Title: IT Senior Manager Based: Reston, Virginia Job Sum

Title: IT Senior Manager Based: Reston, Virginia Job Summary: Our philosophy when it comes to IT relies on three principles: 1) Each team member is responsible of choosing and maintaining their own smartphone and laptop 2) Scality selects tools with a prime focus on simplicity, mobility and efficiency for our team members, and 3) We rely as much as possible on Cloud services vs. running our own infrastructure and services. The IT Senior Manager will advise internal teams regarding information technology solutions that will enable them perform more effectively and efficiently, and will oversee new systems design, sourcing and/or development. They will also work directly with internal team(s) to make sure new system implementation is completed on time and within budget, and rolled-‐out effectively. The IT Senior Manager will work on a variety of different projects. Examples may range in scope from migrating to a new collaboration system, to subscribing a new cloud service, or to setting up a new video-‐conferencing and internet service in an office. Note that the job scope doesn’t include any activity related to Engineering, Services and Support lab environments, which are managed by the respective functional groups. Scality’s current IT environment is composed of the following tools: Gmail, Salesforce.com (administrated directly by Sales Operations at Scality), Box, Confluence, Expensable, an IM server we run ourselves as well as a Single sign-‐On we run ourselves, etc. The IT Senior Manager will be responsible for planning, evaluation and business rationale for IT projects, and will spend time on the following tasks: • Maintain a “market watch” of the latest innovative solutions and services regarding workforce productivity • Consult with the management team and internal clients to determine needs, document current processes and make recommendations • Advise internal clients regarding IT technology solutions that will make a positive impact on the business • Plan the stages of the project and implementation roadmap, and ensure that there is a positive effect on the business • Create requirements documents, project overviews, and documentation for IT development projects • Coordinate the project (virtual) team (and possibly sub-‐contractors) • Agreement on the costs, timelines, and standards to be met; and monitoring these throughout the project SCALITY FACTS Headquarters: 50 California St Suite 3200 San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Founded: 2009 Employees: 90 Reference Customers: Comcast, Dailymotion, Los Alamos National Laboratory, SFR, Time Warner Cable, Orange, Deluxe, QVC, Time Warner Cable. Partners: HP, Seagate, Dell Management: CEO: Jerome Lecat CTO: Giorgio Regni COO: Erwan M enard CFO: Philippe Mechanick SCALITY, Inc. San Francisco 50 California Street Suite 3200 San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Tel. +1 (650) 356-‐8500 Fax. +1 (650) 356-‐8501 Paris 16 Passage Jouffroy 75009 Paris, France Tel. +33 1 78 09 82 70 Fax. +33 1 78 09 82 71 Washington, DC 11911 Freedom Drive Suite 1000 Reston, VA 11911 USA Tel. +1 (855) SCA-‐LITY / (855) 722-‐5489 Japan Aoyama Place Canada 1/F Place Canada 7-‐3-‐37 Akaska Minato-‐Ku Tokyo 107-‐0052, Japan Tel: +81-‐80-‐8432-‐4200 www.scality.com •
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Investigate, resolve and escalate problems. Monitoring, measuring and analyzing metrics to ensure customer satisfaction and business value is achieved. Ensure there is a smooth transition from the old to the “new” system K Keep management and clients updated on progress Evaluate each stage of a project as well as after completion Though the job responsibilities do not include executing all technical aspects of a given project, the candidate must be technically competent to guide the process of evaluation and implementation. Though not always a primary responsibility, the IT Senior Manager should be able to assist internal users with technical problems. The organizational environment is challenging as processes are evolving, tools are changing fast (and moving to the cloud) and employees bring, and to a limited extent, support their own computing device. The reward for the candidate is that they can really make a difference and positively impact the business. To that end, the IT Senior Manager position reports directly to the COO, which will ensure quick decisions on projects and strong executive support. The job is located in Reston, Virginia where our America’s Customer Services Director will be a day-‐to-‐day mentor. Desired