Who we are:

Hi, we’re SambaSafety and we offer the industry’s most comprehensive driver monitoring software. Our technology helps everyone from large corporations to small companies ensure only the safest individuals are driving on behalf of their business. These companies trust SambaSafety to keep their employees safe on the roads, helping protect their brand, greater community, and bottom line. Simply put, we save lives and are on a mission to reduce crashes on American roadways 20 percent by 2025. 

We’ve built an inclusive, supportive, and exceptional culture where every employee is empowered in their role. Don’t take our word for it; we’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Denver Post and Built In Colorado. And our employees rate SambaSafety top-notch, with a rock solid 4.7-star rating on Glassdoor.

What you’ll Do:

• Drive enhancing our systems management capabilities with automation and manage a fast-paced team of engineers focused on systems, infrastructure, and security while supporting a scalable and always-on event driven platform
• Develop new business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response plans and implement practices to periodically evaluate their effectiveness
• Manage AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud optimization for the organization
  
  • Responsible for managing resource provisioning
  • Responsible for cost management
  • Responsible for enabling engineering teams through self service
• Evangelize CI/CD adoption and utilization to create a frictionless development process using automation
• Manage infrastructure roadmaps, security roadmaps, and production application support plans
• Directs and participates in planning activities related to the preparation of operating budgets and forecasts of operations
• Promote a learning culture while driving innovation through experimentation with the goal of constant improvement on all relevant KPI’s
• Achieve a 99.9% availability of key infrastructure and services. Design and develop both user-centric and IT-centric operational dashboards to shed light on key performance indicators, utilization levels, and other key metrics
• Work closely with Engineering leadership on strategic initiatives

What you’ll need:

• Previous people management experience (in particular, managing a team of engineers)
  
  • Experience in creating, educating, and uplifting team members
  • Experience hiring and managing a team
• Experience in partnering with engineering teams to create and manage a framework for Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD)
• Experience creating and standardizing security and compliance best practices
• Strong experience in Windows and Linux-based infrastructures, administration, and AWS cost optimization
• Have spent time working with database technology such as MS SQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Mongo, etc.
• Experience with open-source implementations and cloud environments
• Knowledgeable over AWS cloud formation and automation frameworks
• Experience with observability & alerting tools such as Dynatrace, Data Dog, Papertrail, Loggly, and OpsGenie
• Experience with Atlassian software including Jira cloud, Confluence, and Status Page
• Experience creating and managing infrastructure through automation and convention
• Ability to assess day-to-day operations and adjust and communicate priorities
• Self-motivated, detail-attentive, and a desire to keep learning more

*Salary Range: $150-155k 

Benefits and Perks:

• Unlimited Paid Time Off and Paid Volunteer Days
• 401k match and generous Healthcare Benefits including a fully employer paid family medical plan
• Wellness &Tuition Reimbursement
• Zoom Happy Hours
• Flexible Work from Home schedule
• Lots of Samba swag
• Samba Virtual Events including our famous Samba Sprint

Our team of talented and committed safety professionals is exceptional. At SambaSafety we strive to foster an inclusive culture that supports, encourages, and celebrates a wide array of diversity. We are committed to creating a space where all employees can show up as their authentic selves every day, and we work to advance employee equality, diversity, and inclusion.

SambaSafety provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, and expression or genetics.

Come join us to find out for yourself what all the excitement is about!