Head of TechOps for Digital Marketing Platform

We are looking for a Head of Technical Operations with experience in running high performance Operations/DevOps functions. You will have overall responsibility for managing high-performing and scalable systems to handle massive amounts of transactions. We have recently gone through a large transformation, moving away from our legacy platform and replacing that with modern technologies and infrastructure as code. Our new platform is built on containerised microservices, running in Kubernetes that we deploy in the cloud through continuous deployment. We are working with test driven development to ensure high quality and we can quickly implement new software into production.


You will manage a small and high performing team taking care of our Operational environment. You will take full responsibility of our AWS and Oracle Cloud environments and should therefore have solid experience with cloud tech.


For this position, frequent communication with our development teams and external partners is essential. You will handle all licensing agreements and be expected to evaluate existing agreements and partners to ensure that we always get the best solutions and support for our environment and well as the best value for money.


Who you are
- At least 4 years of experience in a System Operations/DevOps role
- Experience of working with cloud platforms (ideally AWS, Oracle a benefit)
- Experience working with containers, Kubernetes is a plus
- Experience managing vendors and contracts/licences
- Previous leadership experience is an advantage
- Experience in operating and scaling high-transactional solutions
- Experience in scripting and in virtualisation
- You can quickly pick up an understanding of the business you are working with and are able to convert that knowledge into technical solutions that fulfil client needs.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, in particular Terraform
- Good knowledge of Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.)
- Active knowledge of industry trends
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English.


Why work at our customer?
Our customer is an international performance marketing partner, creating smarter results for its clients and partners through traffic, technology and expertise. We help our clients grow their online sales and find new customers for their businesses and we help an expanding network of online publishers monetise their websites.


Working at our customer is stimulating, challenging and fun. We pride ourselves in offering an environment where everyone can contribute and make a difference to the success of our business. Our employees come from all over the world, producing a culturally diverse environment where creativity, communication and idea sharing are highly valued.


We recognise that our employees are the key to our success and with this in mind we offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as the opportunity for every employee to grow with us.


If you find our proposal interesting and you meet the above requirements for the position, please don't hesitate to apply.


All applications will be treated strictly confidential.


About Comstream:
Comstream is a European company group with more than 70 employees and 200 customers. Our business idea is to connect talented IT professionals with leading companies. Comstream is operating the jobsite www.jobshark.se.