Infrastructure Manager

Summary

Join PrizePicks, a rapidly growing sports technology company, as the Manager of DevOps and SRE. You will oversee infrastructure, operations, and reliability engineering, leading a team of engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include managing infrastructure and operations, driving automation, leading SRE efforts, collaborating effectively, ensuring security and compliance, optimizing infrastructure, managing budgets, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This role requires a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years of relevant experience, strong technical skills in cloud infrastructure, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code, and excellent leadership and communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary, remote work flexibility, and a comprehensive benefits package. PrizePicks is committed to building a strong culture and investing in its people. The ideal candidate will have experience in a technology startup environment and relevant certifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or commiserate experience
• Proven experience (5+ years) in managing infrastructure and operations, with a focus on DevOps and/or SRE
• Strong technical background in cloud infrastructure (AWS,GCP, Digital Ocean), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with implementing observability tools, monitoring systems, and incident management frameworks
• Solid understanding of security best practices, compliance requirements, and familiarity with security tools and practices
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and senior management
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a focus on driving results and meeting deadlines
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and continuous integration/delivery practices

Responsibilities

• Manage Infrastructure and Operations: Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of our infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance. Implement best practices for configuration management, deployment pipelines, and system monitoring
• Scaling and Automation: Drive the automation of infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and management processes. Implement solutions to scale the infrastructure seamlessly with business growth, leveraging cloud technologies and orchestration tools
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): Build and lead an SRE team focused on maximizing system reliability, performance, and availability. Implement practices such as error budgeting, incident response, blameless postmortems, and proactive monitoring to ensure optimal performance
• Collaboration and Leadership: Work closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and security to align infrastructure and operations with business goals and requirements. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and support to the team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
• Security and Compliance: Ensure compliance with security and privacy regulations. Collaborate with the security team to implement robust security measures, perform vulnerability assessments, and drive incident response plans to safeguard our systems and data
• Infrastructure Optimization: Continuously assess and optimize our infrastructure, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance performance. Provide recommendations on technology stack, tools, and processes to meet business objectives
• Budgeting and Resource Management: Assist with managing the infrastructure and operations budget, including vendor relationships and contract negotiations. Optimize resource allocation and capacity planning to meet operational needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a technology startup environment is highly desirable
• Relevant certifications in DevOps, Cloud, or SRE domains are a plus

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Annual bonus
• Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
• Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings
• Lifestyle enhancement program
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
• Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development