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Software-defined vehicles represent a new paradigm for automakers and consumers, fueled by technological advancements and an escalating demand for transportation solutions that are not only intelligent but also safer and more environmentally sustainable. At the core of this transformative shift lies vehicle data – the driving force behind safety, security, commerce, entertainment, energy, and the creation of a seamless user experience.
The creation and adoption of sophisticated data-driven software solutions promises to be a catalyst for heightened efficiency, lowered costs, improved safety, better decision-making, and increased customer satisfaction. At General Motors, we have embarked on an ambitious journey to pioneer next-generation data solutions to support all our business units.
To fulfill our mission, we are actively expanding our teams in Silicon Valley, Detroit, Toronto, and Atlanta. We seek individuals who can blend a passion for technology and sustainability with curiosity, rigorous thinking and a strong customer centric approach. This is an exciting opportunity to have a far-reaching impact on the business, our customers, our communities, and the world. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey toward a better future.
We are looking for a focused and hands-on people leader with a passion for reliable systems to take extreme ownership of the production operations of our vehicle data systems. As the SRE lead, you will establish reliability requirements to support a scalable, resilient, and observable ecosystem. You will work alongside engineering leaders to educate, advocate, and ensure we are delivering a quality and reliable product from the vehicle to our customers in the cloud. You will build and lead a global team that will monitor, respond, mitigate, and drive resolution for incidents that arise in production.
What You’ll Do:
Build and lead a global team of site reliability engineers responsible for system reliability, capacity planning, system monitoring, and incident response.
Work with product and engineering teams to set the strategy for right-sizing reliability
Implement best practices for system performance, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of vehicle data systems.
Analyze system capacity requirements, plan for future growth, and optimize resource utilization to ensure efficient operation.
Establish robust monitoring and alerting mechanisms for early detection of issues.
Lead incident response efforts during system outages or performance degradation.
Conduct post-incident reviews and implement improvements.
Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture, encouraging continuous learning and growth.
Additional Description
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in managing large teams of engineers
12+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or related roles, with a focus on cloud-based infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP only) and automation
Established SRE as a practice within an organization
Experience leading a global team with 24x7x365 operations
Experience with cloud security and regulatory compliance
Experience managing globally deployed applications
Experience with managing enterprise level cloud infrastructure budgets
Experience scaling native cloud infrastructure at an enterprise level
Experience hiring top talent, building diverse and inclusive teams, foster a culture of healthy work environment that is both supportive and challenging
A genuine enjoyment of learning about how things work, with the ability to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions
Ability to work well cross-functionally, and navigate through ambiguity
Ability to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs
Extreme customer focus, committed to investing in partnerships with other engineering teams to establish empathy and understand their use-cases
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Engineering preferred
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Sunnyvale, CA or Austin, TX three times per week, at minimum.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant in the California Bay Area which includes the following counties: Marin, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz might be paid in accordance with the California law.
The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
The annual salary range for this role is $204,000 - $312,500. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
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