DevOps Team Lead

Job Responsibilities

• Manage a team of DevOps Engineers to build and automate the provisioning of infrastructure and cloud-native services
• Architect and manage infrastructures for a multitenant distributed environment
• Identify and execute cloud cost optimization opportunities
• Foster strong working relationships with cross functional partners from design & product
• Take holistic ownership of your work by understanding how things work, even if they take you outside your area of expertise
• Ensure you follow best practices including but not limited to security, availability, and observability of the infrastructure
• Constantly Bring innovative ideas to the table to help make our environment and processes better
• Bring thoughtful perspectives, empathy, creativity, and a positive attitude to take on problems at scale
• Communicate effectively (both written and oral) with colleagues at all levels of the organization
• Alert colleagues to emerging technologies, applications, and opportunities to integrate them into existing operations and activities
• Actively grow our network of developers to attract the best new talent to the team
• Perform 1-on-1 meetings, performance reviews and be actively part of the hiring process

Job Requirements

Job Qualification

• 4+ years of experience managing infrastructures with lots of moving pieces
• 2+ years of team leadership experience in a distributed environment
• Experience with any public cloud providers (i.e. AWS, Google & Azure), preferably AWS
• Proficiency working with cloud technologies: Dockerization, ECS, CI/CD, auto-scaling, DBs (MySQL, Mongo, Postgres, Elasticsearch, etc…) , IAC
• Proficiency with Linux systems and tools
• Experience in scripting languages (i.e. Shell, Bash, Python, etc…)
• Strong experience in automation
• Preferably experience in architecting scalable infrastructures and data warehouses.
• Data-driven and strongly motivated by success and learnings through experiments and metrics analysis
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment (we deploy many times a day!)
• Ability to work rotational shifts around the clock with other team members
• Computer Science degree, or significant equivalent experience
• Passion for mentoring and supporting the continued education of team members
• Good knowledge of modern deployment tools and technologies (i.e. CI/CD, Docker, AWS, etc…)

VALUES & COMPETENCIES

• Positive attitude and enthusiasm for employee training and development
• Flexible and adaptable with proven problem-solving ability
• High degree of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality
• Demonstrated accountability and reliability in the quality and timeliness of work
• Ability to work well within a team, and independently, and able to adjust to tight and changing deadlines
• Critical thinker with strong attention to details