistently delivers high-quality, forward-thinking solutions.

- Lead by Example: Provide technical leadership and guidance to SRE team by applying hands-on skills and continuous learning. Build and mentor a world-class engineering team that partners closely with platform teams to design scalable, reliable systems, while contributing actively to both platform and application code.
- Drive Automation for Data Platforms and Infrastructure: Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and develop tooling to enhance engineering productivity. Lead initiatives for cost optimization and operational efficiency at scale.
- Incident Response and On-Call Engagement:



Actively participate in on-call rotations and resolve critical production issues. Lead response efforts during major incidents and serve as the primary escalation point for complex problems.
- Drive Post-Incident Analysis: Perform root cause investigations and ensure follow-up with actionable postmortems and infrastructure hardening initiatives. Implement fixes in code, infrastructure, or processes to prevent recurrence.
- Active Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: Partner closely with engineering teams to troubleshoot issues, deploy fixes, and enhance system reliability. Champion operational excellence through direct technical contributions.
- Establish Production Readiness Standards: Take ownership of Application Security, Disaster Recovery & Application Documentation to reflect latest system architecture and configurations.

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📌 SRE Engineering Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Apple
📍 Hyderabad