--- title: 'Lead SRE at 66degrees' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/lead-sre-66degrees-bengaluru-bpv90jfc0e15' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-17' --- # Lead SRE at 66degrees - **Company:** 66degrees - **Location:** Bengaluru, India - **Posted:** 2026-08-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/66degrees/jobs/6139546004 ## Job description ## Overview of 66degrees 66degrees is an end-to-end AI transformation partner that guides enterprises from complex business challenges to clear, quantifiable outcomes. Our company is the culmination of several successful firms, each a leader in its own right in cloud, artificial intelligence, and data. This convergence of talent and expertise is how we help businesses reach their own "inflection point," where chaotic data becomes a strategic asset, complexity becomes clarity, and AI becomes an engine for growth. Our ultimate vision is to be the catalyst for a future where every business operates as an intelligent enterprise, with autonomous systems unlocking human potential. At 66degrees, we believe in thriving through challenges and winning together. These values not only guide us in achieving our goals as a company but also for our people. We are dedicated to creating a significant impact for our employees by fostering a culture that sparks innovation and supports professional and personal growth along the way. ## Overview of Role 66degrees’ Managed Services Team works with some of the largest cloud users in the world to help them transform their businesses with technology. We provide 24/7 support and incident response as well as ongoing sprint-based development across AI, data, and cloud technologies including Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, and others. Through award-winning guidance, development, and support, we help clients turn their cloud strategy and implementation into a competitive advantage. The Lead - Managed Services (SRE) is responsible for leading a global team of architects and engineers while defining operational processes, and ensuring service excellence. This role is an opportunity to apply your expertise on leading and scaling high-performing delivery teams to solve a variety of interesting problems for exciting customers, develop a team of top technical talent, and contribute to building the best managed services partner in the industry. ## Responsibilities - Operate, develop, and scale a global technical team spanning AI, data, cloud, BI, and other skillsets. - Define, document, and implement processes and best practices that drive best-of-breed services for our clients. - Maintain key customer relationships, presales functions, escalations, and other customer-facing responsibilities. - Manage and scale multi-cloud infra (GCP/Azure/AWS) - Manage shift schedules, on-call coverage, and capacity planning processes. - Help develop, expand, and iterate on new service offerings.. - Work cross-functionally to maintain critical MSP, ISO, and SOC2 certifications ## Qualifications - 8+ Years of experience overall in infra focused role along with 5+ years of experience running global technical teams that interface with enterprise customers. - Proven experience in building and running enterprise-level managed services teams. - Proven leadership abilities and a passion for developing high-performing teams. - Strong experience defining and achieving KPIs and operational processes in a reactive support context. - Proven customer-facing experience or abilities. - Excellent relationship-building and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. - Strong leadership and team management skills. - Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities. - Cloud certifications from GCP, AWS, and Azure are strongly preferred. - Google Cloud experience strongly preferred. - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related or equivalent work experience required. Please note, we cannot sponsor or transfer any visas, of any kind, at this time. 66degrees is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status or other legally protected class. AI Transparency & Disclosure As an AI transformation partner, 66degrees leverages intelligent solutions to enhance our recruitment experience. We utilize AI tools—including LinkedIn Recruiter’s Hiring Assistant and interview transcription technologies—to assist with sourcing, role analysis, and capturing interview highlights. These tools augment our process, but we "Commit to Our Craft" by ensuring all final hiring decisions are made by our human Talent Team. By applying, you acknowledge the use of these technologies to help us "Win Together" in finding the best fit for our team. ## About 66degrees ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: 66degrees is an enterprise AI transformation and Google Cloud partner that helps organizations build intelligent, agentic systems by modernizing data, applications, and infrastructure. