Head of DevOps

We are seeking a hands-on Head of DevOps to lead and scale our global DevOps team. In this strategic role, you will transform our very complex setup and configuration process, which is currently text-based and manual, into a semi-automated and scalable. . You will be responsible for shaping our DevOps culture, driving automation, and managing the allocation of DevOps resources.. This is a high-impact leadership role requiring deep technical expertise, operational excellence, and strong collaboration with engineering, QA, and client delivery teams. Revolution / transformation Key Responsibilities - Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of DevOps engineers. - Oversee environment versioning, configuration management, and infrastructure automation. - revolutionize our text-based configuration into a generator-based process, supporting a quick span to multiple servers and flexibility to development expansions. - Drive DevOps knowledge collection and team training - the DevOps team should be the Gold standard as to how to configure and deploy any component or module. - Manage the team - recruit, train, allocate tasks, supervise delivery. (Note that you are not expected to be the technical leader). - Drive adoption of DevOps best practices, including monitoring, incident response, and security hardening. - Continuously evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance reliability, scalability, and speed of delivery. Requirements: - 7+ years of DevOps/SRE experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or managerial capacity - Experience working with multiple external customers. - Strong knowledge of version control systems: Git and SVN. - Strong background in Linux systems administration (preferably RedHat 8). - Experience with Database applicative versioning - Experience with large, non-cloud-based systems - Proficiency in scripting languages (Python preferred). - Excellent written and verbal communication in English. - Experience managing production systems in a mission-critical environment. Preferred Qualifications - Experience in the financial industry, especially low-latency trading systems. - Familiarity with RPM packaging and software delivery processes. - Hands-on experience with MariaDB/MySQL, including DBA-level management and tuning. - Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Solace), Solarflare network cards, and BigData tooling. - Background in optimizing C++ applications on Linux is a strong advantage. - Knowledge of security best practices on-prem environments . - Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, etc.). - Expertise in automation tools (Ansible preferred) and infrastructure scripting. - Experience writing internal technical documentation and release notes. - Deep understanding of container technologies, especially Docker.