Manager of DevOps

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Responsibilities:

• Lead the build and operational management of highly secure and scalable software for the business.
• Identify areas to automate workflow and expand and improve our architecture and security.
• Monitor bottlenecks and inefficiencies in DevOps and proactively raise suggestions for reduction and/or removal of same.
• Document and implement systems infrastructure best practices, building tools that enable proactive monitoring, continuous deployment, automated testing, and quality control.
• Partner with engineering and security teams to architect resilient products using modern best practices and cloud technologies.
• Develop tools that leverage productivity amplifiers such as code generators and automated scripts for scalable deployment
• Communicate priorities and status of initiatives to senior leadership on a weekly basis.
• Manage and execute on network security initiatives in partnership with SecOps.
• Manage and administer multiple AWS accounts, from security to cost management
• Execute on frequent, incremental code testing and deployment
• Act as the escalation point for service incidents
• Collaborate with Information Security Team addressing privacy, security, and data protection needs and participate in control audits for compliance with for SOC 2, CCPA/GDPR, and ISO 27001
• Manage, prioritize workloads, and evaluate the performance of the DevOps Team.
• Set measurable OKRs for DevOps Team and conduct regular (weekly or biweekly) 1:1s.
• Oversee training of new DevOps personnel and provide regular feedback on performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• On-site working at the ML physical office in London 2-3 days per week is required
• 10+ yrs professional experience, including 7+ yrs of hands-on DevOps experience & 3+ years of direct management experience
• 5+ yrs experience with AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• 3+ yrs experience with release management tools like BitBucket Pipelines, AWS Code Pipeline, GitHub.
• 3+ yrs experience with configuration management tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible
• 3+ yrs experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• 3+ yrs experience with container technologies such as Docker, Mesos, Kubernetes
• 3+ yrs experience with monitoring and analytics tools such as DataDog, New Relic, AWS CloudWatch
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Certification Required
• Experience with cloud-based architectures and solutions
• Hands-on experience with automation/configuration management, Continuous Integration, Deployment Automation and Orchestration, ideally using AWS services such as codedeploy and cloudformation
• Solid Networking knowledge, TCP/IP, Internet Stack.
• Solid grasp of Software Development Lifecycle concepts, roles, and responsibilities
• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service
• One or more of Mongo, Postgres, or MySQL
• Linux/Unix Administration
• Java, coding, and scripting (PHP, Python, Shell, Perl and/or Ruby)
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Off-hours availability required (across multiple time-zones)

Other Characteristics:

• Superior communications skills and comfort presenting to, and working with a senior executive audience
• Ability to generate buy-in and build consensus
• Analytical mindset with a passion for strategy and solving complex business challenges
• Exceptional multi-tasking and prioritization skills
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to juggle multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• A strong focus on business outcomes
• Comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders