Head of DevOps

We are seeking a hands‑on Head of Dev Ops to lead and scale our global Dev Ops team. In this strategic role, you will transform our very complex setup and configuration process, which is currently text-based and manual, into a semi‑automated and scalable. You will be responsible for shaping our Dev Ops culture, driving automation, and managing the allocation of Dev Ops resources.

This is a high‑impact leadership role requiring deep technical expertise, operational excellence, and strong collaboration with engineering, QA, and client delivery teams.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of Dev Ops engineers.
• Oversee environment versioning, configuration management, and infrastructure automation.
• revolutionize our text-based configuration into a generator-based process, supporting a quick span to multiple servers and flexibility to development expansions.
• Drive Dev Ops knowledge collection and team training - the Dev Ops team should be the Gold standard as to how to configure and deploy any component or module.
• Manage the team - recruit, train, allocate tasks, supervise delivery. (Note that you are not expected to be the technical leader).
• Drive adoption of Dev Ops best practices, including monitoring, incident response, and security hardening.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance reliability, scalability, and speed of delivery.

• This is a full-time, on‑site position in Jerusalem (right at the entrance to the city).

• 7+ years of Dev Ops/SRE experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or managerial capacity
• Experience working with multiple external customers.
• Strong knowledge of version control systems:
  Git and SVN.
• Strong background in Linux systems administration (preferably Red Hat
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• Experience with Database applicative versioning
• Experience with large, non-cloud-based systems
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Experience managing production systems in a mission‑critical environment.

• Experience in the financial industry, especially low‑latency trading systems.
• Familiarity with RPM packaging and software delivery processes.
• Hands‑on experience with MariaDB/MySQL, including DBA‑level management and tuning.
• Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Solace), Solarflare network cards, and Big Data tooling.
• Background in optimizing C++ applications on Linux is a strong advantage.
• Knowledge of security best practices on‑prem environments .
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Git Lab, Jenkins, etc.).
• Expertise in automation tools (Ansible preferred) and infrastructure scripting.
• Experience writing internal technical documentation and release notes.
• Deep understanding of container technologies, especially Docker.