** Considering candidates in San Mateo, Santa Barbara, or US-based remote. **
We are looking for a DevOps leader passionate about automation and building high performing teams. Experience with cloud architecture, cloud security, continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, and a strong operational background are all a must. More than a set of skills, we are looking for someone who is curious, collaborative, great at communicating, and is always willing to learn. If you are ready to help build a great DevOps organization this is the perfect opportunity.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead a team of DevOps engineers responsible for our Cloud infrastructure, this includes multiple AWS and Heroku environments
- Work with Consumer Engineering and Product teams during quarterly planning sessions to estimate the work on the DevOps team
- Help establish clear communication and collaboration patterns between different teams
- Work with Project Managers and Engineering leadership to prioritize work during sprint planning and daily standups
- Drive cloud resource optimization and cost reduction for our cloud infrastructures
- Apply your understanding of DevOps and software engineering best practices to influence design and implementation approaches and solutions
- Build high-performing teams and lead the team to embrace new ideas that produce outstanding results for customers
- Create a culture of transparency, ownership, collaboration, and accountability
- Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with partners and stakeholders across the business
- Observability and measurement: define data collection methods to provide developer and visibility into system performance. Participate in measurement of system performance and SLA targets
- Collaborate with customers, partners and vendors when necessary
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum:
- Highly proficient with DevOps concepts and technologies
- Experience managing global teams
- Experience with configuration management and automation tools (e.g., Puppet, Ansible, Chef, CloudFormation, SaltStack, Terraform)
- Programming ability in at least one language (Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)
- Strong management skills and ability to dive into technical details, as needed
- Experience with Cloud services (AWS preferred)
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related technical field
- Strong communication skills and ability to build lasting relationships between functional teams
- Experience in a 24/7 environment
Preferred:
- Experience with Terraform and SaltStack
- Experience with ECS or EKS
- Experience CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub Actions)
- Experience with AWS Services such as SNS, SQS, RDS, API Gateway, Kinesis, etc.
- Experience with persistent, distributed data stores (e.g., S3, HDFS, Cassandra)
- Experience with Direct to Consumer solutions
- Experience with HIPAA compliance or HITRUST certification