Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Wikimedia Foundation
Amsterdam, , Netherlands -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Oct, 25

Salary

132439.0

Posted On

09 Jul, 25

Experience

3 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Color, English, Containerization, Bangladesh, Infrastructure, Computer Science, Contractors, Software, Cloud Computing, Code, Reliability Engineering, Automation, Consideration, Complex Systems, Costa Rica, Eor, Denmark, Kubernetes

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an Engineering Manager to join our SRE team, reporting to the Director of Site Reliability Engineering. As Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the engineers developing our infrastructure and supporting the services that depend on it, used by hundreds of millions of people around the world.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Prior experience managing teams
  • Prior hands-on experience with software or reliability engineering (within the last 3 years preferred)
  • Ability to analyze complex systems, troubleshoot issues, and devise effective solutions under pressure
  • Proficiency in project management methodologies to effectively plan, execute, and track new and existing initiatives
  • Strong understanding of cloud computing, networking, Linux systems administration, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to be able to provide technical support to the team
  • Aptitude for automation and streamlining of tasks
  • Communicate effectively in both spoken and written English
  • Ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team
  • Ability to travel several times a year for occasional in-person meetings
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or the equivalent in related work experience
Responsibilities
  • Managing one to two globally distributed teams within Wikimedia’s Site Reliability Engineering organization
  • Providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the team’s effectiveness and growth
  • Working with team members to set individual performance goals, and supporting them in meeting and evolving their goals and career path
  • Recruiting, hiring, and helping onboard new team members
  • Triaging incoming workload, maintaining focus on priorities, and setting realistic expectations for both peers and team members
  • Coordinating and communicating with other members of the Wikimedia product & engineering teams on relevant projects, executing complex projects and contributing to the organizational strategy
  • Continuously developing the roadmap of the team in alignment with other SRE and Product & Technology teams, and helping to draft and execute the team’s annual and quarterly plans
  • Project managing new and existing initiatives
  • Leading the definition, refinement, and execution of the processes through which the team manages and performs work
  • Leading incident response, diagnosis, and follow-up on system alerts and outages across Wikimedia’s production infrastructure
  • Be part of 24/7 on-call rotation to handle escalations and provide support for teams to resolve issues
  • Facilitating the definition and establishment of Service Level Indicators and Objectives with service owners and stakeholders
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