Friday, August 24, 2012

[KITlist-Tech] Director, Technical Operations | Elance Headquarters (Mountain View, CA)

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Elance is currently looking for that Rockstar Head of Technical Operations who is able to think big picture and yet is a hands-on technical mentor to his/her team. This is an opportunity to completely rebuild our Operations team, the process and the way our overall Ops infrastructure is run. In this role, you will be managing our production environment, as well as corporate IT. You will have the opportunity to create and execute your vision and see it 'go live'! Here's what you need to know:

Your Responsibilities:

•Be a champion for the needs and requirements of Ops
•Recruit, build and manage a small team of System/IT Engineers. Set a high bar for recruiting and team deliverables.
•Lead by example. This is a very hands-on role; you will be in the trenches for at least half of your time.
•Be proactive. We are supporting a mission critical environment built for scale. You have to be one step ahead in monitoring, capacity planning, identifying risks and bottlenecks.
•Collaborate with the engineering team to contribute to the continuous refinement of product, software development methodology, internal tools and anything else that helps Elance expand its market leading position

Your Qualifications:

•4+ years of building & managing small to medium Operations and IT teams with a demonstrated track record of delivering high quality SaaS offerings
•7+ years of experience as a Systems Administrator is required
•Experience in managing SaaS is a must. Experience with hardware, networking, security, and LAMP stacks is required.
•Significant experience with planning and execution of server virtualization, and Disaster recovery is required
•Strong and proven vendor management and negotiation skills
•Experience with security audits and PCI compliance a strong plus
•Expertise in Oracle as strong plus
•Strong organizational, people management and communication skills
•Flexibility and passion to thrive in a fast-paced, informal startup environment
•Bachelor or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

About Us
Why do great people and innovative companies come to Elance? They do what they love, work on what´s important and want to embrace a new way to work that is transforming businesses and careers all over the world. If you want to join a company that is making a difference in people´s lives every day, Elance is for you.
We're always looking for bright and talented people to join us in building the world´s leading human cloud company. We provide an easy, cost-effective online employment platform to match up employers with a qualified and ready workforce that represents some of the best in technical, creative, administrative and business talent.



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