Job openings/Lead Operations Architect

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JOB TITLE

Lead Operations Architect

REPORTS TO

Director of Operations

JOB PURPOSE

  • To own, create and communicate the technical vision and roadmap for the infrastructure needed to run all of Wikimedia web properties
  • To ensure the design and implementation of the operating environment is highly reliable, scalable, supportable, and cost effective
  • To identify, design and/or develop tools for operating and managing the infrastrucuture
  • To drive technical alignment, particularly with Features Engineering and General Engineering

JOB SUMMARY

  • Perform and report on periodic technical audits the current infrastructure, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, and propose opportunities for enhancements and/replacements of current infrastructure. Infrastructure here includes Networking Layer, Hardware (Servers, Appliances & Storage), LAMP stack, caching layer, system diagnostic tools and databases
  • Investigate and/or prototype suitable new tools and technologies
  • Lead the design and deployment of new technologies
  • Ensure architectural alignments during the various Engineering phase gate design reviews
  • Perform TechOps tools, technology and deployment design reviews and make recommendation
  • Mentor and guide software developers and operation staff members
  • Lead in the regular due diligence on infrastructure and systems capacity and performance, and recommend mitigations to address rising concerns
  • Perform production escalation support and provide aftermath root cause analysis.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience
  • 8+ years of relevant experience
  • Extensive experience with Linux/Unix internals
  • Highly competent with LAMP
  • Deep understanding of various caching technologies
  • Expert level in networking technologies
  • Strong experience with High-Performance, scalable web architectures
  • Experience with Network and Systems security
  • Competent developer in Php, Python and C
  • Good knowledge of various server and storage architectures
  • Any other free/open software development experience highly welcome
  • Comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment
  • Experience with wikis and participatory production environments a plus
  • Understanding of the free culture movement a plus
  • The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural and language contexts.

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