Tech Lead - DevOps

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Team Leader to manage and mentor our talented Admins/DevOps team. In this role, you will be responsible for: 

• overseeing the day-to-day operations of the team,
• ensuring the smooth and efficient running of our IT infrastructure,
• driving the adoption of DevOps/FinOps best practices,as well as improving our security posture.

The ideal candidate possesses a solid technical background with specific expertise in GCP, Terraform, and Grafana, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Management:
• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of 10 system administrators and DevOps engineers.
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment that encourages knowledge-sharing and innovation.
• Own and actively develop technical improvements roadmap.
• Delegate tasks effectively, ensuring team members have the resources and support they need to succeed.
• Infrastructure Management:
• Oversee the maintenance and administration of our IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, databases, and GCP services.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of all systems.
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for all infrastructure components.
• DevOps Implementation:
• Manage the company’s infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.
• Champion the adoption of DevOps principles and practices across the organisation.
• Design and implement organisation-wide CI/CD pipelines to automate software application build, test, and deployment.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimise application performance and scalability.
• Monitoring & Observability:
• Implement and maintain monitoring tools and dashboards (using Grafana) to track system health, performance, and availability.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for infrastructure and applications.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system issues.
• Participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis to prevent future occurrences.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
•  7+ years of proven experience, with at least 2+ years in a similar role, leading and managing a team of IT professionals.
• Strong understanding of Linux server administration.
• Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Experience with Grafana for building dashboards and visualizing system metrics.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Bonus Points:

• Deep understanding of SRE principles and practices.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with database administration (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2).
• Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate).