Principal Site Reliability Engineering Manager

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: —
Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 15 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes: Feb 23, 2027

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $184k

This role $209k

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Principal Site Reliability Engineering Manager

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As a Principal Site Reliability Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of site reliability engineers responsible for building and operating Substrate services within highly regulated environments. You will manage the operational health, reliability posture, and incident management for these critical systems while mentoring senior and principal engineers. Your daily work involves establishing SLIs, SLOs, and operational metrics to improve diagnosability and service resilience through automation and AI-assisted techniques. You will partner with feature engineering teams to embed security and compliance into early design phases and oversee disaster recovery exercises and playbooks. The role requires expertise in software engineering fundamentals, including clean code and robust telemetry, to solve complex reliability challenges for infrastructure providing shared identity, messaging, and storage capabilities. Candidates must possess a relevant degree and an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.

Skills

Site Reliability Engineering Distributed Systems Incident Management Disaster Recovery Automation Telemetry Security Compliance Infrastructure Network Engineering Systems Administration

What you'll do

Manage and coach a team of Site Reliability Engineers across senior and principal levels.
Oversee the operational health and reliability of Substrate services in regulated environments.
Establish and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and other metrics to improve service reliability and diagnosability.
Lead incident management and post-incident reviews to implement systemic fixes and automation.
Participate in an on-call rotation as a hands-on leader during critical incidents.
Manage disaster recovery by coordinating game days and maintaining auditable operational playbooks.
Drive engineering-led initiatives using automation and AI to reduce operational toil at scale.
Partner with product teams to embed security, compliance, and reliability into early service designs.

What we're looking for

A Doctorate degree with 2+ years of experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration is required.
A Master's degree with 3+ years of experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration is required.
A Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration is required.
Candidates must possess an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.
Candidates must be able to provide verification of U.S. citizenship.
Preferred experience includes at least 7 years working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
Preferred experience includes at least 3 years of people management experience.
Preferred experience includes operating services in regulated, sovereign, or compliance-sensitive environments.

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