Director of DevOps

Imgur is the world’s largest image-sharing community and the best place to share and enjoy the most awesome images on the internet. Every day, millions of people visit Imgur to be entertained and inspired by funny, heartwarming and helpful images and stories from all around the world.

Imgur has a lot of servers- we are one of the most trafficked websites in the US (top 50) and we get over 60 billion image views per month . As our Director of DevOps, you'll have a pivotal role in building out and leading our devops team, you will be designing and implementing key systems, and you'll be doing it in a fast-paced environment where everything counts - security, reliability, and scalability. The ideal candidate has touched all aspects of a large production environment and is prepared to scale their own responsibilities along with the company. We are looking for a leader who is passionate about performance and scalability!

* Develop and own DevOps KPIs to help insure site stability and performance * Continue to build out and invest in a world class team that is as passionate about performance and scalability as you are * Be hands on to help troubleshoot site issues, ensure system and network security and develop custom tools * Strategize with team to build custom tools and automate processes, as well as document system design and procedures

* 6-8 years of devops experience which includes experience leading and growing a team of engineers * Strong leadership skills: you are able to assess gaps, strategize on fixes and rally the team to high performance * Expert-level Linux system administration skills. * Solid programming experience in one or more of the following languages: PHP, Ruby, python, or Go * Strong understanding of MySQL, Memcached, Redis, Nginx, and Varnish. * Solid understanding of fundamental protocols and technologies like TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, DNS. * Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, CFEngine), monitoring (Nagios), trending (Ganglia), network design, and backups. * Strong scripting skills in any common scripting language available on Linux. * Knowledge of best practices related to security, performance, and disaster recovery.