Vericast is a leading marketing solutions company, delivering actionable insights and expertise through its Valassis and Harland Clarke omnichannel solutions, to help more than 70,000 businesses engage with their customers. Every day, Vericast influences purchasing and transaction behavior of more than 120 million households – impacting where they eat, shop, buy, save and borrow. Follow Vericast on LinkedIn and Twitter to learn how Vericast drives commerce.

We're seeking an engineering leader to help grow and lead software engineering teams developing software on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support our award-winning cross channel marketing suite.  This role will work cross-functionally with DevOps, Data Science, Product, and IT stakeholders to ensure we are building and maintaining a best-in-class cloud platform.  If you're passionate about leading modern cloud engineering teams, then Vericast is a great fit for you.

Key Duties & Responsibilties

• Manage domestic engineering staff – with focus on career and team development. 
• Champion engineering best practices, identifying and driving opportunities for improvement. 
• Provide management support and oversight of offshore contractors based in Argentina.
• Management of team budget as well as renewals for vendors.
• Support and enhance key metrics for the platform and team.
• Recruit and hire new team members.
• Support agile framework and take part in relevant scrum ceremonies.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field n (Equivalent meaningful experience will be considered in lieu of a degree)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Developer Associate preferred
• 6+ years of experience managing high-performance engineering teams developing software leveraging AWS services
• 5+ years individual development experience leveraging AWS services
• Understanding and experience with Test Driven Development & Design
• Deep understanding of cloud engineering CI/CD processes, technologies, and best practices
• Passionate about building and working in a DevOps culture
• Excellent understanding of Agile principals and processes
• Learning and adjusting to new technologies and cloud trends
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior technical and business stakeholders
• Understanding of cloud native application patterns, microservice architectures, and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Infrastructure provisioning (Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Issue and bug tracking and wiki documentation (JIRA, Confluence)
• Software Delivery Lifecycle Process optimization
• Source code systems and branching strategies
• Active listener

Vericast is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants who have disabilities may request that accommodations be made in order to complete the selection process by contacting our Recruiting Administrator directly at 616-541-3145.

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