Director - Application Support and Site Reliability Engineering
Job in
Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, 48076, USA
Listing for:
R. L. Polk Mobility LLC
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-08-31
Job specializations:
-
IT/Tech
IT Infrastructure, SRE/Site Reliability, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 180000 - 240000 USD Yearly
USD
180000.00
240000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Why This Role Matters
Our business runs on the systems this team keeps stable. As Director Application Support and Site Reliability Engineering, you will lead a global team of 12 engineers responsible for the health of 50+ business-critical applications and the middleware that connects them, holding uptime targets of 99.9-99.95%. Beyond keeping systems running, you will lead the modernization of how a large support organization operates: automating manual work, improving observability, consolidating platforms, and building a team that engineers reliability rather than just reacting to outages.
This role carries direct executive visibility, real influence over budget and vendor relationships, and a clear path to broader technology leadership.
What You Will Build Modern observability and monitoring across 50+ applications and middleware platforms, cutting the time it takes to detect and resolve issues. Automation that eliminates repetitive manual support work and frees the team for higher-value engineering. A consolidated, simplified support model across applications, middleware, and third-party products, with fewer tools and fewer handoffs. Vendor and engineering partnerships that treat resilience as a shared engineering problem rather than a compliance exercise.
A high-performing, globally distributed team with clear growth paths and a strong culture of ownership.
Key Responsibilities Service & Platform Leadership Lead the global team of 12 engineers responsible for the operational health of 50+ business-critical applications, middleware platforms, and third-party products. Own uptime, performance, and resilience against targets of 99.9-99.95%, and drive root cause resolution when targets are missed. Build support models, escalation paths, and runbooks that scale as the application portfolio grows. Lead major incident response and turn recurring issues into permanent fixes rather than repeat tickets.
Ensure new systems and releases are genuinely production-ready before they land in support.Middleware & Integration Engineering Lead operational support for middleware, integration platforms, and interfaces connecting the application portfolio. Keep middleware environments secure, monitored, and performant through patching, upgrades, and capacity planning. Partner with infrastructure, cloud, network, and security teams to design for resilience and fast recovery. Modernize integration architecture over time, reducing fragility and technical debt in how systems communicate.Third-Party Product & Vendor Partnership Own the relationship and performance of externally supplied applications, SaaS products, and middleware vendors. Hold vendors accountable to SLAs and resolution targets, and escalat firmly when service quality slips. Shape vendor selection, onboarding, renewal, and exit decisions. Ensure third-party products are woven into the team’s support and the security practices from day one.Resilience & Continuous Improvement Define the KPIs and dashboards that show the team, and leadership, how the portfolio is actually performing. Get ahead of operational and supplier risk before it becomes an incident. Win‑f? Run post-incident and problem‑management reviews that produce real fixes, not just documentation. Lead modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, platform rationalization, and support model redesign.People Leadership & Growth Build and grow a high‑performing global team of 12 engineers: hire well, coach directly, and create real paths for advancement. Set clear expectations and give direct, useful feedback. Design coverage and on-call models that are sustainable, not merely compliant. Build a culture where engineers own outcomes and want to solve hard problems, not just close tickets.Stakeholder Partnership & Communication Build trusted relationships with business leaders, engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, and vendors. Translate technical issues into business impact for senior leadership, clearly and without spin. Represent the team in governance and planning forums, and bring outside perspective back to the team.Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
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