Director IT Operations (w/m/d)
Core
Oversee operations and platform development for Germany's largest web portal, managing high-availability 24/7 infrastructure for millions of users and over 50,000 hosts.
Role type
Director, IT Operations
Builds
Scalable IT operations landscape and platform for a high-traffic web portal
Domain
Internet Services / Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
High availability architecture, Bare Metal and virtualized/container environments, Agile operations leadership, CAPEX/OPEX budget management, Team coaching, Distributed system design, IT/Network security, DDoS defense, BCM, Ceph, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, HA-Proxy, BGP
Preferred skills
Strategic roadmap planning, Cross-functional collaboration with development and product management, Large-scale project management
Technologies
Ceph, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, HA-Proxy, BGP
Responsibilities
Steer an agile hybrid operations area across five departments and three locations; Contribute to system architecture concepts and strategic/technical roadmap; Define goals and coach leadership for personal development; Collaborate with software development, product management, and data centers; Manage large long-running infrastructure projects
Seniority
Director, hands-on leadership