Job openings/Lead Operations Architect

JOB TITLE

Lead Operations Architect [CLOSED]

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.