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PNC Financial Services Group
Software Engineering Manager-Site Reliability
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What they do
A Software Development or Engineering Manager leads teams of software developers who design or improve computer software. Manages and oversees the software development process and directs the work of software engineers. May be primary contact with customers or users; may manage software development project budgets and hire or train staff.
$148,017 / year median in Ohio
Job Description
Position Overview At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a(n) [position title] within PNC's [name of division] organization, you will be based in [city/state location of position]. Job Profile Position Overview At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a Software Engineering Manager within PNC's Site Reliability organization, you will be based in one of these Technology Hub locations: Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, Birmingham, AL, Dallas, TX, Phoenix AZ. Weekly time in the office is needed.
Needed skills/experience:
- 5 + years of related experience and 3+ years of management experience.
- Strong experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Support, or DevOps.
- Proven ability to lead teams in high-availability, enterprise environments
- Deep understanding of incident, problem, and change management frameworks
- Hands-on knowledge of monitoring tools, cloud/infrastructure platforms, and automation
- Experience improving system reliability, observability, and operational maturity
- Strong communication skills with the ability to lead during high-pressure situations.
- Experience with OCP under infrastructure (Linux/Windows, OCP), MongoDB, Cassandra under databases (Oracle, SQL, MongoDB, Cassandra) and working knowledge of Elasticsearch, Redis, MQ and Kafka is a plus.
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), you will lead a team responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of mission-critical platforms that power PNC's digital experiences.
- Manage SRE and related Teams; lead, coach, and develop a team of SRE engineers; set clear goals, drive accountability, and foster a culture of ownership and excellence; partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align technology and business objectives; support talent development, performance management, and succession planning; encourage innovation, continuous learning, and DevOps/SRE best practices.
- Provide after-hours operational leadership and on-call support.
- Lead incident management & remediation; manage and actively participate in end-to-end incident response for major (P1/P2) incidents; guide real-time triage, diagnostics, and troubleshooting across application, infrastructure, and network layers; ensure rapid execution of remediation actions and service restoration; provide clear, timely communication to stakeholders during incidents; oversee post-incident analysis, reporting, and documentation to drive improvements.
- Provide technical leadership in production support; serve as an escalation point for complex production issues; guide troubleshooting across: applications, infrastructure (Linux/Windows), databases (Oracle, SQL), middleware and integrations; ensure efficient log, metric, and system analysis; oversee batch/ETL monitoring and recovery processes; foster strong collaboration across engineering, infrastructure, and vendor teams.
- Drive problem management & root cause resolution; lead root cause analysis (RCA) efforts for major and recurring incidents; ensure ownership and resolution of problem records; drive permanent fixes and systemic improvements to eliminate repeat issues, identify trends and patterns to reduce risk and improve stability; partner with engineering teams to resolve code defects and system gaps and promote knowledge sharing via runbooks, knowledge articles, and error catalogs.
- Oversee change management & release execution; ensure safe and compliant execution of production changes and releases; validate change readiness, testing, rollback strategies, and risk assessments; represent the team in CAB reviews, providing technical risk evaluation; oversee post-implementation reviews (CPIR) and ensure follow-through and drive improvements in change success rate and reduction in production defects.
- Advance monitoring, alerting & observability; lead efforts to build and optimize monitoring, dashboards, and alerting frameworks, champion use of tools such as Dynatrace, BigPanda, Logscale, and enterprise platforms, improve signal-to-noise ratio through alert tuning; enable proactive issue detection before customer impact; strengthen event management and observability practices.
- Provide technical leadership in production support; serve as an escalation point for complex production issues; guide troubleshooting across: applications, infrastructure (Linux/Windows), databases (Oracle, SQL), middleware and integrations; ensure efficient log, metric, and system analysis; oversee batch/ETL monitoring and recovery processes; foster strong collaboration across engineering, infrastructure, and vendor teams.
- Champion resiliency, stability & availability; lead efforts to ensure high availability of critical systems; oversee disaster recovery, failover, and continuity testing; identify and eliminate single points of failure and drive improvements in MTTR, uptime, and service reliability.
- Enable scalability & performance optimization; guide capacity planning and performance tuning strategies; ensure systems scale effectively under peak demand; partner with development teams for performance-driven design improvements; optimize system configurations to improve efficiency and throughput.
- Lead a Global 24x7 Operation; manage distributed teams supporting critical systems around the clock. Participate in leadership escalation and on-call rotations to support major incidents, critical production events, and operational continuity.
- Drive Automation & Operational Efficiency; identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce manual effort through automation; implement automation across: Incident remediation, monitoring and alerting, deployment and validation, promote standardized runbooks and automation frameworks and improve operational metrics and reduce toil.
- Ensure Governance, Risk & Compliance; maintain adherence to enterprise policies and regulatory standards; support audits, vulnerability remediation, and risk controls; ensure accurate documentation and operational procedures and champion security, access management, and data governance practices PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance.
STEM OPT
for this position. Job Description Manages development projects, development teams and application support functions. Oversees multiple application programming and analysis projects which include development, installation and maintenance of application programs. Monitors and maintains adherence and compliance to quality standards on an ongoing basis. Maximizes staff contribution through professional growth and development, to increase teamwork and more effectively meet business needs. Analyzes applications to ensure that all systems that are developed, meet business needs and specifications. PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be: Customer Focused- Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions. Managing Risk
- Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. PNC also has fundamental expectations of our people managers. As a manager of talent in PNC, you will be expected to: Include Intentionally
- Cultivates diverse teams and inclusive workplaces to expand thinking. Live the Values
- Role models our values with transparency and courage. Enable Change
- Takes action to drive change and innovation that will transform our business. Achieve Results
- Takes personal ownership to deliver results. Empowers and trusts others in decision making. Develop the Best
- Raises the bar with every talent decision and guides the achievement of all employees and customers.
Language Assessments No Required or Preferred Language Assessments Pay Transparency Base Salary:
$100,100.00- $185,900.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plans
- Professional Development
- Employee Stock Options (ESOs)