Desired Skills and Experience

  • Ruthless commitment to scientific debugging, and the unrelenting pursuit of the final “Root Cause”
  • The ability to quickly appropriate architectural decisions favoring simplicity
  • Commitment to hands-on engagement as an individual within the team, despite managerial status
  • Perfectionism: knowing how a job should be done and not stop until it’s done correctly
  • Exceptional ability to effectively motivate and manage teams of individuals
  • Commitment to increasing efficiency in the workplace by continuously automating manual processes
  • Excellent remote management skills (you will be using Skype, GoToMeeting, Google Docs, etc.)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
  • Proven managerial skills with at least 5 years of experience managing multiple teams
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience with system administration (including networking and databases on both windows and linux)
  • Proficiency with SaaS architectures and DevOps
  • Proficiency in AWS and Docker is desired but not mandatory
  • Experience in database monitoring tools and log file analysis tools
  • Experience in running devops teams for production saas products and 24/7 saas support teams
  • Experience in escalation tools and ticketing systems like pagerduty, victorops, jira
  • Outstanding English communication skills