DevOps Team Lead at Self Decode

We are looking for an experienced and motivated manager to take a lead role at a fast-growing, innovative biotechnology company.

Required Skills & Experience:

• At least 3 years experience in a team lead or product management role in DevOps, SysOps, or Software Development.
• Excellent soft skills necessary in order to be an effective team leader, such as:
• Problem-solving
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Analysis
• Project management skills
• General understanding of the technologies involved in our projects:
• AWS
• Containerized applications
• Infrastructure as code
• CI/CD
• Microservices architecture

It’s a plus if you have knowledge of:

• Cloud-based security and privacy best practices.
• HIPAA, GDPR, and other relevant compliance experience.
• Python, React, Docker and/or Terraform, AWS CloudFormation.
• Security / Networking / Development.
• ITIL / IT management best practices.
• Startup experience.
• Managing penetration testing, response, and mitigation.

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced and motivated manager to take a lead role at a fast-growing, innovative biotechnology company. As a Team Lead, you will manage the DevOps team’s delivery of infrastructure, security, CI/CD, and internal tooling services to meet the needs of the business developed in consultation with our research scientists, computational biologists, front-end, and back-end teams.

The lead of the DevOps team will manage the evolution and operations of the company's production and development environments. Responsibilities will include delivering a scalable, resilient, and cost-effective architecture and building a team of first-class professionals by guiding and leading, planning career paths, and improving the hiring process.

The Role is:

• Full time.
• Fully Remote.
• No agencies.
• Competitive salary; Will be in accordance with skill, abilities, and experience, and can vary widely.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the team of DevOps engineers.
• DevOps project planning and management with best practices in mind: prioritize work based on business and developer requirements.
• Effectively communicating with multiple teams, departments, and management representatives.
• Be the team voice in meetings.
• Mentor team members in terms of their personal development, goals, and advancement.
• Developing and delivering on OKRs and/or KPIs.

Any relevant certifications are also a plus.

Note: please complete the application and pre-screening within one week of starting.