Senior Observability & Incident Response Standards Lead (SRE)

TL;DR

Senior Observability & Incident Response Standards Lead (SRE): Owning the health, clarity, and efficacy of the monitoring and alerting ecosystem with an accent on alert rationalization, signal governance, and incident response frameworks. Focus on eliminating alert fatigue, defining technical standards for observability, and bridging the gap between infrastructure health and business service reliability.

Location: Fairfield, CA (Onsite)

Salary: $104,000–$124,800

Company

hirify.global is a staffing and recruitment firm specializing in technical and engineering placements.

What you will do

• Build and maintain an enterprise-wide alert rationalization framework to improve signal-to-noise ratios.
• Act as the primary governance lead for setting alerting thresholds and routing logic.
• Define and enforce technical standards for severity, naming conventions, and alert metadata.
• Establish a scalable Knowledge System for runbooks, ensuring every alert is paired with clear triage steps.
• Define and publish KPIs to demonstrate the health and actionability of the monitoring ecosystem.
• Coach engineering teams on SRE principles, SLI/SLO alignment, and multi-signal alerting patterns.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in IT Operations, SRE, Observability, or Incident Management.
• Proven success in reducing alert noise and improving response quality in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep familiarity with modern observability stacks such as Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, or Prometheus/Grafana.
• Strong understanding of service ownership models, CMDB dependency mapping, and incident response lifecycles.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Culture & Benefits

• Major medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• 401k retirement plan participation.
• Statutory sick pay where required.
• Commitment to reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
• Participation in E-Verify and fair chance hiring initiatives.