Global Lead, Site Reliability Engineering (Samsung Ads)

Position Summary

The SRE team at Samsung Ads operates a multi-million dollar ad tech ecosystem composed of several critical revenue bearing systems. We are looking for a passionate leader who will lead the technical strategy and vision for our underpinning infrastructure, alerting & monitoring, infrastructure provisioning, networking, and development tooling in collaboration with other engineering teams and leadership. Sounds like you? Read on!

Job Summary:

Over the last few years, Samsung has been investing in building up a portfolio of engaging services across its devices to complement its market-leading hardware business while leveraging its unparalleled global distribution footprint. These services, coupled with a vast partner network and proprietary data, generate a massive opportunity for ad-based monetization. Five years into this journey, Samsung Ads is a highly successful and fast-growing business. This business and its continued future success depend on the products, technologies, and tools owned by the Global Ads & Data Product & Engineering team. Hundreds of people strong, with a substantial presence in four countries, the Global P&E team is a fast-paced, dynamic and complex organization operating across a broad spectrum of product and strategic domains.

As the SRE and DevOps Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for establishing and executing a strategic vision for SRE and DevOps practices across all regions where Samsung Ads operates. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, availability, and efficiency of our systems while promoting a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Role and Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Work with finance teams to develop and manage budgets related to SRE and DevOps initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to security and data protection.

• Develop and communicate a clear vision for SRE and DevOps, aligning it with business objectives.

• Lead and mentor a global team of SRE and DevOps engineers, providing guidance, coaching, and professional development.

• Implement best practices for incident management, post-mortems, and reliability engineering.

• Establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) to measure system performance and reliability.

• Drive the adoption of DevOps principles and practices, promoting automation and collaboration between development and operations teams.

• Oversee the implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage infrastructure efficiently.

• Ensure the scalability and security of our cloud and on-premises environments.

• Implement robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively detect and resolve issues.

Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Typically requires a minimum 14 years of related experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or 12 years and a Master’s degree, or a PhD with 9 years experience.

• 14 years of experience in SRE and DevOps leadership roles.

• Strong understanding of cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Proven experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Expertise in automation and scripting (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python).

• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

• Knowledge of Ad Tech would be preferable.

If you are a passionate leader who can drive SRE and DevOps excellence on a global scale, we encourage you to apply for this Director-level position and be a key driver of our technology transformation journey at Samsung. Join us in shaping the future of Ad Tech!

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Compensation for this role is expected to be between $260,000 and $330,000. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.

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