About ID Quantique
ID Quantique (IDQ), a part of IONQ, is a global leader in quantum-safe communications and quantum detection systems. We provide solutions to protect governments, telecommunication infrastructures, and banking & financial institutions from the “harvest-now, decrypt-later” threat, delivering both terrestrial and space-based quantum-safe networks in live operation globally. Our Quantum Detection Systems push the limits of single-photon detection, powering breakthroughs in quantum communication, sensing, computing, and ultra-sensitive imaging in partnership with top researchers and tech innovators worldwide.
The Role
We are seeking a Director of SRE to join our cross-functional team. In this pivotal role, you will lead IonQ's mission to build the world's best quantum computers capable of solving the most complex global challenges.
You will build and lead SRE/DevOps organizations operating multi-tenant SaaS at scale on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Your responsibilities will include ensuring production ownership of availability, latency, incident response, and capacity management while implementing an SRE operating model utilizing SLOs/SLIs and error budgets. Your leadership will connect cloud infrastructure architecture with AI-ready operations to ensure a secure-by-default platform for our product teams.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead SRE/DevOps organizations operating multi-tenant SaaS at scale on AWS/Azure/GCP, focusing on production ownership for availability, latency, incident response, disaster recovery, and capacity management.
- Architect cloud infrastructure with a focus on networking (VPC/VNet, routing, private connectivity), compute, containers/orchestration, and data platforms.
- Implement SRE operating models utilizing SLOs/SLIs and error budgets to effectively balance reliability and delivery velocity.
- Drive CI/CD and release engineering initiatives, ensuring safe progressive delivery (canary/blue-green), automated rollbacks, and measurable deployment health.
- Scale Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and platform automation via "golden pipelines," standardized modules, and secure-by-default guardrails.
- Facilitate cross-functional execution across Product, Engineering, Security, Support, and Customer Success while establishing clear ownership boundaries.
- Oversee organizational planning, including hiring, team topology, on-call models, budget, and vendor strategy.
- Foster a culture of operational excellence through blameless postmortems, corrective-action tracking, and toil reduction.
Requirements
- At least 15 years of experience in building and leading SRE/DevOps organizations operating multi-tenant SaaS at scale on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Deep technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure architecture, networking, containers, and secure-by-default platform guardrails.
- Proven ability to manage production for global enterprise/federal customer bases, including tenant isolation and data residency considerations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AI-ready operations for networking SaaS, including streaming telemetry pipelines and closed-loop automation.
- Familiarity with Juniper Mist AI or similar large-scale networking SaaS platforms is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of AI-native networking concepts such as service-level expectations (SLEs) and proactive anomaly detection.
- A security and resilience mindset aligned with Zero Trust designs and continuous telemetry policy enforcement.
- Hands-on experience deploying SaaS products in networking/security domains where customer impact is closely tied to network behavior.
- Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to present SLO posture, incident learnings, and risk assessments to leadership.
What We Offer
- A role at one of the fastest-growing and most exciting quantum companies in the world.
- A competitive compensation package including benefits and equity plan designed to reward excellence.
- Flexible work models to help you balance your life, family, and career.
- Ongoing training and development to sharpen your skills and foster your growth.
- A career development plan within the IonQ group’s companies.
- A dynamic, close-knit environment where you collaborate with a global team of experts.
- A performance-driven culture built on trust, teamwork, and shared ambition.
Apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.
ID Quantique/IonQ is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.