DevOps/SRE Manager

Summary

Join Parity, a leading blockchain infrastructure company, as their DevOps/SRE Team Lead. Lead a team of 5 engineers, maintaining infrastructure and tools supporting the Polkadot SDK development. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability, scalability, and security. Define and implement best practices for infrastructure automation and continuous delivery. Drive DevOps culture adoption and streamline development processes. This role requires strong leadership, expertise in containerization, cloud platforms, and Infrastructure as Code. Parity offers a competitive compensation package, a remote-first work environment, flexible hours, and various benefits.

Requirements

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others
• Strong understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Experience with multiple cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, Azure, DigitalOcean, OVH, Scaleway, etc
• Experience leveraging Infrastructure as Code (eg. Terraform, Ansible) and GitOps (eg. ArgoCD, FluxCD) tooling
• Expertise in Linux-based systems
• Proven experience managing infrastructure teams, and overseeing large scalable, resilient and observable systems
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of DevOps engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support
• Define and implement best practices for infrastructure automation, continuous delivery and cloud operations
• Provide strategic direction and contribute to the overall technology roadmap
• Drive the adoption of DevOps culture, practices, and tools across the organisation
• Collaborate with software development teams to streamline the build, deployment, and release processes
• Establish and maintain robust monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure system reliability and availability
• Continuously evaluate and implement new technologies and tools to improve efficiency and productivity
• Liaise with stakeholders to gather requirements, prioritise projects, and communicate progress

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration packages based on iterative market research, including tokens (where legally possible)
• ���Future of work” environment that’s remote-first and self-initiating with flexible hours
• Access to the brightest minds in this space to learn about Web3 and develop your skills and knowledge while on the job
• Becoming part of the wider ecosystem (career and networking opportunities)
• Team and company-wide retreats
• Work laptop
• Opportunity to relocate to Germany or Portugal (with visa sponsorship)
• Healthcare
• Parental leave
• PTO (28 days per year)
• Local team events