Director of DevOps/Cloud Platform Engineering
Who are we
SimplifyVMS is a leading global SAAS provider of contingent workforce VMS solutions and is one of the fastest growing extended workforce technology providers globally. Ranked by various industry analysts a leading platform SimplifyVMS continues to evolve and be the pioneer for the larger extended workforce industry.
SimplifyVMS is a very sophisticated multi-tenant SAAS HR Tech product built on a complex microservices architecture. Looking for a resource who has worked on sophisticated SAAS platforms or microservices products. Experience working with global teams would be a big plus. Should be able to own workstreams within the platform and be responsible for it end to end to deliver outstanding outcomes. Our clients are large enterprise Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies and need complex engineering design to meet their expectations.
Role & Responsibilities
• Accountable for Simplify’s cloud environments and application 24x7 support, reliability, performance, and compliance
• Define and implement effective cloud infrastructure, services, and applications monitoring and emergency alerting
• Responsible for maintaining the cybersecurity of all cloud environments, including compliance and audits, access control and implementation of best practices
• Work with software developers, security operations, software architecture, support, platform, and other cross-functional teams on company priorities and roadmap planning for a rapidly growing customer base
• Lead the cloud platform team, which has sub-teams that build and maintain the platform services, DevOps/Infrastructure, and security
• Forecast and monitor cloud resources utilization and associated cost
• Develop, enhance, and support a set of integrated platform services for engineering teams to leverage in releasing high quality software to customers
• Ensure that the team is following best practices for cloud-based architecture and DevOps methodologies
• Ensure that platform uptime and responsiveness meet internal and external SLAs
Qualifications
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Experience as an engineering leader in enterprise SaaS, especially in startup environments
• 10+ years of experience and a proven record of success in managing production cloud operations for enterprise SaaS companies in AWS
• 7+ years of experience and a proven record of success in implementing DevSecOps practices
• 7+ years of proven technical skills in Python/Java, experience designing microservices architecture, databases, developed scalable data-driven platforms, cloud cost optimization, third-party API integrations, SSO
• 7+ years of proven high-performance team management experience with demonstrated skills including coaching, feedback, direction, support, and resource allocation
• Strong analytical skills and solid grounding in engineering fundamentals