Lead DevOps Engineer at David Zwirner Gallery

London, England, United Kingdom

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Art, Gallery, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

Legal authorization to work in the UK
Track record in a senior/lead DevOps, SRE, or Platform role, including mentorship of engineers
Expert-level Terraform (including importing existing resources and taming legacy estates)
Deep, hands-on experience with AWS (ECS, RDS, ElastiCache, Lambda, ALB, WAF, S3, CloudFront, EventBridge, CloudWatch) and production networking/IAM
Proven design and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and container workflows (Docker, ECS Fargate or Kubernetes)
Proficiency with modern observability/monitoring (Datadog, CloudWatch, Sentry, PagerDuty), incident response, and incident retrospectives
Strong background in cloud security principles and practical hardening

Responsibilities

Lead direction and mentor for the DevOps team; set technical direction for infrastructure and security; foster a culture of ownership, reliability, and continuous improvement
Define, own, and drive the Infrastructure & Security Roadmap, prioritizing infrastructure ownership, profound monitoring, disaster recovery, developer experience, and security hardening
Inventory and capture unmanaged resources in Terraform (and CDK/SST where required); create reusable modules and guardrails; institute code reviews and change management
Design and operate services built on ECS (Fargate), ECR, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, ALB/CloudFront, WAF, Lambda, EventBridge, CloudWatch; improve networking, IAM, and resilience
Modernize critical workloads; design and run disaster recovery drills; automate backups/restore; codify RPO/RTO targets and runbooks; lead incident response and postmortems
Standardize monitoring/alerting with Datadog, CloudWatch, Sentry, PagerDuty; implement SLOs and noise-reduction baselines; maintain a humane on-call rotation
Mature the configuration and rollout of tools like Jit and CrowdStrike; improve firewall/WAF rules; enforce secrets management and least-privilege access; champion threat modeling and automated scanning
Serve as a key technical voice on the Architecture Review Board; partner with Product and Engineering to align solutions with operational standards and business goals

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Alibaba Cloud

Databricks

Vercel

DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Security

Monitoring

Disaster Recovery

CI/CD

David Zwirner Gallery

Contemporary and modern art gallery

About David Zwirner Gallery

David Zwirner Gallery focuses on showcasing contemporary and modern art through various exhibitions held in its locations across New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong. The gallery features both physical and online exhibitions, allowing a wider audience to engage with the art. In addition to exhibitions, it produces podcasts and publishes books, creating a comprehensive platform for artists and art lovers. Unlike many other galleries, David Zwirner emphasizes building strong relationships with both established and emerging artists, which enhances its reputation in the high-end art market. The gallery aims to connect art collectors, museums, and cultural institutions with high-quality artworks, generating revenue through art sales, exhibition fees, and publications.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters

1993Year Founded

$3.9MTotal Funding

PRE_SEEDCompany Stage

Design, EntertainmentIndustries

201-500Employees

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Risks

Digital art platforms may reduce foot traffic to physical galleries.

NFTs and digital art could divert interest from traditional art forms.

Economic instability in key markets may impact art collectors' purchasing power.

Differentiation

David Zwirner Gallery operates in major global cities, enhancing its international presence.

The gallery represents over seventy artists, offering diverse and innovative exhibitions.

David Zwirner engages in both primary and secondary art markets, nurturing influential artists.

Upsides

NFTs offer new opportunities for engaging with digital art and younger collectors.

Virtual reality exhibitions can expand David Zwirner's global audience reach.

Sustainability practices can enhance David Zwirner's brand and appeal to eco-conscious clients.

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