A leadership role overseeing a high-performance DevOps team focused on GitOps and infrastructure automation, working across distributed systems, cloud platforms, and open-source technologies to deliver managed services and drive operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage a high-performance DevOps team in daily agile practices
Coordinate and drive internal projects related to infrastructure and operations
Mentor engineers to enhance their skills and team capabilities
Implement and maintain structured engineering and operations processes
Ensure team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
Represent the IS team to stakeholders, customers, and internal teams
Ensure timely delivery of quality managed services and meet service level agreements
Requirements
Proven experience of software delivery using infrastructure as code
Proven experience managing devops teams for SAAS or similar offerings
Understanding of testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
Experience with cloud topologies and technologies
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
Experience of being a Linux and operations expert
Ability to lead a high-performance team and represent the IS team to stakeholders, customers, and internal teams
Experience organizing, coordinating, and driving internal projects
Ability to mentor engineers to improve their skills
Experience implementing structured engineering and operations processes
Experience ensuring proper team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
Experience working across the full stack, from bare metal to Kubernetes, including cloud and virtualisation
Experience working across the full range of infrastructure, from public cloud to private cloud and edge
Experience working in and managing distributed teams
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Benefits & Perks
Annual compensation review
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Program
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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