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by The Marketing Junction in February 2026) - **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States - **Founded**: 2009 - **Founders**: Not publicly available (the company was formed through the merger of Cloudbakers and Qwinix) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Enterprise AI/ML services, Google Cloud consulting and implementation, data analytics, application modernization - **Target customers**: Large enterprises across retail, healthcare & life sciences, financial services, travel & hospitality, supply chain, manufacturing, and energy/utilities (B2B, Enterprise) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “To guide enterprises through the age of AI and shape the future of work” – helping clients turn complexity into clarity by building the Agentic Enterprise. ## Products & Services - **Agentic AI**: Design and deploy custom AI agents that orchestrate complex business workflows, automate customer touchpoints, and improve employee productivity. - **Data & Analytics**: Data strategy, governance, predictive analytics, and AI-ready platform modernization (leveraging BigQuery, Vertex AI, etc.). - **Application Modernization**: Develop cloud-native apps on Google Cloud integrated with AI/ML services for agility and scalability. - **Customer Engagement Suite**: AI-driven customer experiences using Google Cloud’s contact center tools (e.g., Gemini) to enhance satisfaction and reduce costs. - **Gemini Enterprise**: Enterprise adoption of Google’s Gemini models for productivity and innovation. - **Infrastructure**: Migration and modernization of legacy infrastructure to a unified, AI-ready cloud platform. - **Managed Services & MLOps/LLMOps**: Ongoing performance monitoring, cost management, and governance for AI models in production. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Not publicly available (no public funding rounds; growth has been organic and through acquisitions) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: - **Google Cloud** – Diamond Partner, multi-year Partner of the Year for AI and North American expansion - **The Marketing Junction** – acquirer (February 2026) - **Growth Signals**: - Opened a Chicago Global Headquarters and Client Innovation Center in 2025 - Added offices in Pune, India (3rd global office) and expanded Bengaluru Indian HQ - 2025 Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Artificial Intelligence - Claims 90% automation of customer touchpoints for a travel & hospitality leader and $10M annual savings for a Fortune 250 client - Grew AI/ML practice significantly year-over-year in 2024 ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep Google Cloud Specialization**: Only a handful of firms hold Diamond Partner status across AI, Data & Analytics, and Infrastructure competencies. - **Proven Client ROI**: Demonstrates quantifiable results (e.g., $10M savings, 70% automation, 4x improvements in call center quality). - **Agentic AI Lifecycle Management**: End-to-end capabilities from strategy to deployment to ongoing governance (MLOps/LLMOps). - **Combined Expertise**: Convergence of top-tier firms (Cloudbakers, Qwinix, Pandera Systems) creating a dedicated, cohesive practice focused solely on Google Cloud and AI. ## Strategic Focus - **Agentic Enterprise**: Helping clients move beyond AI pilots to production-ready agentic systems that transform business workflows. - **Data Modernization**: Building unified, AI-ready data platforms from fragmented legacy systems. - **Global Scale**: Expanding delivery footprint across North America, India, and Europe to serve enterprise clients. - **Continuous AI Governance**: Ensuring AI investments are predictable, secure, and cost-efficient through managed services. ## Why Work Here - **Cutting-Edge Technology**: Work with Google Cloud’s latest AI/ML tools (Vertex AI, Gemini, BigQuery) before they become mainstream. - **Impact at Scale**: Deliver measurable outcomes for global brands – e.g., saving millions in costs or automating majority of customer interactions. - **Growth and Learning**: Multi-year Partner of the Year recognition indicates strong career development opportunities and access to elite training. - **Culture**: Described as a “convergence of world-class engineers, architects, and strategists” with shared purpose and passion. - **Work Model**: Offices in Chicago (HQ), Bengaluru, and Pune; remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated – likely flexible given global team structure. - **Benefits**: Focus on driving quantifiable impact, innovation, and working on “the most ambitious and complex challenges.” ## Sources 1. [66degrees.com](https://www.66degrees.com/) 2. [About Us – 66degrees](https://www.66degrees.com/about-us) 3. [Careers – 66degrees](https://www.66degrees.com/careers) 4. [CBInsights – 66degrees](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/66degrees) 5. 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