Senior Manager of SRE in UNITED KINGDOM

ABOUT US

Syniti, part of Capgemini, tackles the hardest work in data for the world’s largest organizations. We combine intelligent software with deep data expertise to help the Fortune2000 tackle complex data challenges and drive measurable business outcomes with business-ready data.

Syniti’s Data First strategy transforms data from an afterthought into a strategic asset—unlocking insights, reducing risk, and fueling growth. With over 5,000 successful projects, we support the full data lifecycle through a unified platform for migration, quality, replication, matching, master data management, analytics, governance, and strategy.

Operating globally across industries, Syniti’s award-winning software, expert consultants give enterprises a unique edge in managing and maximizing their data.

Syniti’s cloud-native platform sets new standards in enterprise data management, combining powerful SaaS solutions with deep domain expertise. Designed for agility and scale, our technology helps customers accelerate digital transformation, drive innovation, and make confident decisions with trusted data. Every product enhancement is built to solve real business challenges—empowering organizations to unlock value from their data faster and more effectively.

THE ROLE

The Cloud Operations organization supports the global delivery of Syniti’s SaaS and hosted environments in alignment with FedRAMP High, CMMC Level 2, ITAR, Cyber Essentials Plus (UK), and SecNumCloud (France) standards. This leader will oversee a team of Principal and Senior SREs delivering infrastructure automation, observability, and operational scalability across multi-cloud and multi-region architectures. The Sr. Manager of SRE will drive the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), service mesh, and secure service-to-service identity frameworks across AWS and Azure footprints. This role is critical to achieving Syniti’s Northstar objectives of compliance, zero-touch operations, and 10x scale.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

· Lead a global SRE team in delivering resilient, cost-efficient, and highly automated runtime environments.

· Drive SRE architecture and roadmap execution across AWS, Azure, and on-prem extensions (e.g., Outposts).

· Ensure alignment with compliance goals (FedRAMP, IL4/IL5, CMMC 2.0, Cyber Essentials+, SecNumCloud).

· Mentor SREs in developing orchestration pipelines, IaC modules, and secure API integrations.

· Partner with InfoSec, Infrastructure Engineering, and Dev teams to enforce Zero Trust patterns.

· Define and implement regional resiliency standards for global SaaS availability and continuity.

· Identify toil and lead initiatives to eliminate it through engineering solutions.

· Serve as the senior escalation point for complex incident triage and root cause analysis.

· Champion platform telemetry, customer-facing audit logs, and continuous observability improvements.

WHAT IT TAKES

· Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and coach senior-level engineers.

· Experience managing distributed teams across US, Canada, EU, and global time zones.

· Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration capabilities.

· Strong understanding of cloud-native patterns, service-level objectives (SLOs), and error budgets.

· Proven ability to translate operational pain points into engineering deliverables.

· 15+ years of experience in infrastructure, SRE, or platform engineering roles.

· 5+ years of team management or technical leadership in SRE or DevOps.

· 3+ years of experience building and scaling CI/CD pipelines with tools such as GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Terraform Cloud.

· 2+ years of software development experience

· Extensive experience with AWS and Azure managed services (EKS, AKS, RDS, Storage, ALB/NLB).

· Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, GitOps, and service mesh (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).

· Strong automation experience using Python, Bash, or Go.

· Experience implementing FedRAMP, CMMC, or comparable regulatory requirements.

· Familiarity with secrets management, workload identity federation, and boundaryless access control (e.g., SPIFFE, IRSA).

· Eligibility for security clearance is required for this position.

Be fully aligned to our core values:

• Think Big - Be courageous and bold. Aspire to greatness. Relentlessly pursue market innovation. Set the standard by which others follow. Create solutions that have a meaningful impact. Solve the challenges our customers don’t know they have.
• Be Curious - Be a lifelong learner. Seek out new ideas to serve customers. Understand our competition and the world. Be permanently dissatisfied with the status quo. Challenge preconceptions. Focus on the future rather than yesterday.
• Take Action - Be the first. Don’t wait. Take accountability. Inspire others by doing. Fail fast and learn from mistakes. Make a difference every day.
• Stronger Together - Respect, trust and look out for each other. Celebrate diverse perspectives. Listen. Build connections and belonging. Act with integrity. Give back. One Syniti family.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Trust that you are proficient at what you do. At Syniti, you will find a supportive environment and access to learning tools, but micromanagement is not our thing.
• Growth. We are growing rapidly and steadily solving the biggest challenges enterprise companies are faced with today. There was never a better time to join and grow with us. Most importantly, you will have the chance to shape our journey and share in our success story.
• Support. We all rely on each other and enable each other to be successful. You won’t stand alone.
• Curiosity and genuine interest in you. We all have our different stories, all equally fascinating, with each depicting a different journey, and we want to hear them all.
• Recognition. We are the sum of individual achievements, and we always take the time to celebrate them.
• An open organisation. Hierarchies are not our thing, and access is something we make sure of across the board. We are a family where everyone is just as important, everyone’s work is seen, and ideas are valued.

OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION

At Syniti, we’re committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and fair workplace where everyone belongs and thrives. We believe that diverse perspectives make us stronger — and we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and voices each person brings to our team.

We welcome applicants based on their skills and potential, and we’re dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities for all, regardless of personal background. If you need accommodations during the hiring process, please let us know — we’re here to support you.