DevOps Manager

We’re life-long learners, creative thinkers, technology enthusiasts and innovators redefining the way world languages are learned and taught in interactive and intuitive environments. We love what we do and we’re proud of the customer-facing products we create! We believe in writing tests first, pair programming and using agile methodologies. We’re working on some extremely cool projects right now in the areas of speech recognition, adaptive learning algorithms, advanced learning analytics and natural language processing and we want you to be a part of that! Our ideal candidate doesn’t think in boxes, is innately curious, and shares our enthusiasm for developing best-in-class solutions to complex technical challenges.

We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Manager to own, manage and support our AWS environment as well as evangelize DevOps within the larger Technology organization.  In addition to managing our awesome DevOps Engineer, you will define best-practices and workflows, troubleshoot and resolve performance problems or downtime incidents, with a focus on reducing mean time to repair (MTTR), build/ maintain monitoring and alerting systems for all key applications and infrastructure, create operational efficiencies through automation of our infrastructure and build/ maintain monitoring and alerting systems for all key applications and infrastructure. At VHL, our Engineering leadership all play ‘hands-on’ roles. So while you manage a team, you are also actively involved in analyzing, designing, writing, testing and implementing clean, performant, maintainable and testable code.

Our technology stack:

• Languages/Frameworks: Ruby/Rails, Javascript
• Persistence: MySQL, Postgres, Redis, ElasticSearch
• Automation: Chef, Cloudformation
• Hosting: Rackspace, AWS

What you bring to the party:

• BA/ BS in computer science or other related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of DevOps experience (experience in ed-tech or education fields, a strong plus) with at least 2 years of experience in a managerial/ mentoring function
• Previous success building and developing high-performing engineering teams in dynamic agile environments
• Experience with monitoring, operating and scaling a large SaaS
• Extensive experience with Linux and the command line
• Experience with AWS infrastructure automation tools
• Experience with Chef/Puppet/Ansible
• Experience building and managing CI/CD workflows
• Experience with Agile as applied to DevOps workflows
• Experience in building a DevOps culture that integrates tightly with the entire engineering team
• Experience with both AWS and application-level security
• Experience managing and working well with geographically distributed teams as well as highly collaborative environments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Some proficiency in Spanish is a strong plus

Our benefits package includes life/health/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), educational assistance, PTO and paid holidays as well as company lunches, onsite fitness classes, access to a nifty wellness portal, monthly chair massages and cool colleagues.

Why join us?  We at Vista Higher Learning are proud to say that we’re not just another publisher. We’re the leading specialized language publisher for U.S. and Canadian higher education and secondary school markets whose first-hand knowledge of languages and diverse cultures sets us apart from other publishers.  We’re passionate about developing educational materials that incorporate authenticity and culture. We bring a fresh new approach to teaching languages by integrating technology, design, content, and pedagogy to make learning easier, more practical, and more rewarding. With current programs in Spanish, French, Italian and German Vista Higher Learning is committed to helping people communicate across languages and cultures.

Vista Higher Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Work location: Boston, MA