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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and operational management of automated, resilient platform technologies including Observability, DevOps, and ITSM.
- Manage a small team of platform engineers, driving technical roadmaps and ensuring platform reliability, security, and delivery.
- Build and operate OpenTelemetry observability platforms using LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) on Kubernetes.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of technical experience with 2+ years in management or Principal-level role leading engineering teams.
- Expert-level automation with Python, Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes; 5+ years GitLab CI/CD.
- Strong understanding of AI tooling, secrets management, and security architecture.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with Boomi iPaaS, AWS multi-account, and DR automation workflows.
- Familiarity with BAS/BMS systems in datacenter/OT environments.
Flexential
Flexential is a data center and IT services company building next-gen observability platforms for 40+ data center facilities. They value diversity and offer a collaborative culture focused on innovation.