Lead and grow a team of SRE and DevOps engineers providing 24x7 Live Site coverage for a set of BTP services with Dev partners in Germany and Bulgaria.
Manage a strong team by attracting and retaining the right technical people and talents.
Establish an open and trustworthy environment.
Create an inclusive team environment, showing concern for success and well-being of team members.
Actively coach and/or mentor team members.
Cooperate within and across teams and cross organizations on people development activities.
Keep people motivated and productive.
Communicate with internal and external stakeholders in a respectable and professional manner, building lasting relationships.
Create project and execution plans, factoring in essential elements like monitoring and steering.
Align priorities and demands from different stakeholders to form prioritized backlog for the team.
Ensure Roadmap and SLAs are made available and transparent. Regularly evaluate stakeholders’ feedback about the delivered value
Ensure timely and quality deliveries on commitments according to predefined priorities.
Innovate and drive continuous improvement. Foster curiosity culture (support new ideas and fail fast approach). Challenge people for continuous improvement and recognize achievements.
Have a comprehensive understanding of sound software engineering principles and best practices for operations. Be capable of driving projects end to end.
Be passionate about DevOps/SRE practices with a pragmatic evaluation of the applicability in the concrete environment.
Stay current on technology and understand how it may fit into or advance our strategic direction.
Look for new opportunities to provide more value for the company and expand further the scope and size of the team and the area.
Be open to accepting new challenges for the benefit of the team, the organization, and the company.
What you bring:
University degree in Computer Science (or related subject)
Excellent people management skills, strong dedication to people development and mentoring
Excellent analytical and communication skills
Excellent negotiation skills
Mindset for Continuous Improvement
Able to manage critical situations and their impact on business deliverables
Team player with outstanding interpersonal skills and a high degree of personal initiative
Flexible to changing priorities and requirements with ability to react on new challenges and opportunities.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Prior experience managing DevOps or SRE teams
3+ years of practical project experience that cover a variety of scenarios
Prior experience in operating cloud software is strongly desired
Prior experience with applications on Amazon, Azure or GCP is strongly desired