In over five decades of business MIKI Travel have grown to become one of the most influential Global Wholesaler’s in the world. With offices in over 36 countries around the world we offer a complete travel product. Our business diversity ranges from vast numbers of individual tours (FIT), large group series, ad-hoc group tours and covers restaurants, coaches and sightseeing products.
We aim to deliver outstanding customer service and satisfaction through continuous innovation, development and investment in systems and technology.
About the Department
The eBusiness (FIT) division consists of Sales, Purchasing and Technology. Our Team in Technology consist of Project Management, Business Analysts, Developers, Quality Assurance Technicians, DevOps Administrators and Client Support Analysts. The Team is located on and off shore in London, Bangkok and Delhi.
We distribute competitive hotel rates and travel products via our B2B XML & JSON API’s. We connect our clients directly to the wholesalers, retailers and travel suppliers that we partner, increasing their exposure and enabling our clients to reach customers in new markets.
We process over 350 million searches per day through our API and we continue to grow at a rapid pace year on year.
We are currently seeking an eBusiness DevOps Manager to join our dynamic, fast paced eBusiness Technology division, working closely with our CTO and Leadership Team.
Job Purpose
To be responsible for the efficient and effective operation of the eBusiness Systems DevOps Team. The realm of responsibility of the DevOps Team includes dedicated computing resources, cloud-based computing resources, network connectivity for public access to and private interconnectivity of eBusiness resources and interconnection of dedicated and shared computing resources. The DevOps Team is also responsible for deploying software to production servers. The DevOps Team has staff spread across two offices (Bangkok and London) and may occasionally include outside contract resources.
The DevOps Manager will be responsible for developing general policies and procedures related to management of computing and networking infrastructure; overseeing and facilitating the DevOps Team project backlog; managing relationships and contracts with third party vendors including but not limited to data centres, telecommunications providers, software vendors, and IT consulting firms); assisting in setting and managing the IT budget; recruiting and staff training; facilitating staff development with tools including at least performance appraisals and development plans.
This position operates with moderately high responsibility and authority with many of the job responsibilities to be acted upon without high level direct supervision.
As a DevOps manager, you will be heavily involved in both the worlds of development and operations. You will play a key role in the development of new ideas for products and services and manage the process of turning these ideas into realities. This could include participating in product brainstorming meetings, overseeing the creation of product mock-ups, and identifying possible design flaws until the resulting product is satisfactory. On the operations end, you may work to set up the process by which the product will be produced on a larger scale and figure out how it will be distributed to consumers.
Main Responsibilities
Job Ref
EB0306
Department
e-Business Systems
Location
London
Type of Employment
PERMANENT