- Participating in the processes of strategic project-planning meetings.
- Responsible for developing and building IT solutions.
- Configuring and automation management, health checks, point of failure, notifications, etc.
- Ensuring operational best practices by working closely with the deployment/releasing teams.
- Finding the proper tools and implementing the processes that can automate any manual tasks.
- Building automated deployments through the use of configuration management technology.
- Doing routine application maintenance, also help create requirements and procedures for implementing routine maintenance. Troubleshooting existing information systems for errors and resolving those errors.
- Evaluate existing applications and platforms, also give recommendations for enhancing performance via gap analysis, identifying the most practical alternative solutions and assisting with modifications.
- Learning about and gathering new technologies and related tools to introduce to the company in order to grow the agile development environment.
- Providing direct server support during various operations such as deployment and general production.
- Collaborating with developers to make sure new environments meet requirements and conform to best practices.
- Designing, implementing and testing agreed-upon infrastructures.
- Automating deployment of Linux applications, system configurations and security settings
- Associates or Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Minimum two (2) or more years of technical experience with providing SAAS/hosted delivery required
- 1+ years of experience with Python other scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby etc
- Experience in developing and maintaining CI/CD process for enterprise SaaS and on-prem applications using tools like Git, Jenkins, Maven, etc
- Expertise in Linux System Admin and Bash Scripting
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, Fabric, Puppet or SaltStack
- Hands-on experience in build and administer VMs and Containers using tools such as Docker, Vagrant, Kubernetes
- Experience in designing and maintaining cloud-based solutions with Google Cloud or Amazon Web Services
- Automation skills (tool agnostic).
- The ability to design, build, and operate a technology stack.
- Strong operational experience in Linux/Unix environment and scripting languages: Shell, Perl, Python.
- Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration
- Effective cross-functional leadership skills (prior leadership experience, verbal communication skills, strong collaboration skills, empathic).
- Experience with Source Control (like Git, Bitbucket, Svn etc)
- Experience with Continuous Integration (like Jenkins, Bamboo )
- Experience with Infrastructure Automation (like Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Saltstack, etc)
- Experience with Deployment Automation & Orchestration (like Jenkins, VSTS, Octopus Deploy)
- Experience with Container Concepts (LXD, Docker)
- Experience with Orchestration (Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm)
- Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services (experience with AWS is required)
- Strong experience with Postgresql and MySQL (NoSQL experience is a plus, too, since we also use Redis)
- A working understanding of code and script (PHP, Javascript and/or Ruby) is a plus
- Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service
If you are driven, determined and want to take the next step in your career, this Head of People and Culture is the role for you.
