Fhlbc
Manager Site Reliability Engineering
Chicago
Sponsorship not specified$126k-$221kDetected 30 days ago
Python.NETGitAWSDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringAgentic AIA/B TestingIncident ResponseProcess ImprovementPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingMentoring
About the role
- Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding.
- Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us.
- Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success.
Responsibilities
- Build deep relationships between IT and the greater organization in support of common goals
- Build and develop a team of engineers transitioning from traditional operations and systems administration backgrounds into SRE practices
- Define and implement Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budget policies across critical services
- Lead tuning and optimization of monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling
- Drive reduction of system disruptions through automation, tooling, and process improvement
- Develop and maintain incident management processes, including severity classification and escalation procedures
- The SRE team operates as a guiding and consultative partner to application and development teams rather than owning systems directly.
- This role is accountable for building and leading the SRE team, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and development of engineers transitioning into SRE practices.
- Partner with application owners, product owners, and development teams to improve system reliability
- Ensure deep technical analysis is performed for significant reliability issues, and provide escalation support as needed; coach the team in translating findings into actionable recommendations.
Requirements
- What you can expect
Nice to have
- Experience implementing SRE practices in an organization new to the discipline
- Background in financial services or other regulated industries
- Experience defining and implementing SLIs, SLOs, and error budget policies
- Knowledge of ITIL, DevOps, or related frameworks
Compensation
- $125,825.00 - $221,275.00
- The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition.
- Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.
- In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc
- 11 paid holidays per year
Benefits
- We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees.
- Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan.
- Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits.
- Retirement program (401k and Pension)
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Competitive PTO plan
- Create psychological safety that enables learning, experimentation, and honest discussion of failures
- Success in this role requires technical credibility, strong influencing skills, and the ability to drive change through collaboration and education rather than direct authority.
Company info
- To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities.
- Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas.
- Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment.
- What it's like to work here
- At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together.
- We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin.
- To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year
- Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities.
- We are building a new Site Reliability Engineering function and seeking a leader who can establish SRE practices across the organization while developing a team of engineers new to the discipline.
- At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Secure and maintain executive sponsorship and governance mechanisms required for SLO and error budget practices (including defined decision rights when reliability thresholds are breached).
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