Skills & Experience: The ideal candidate must have the following knowledge and skills: Work experience • 8+ years in an IT role with increasing levels of responsibility • 3-‐5 years of relevant IT management experience with: requirements discovery, determination, and evaluation of solution functionality, and a solid track record of working with business stakeholders to deliver successful technology implementation(s). • Sound business judgment, excelling writing and presentation skills • Experience working in a fast-‐paced, complex and globally dispersed environment • Experience delivering successfully in a multi-‐vendor governance model • Experience working to achieve customer satisfaction across a variety of business functions and with company executives • Experience in working in cross functional and regional teams to resolve user’s issues • BS/BA in Information Technology, Computer Science or related Technical Skills • Advance in Mac/Windows desktop support • Clear understanding of network infrastructure (DNS, LDAP Directories, IP routing/LAN, IP telephony) SCALITY FACTS Headquarters: 50 California St Suite 3200 San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Founded: 2009 Employees: 90 Reference Customers: Comcast, Dailymotion, Los Alamos National Laboratory, SFR, Time Warner Cable, Orange, D eluxe, QVC, Time Warner Cable. Partners: HP, Seagate, Dell Management: CEO: Jerome Lecat CTO: Giorgio Regni COO: Erwan M enard CFO: Philippe Mechanick SCALITY, Inc. San Francisco 50 California Street Suite 3200 San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Tel. +1 (650) 356-‐8500 Fax. +1 (650) 356-‐8501 Paris 16 Passage Jouffroy 75009 Paris, France Tel. +33 1 78 09 82 70 Fax. +33 1 78 09 82 71 Washington, DC 11911 Freedom Drive Suite 1000 Reston, VA 11911 USA Tel. +1 (855) SCA-‐LITY / (855) 722-‐5489 Japan Aoyama Place Canada 1/F Place Canada 7-‐3-‐37 Akaska Minato-‐Ku Tokyo 107-‐0052, Japan Tel: +81-‐80-‐8432-‐4200 www.scality.com •
Proven experience of managing business applications in the cloud (email collaboration, CRM, file sharing, etc.) Interpersonal Skills • A self-‐starter attitude, ability to take the initiative, and being proactive as long as consistent with the mission • Adaptable to change. The IT world is constantly changing and those who are adaptable tend to achieve more. • Great at customer service. Understand the importance of client service and that satisfied clients are the foundation of a successful career in IT. Knowing how to take precautions when working on issues that can cause downtime and loss of productivity. • Team player. Maintaining value to the organization by working effectively in a team environment, with both IT and users. • Problem-‐solving. Putting out fires is a big part of an IT Manager’s role, and competence does not mean knowing all the answers. Good managers are willing to work hard to find answers and enjoy the challenges that land on their desks. • Solid communication skills. Having the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels in the organization is necessary in most IT management roles. • Strong follow-‐up skills, by showing the ability to follow through on commitments. About Scality: Scality is an industry leader in software-‐defined storage at petabyte-‐scale. Founded in 2009, Scality has deployed software-‐based storage solutions that deliver billions of files to more than one hundred million users daily with 100% availability. Scality’s award-‐winning storage solution, the Scality RING, runs on standard x86 server hardware and makes it scale to petabytes. RING’s patented object storage core dramatically reduces operational costs and enables always-‐on availability, while its end-‐to-‐end parallel architecture provides unsurpassed performance. Scality’s storage solution integrates seamlessly with applications through standard storage protocols such as NFS; S3; and Swift and Cinder for OpenStack. Scality’s customers include four of the top ten cable operators in the US, the second largest Telco in France, leading portals in Italy, Germany, and UK, mobile operators in Japan, and the second largest online video site in the world. For more information, visit: www.scality.com or follow @Scality on Twitter To Apply Please Contact: [email protected] SCALITY FACTS Headquarters: 50 California St Suite 3200 San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Founded: 2009 Employees: 90 Reference Customers: Comcast, Dailymotion, Los Alamos National Laboratory, SFR, Time Warner Cable, Orange, D eluxe, QVC, Time Warner Cable. Partners: HP, Seagate, Dell Management: CEO: Jerome Lecat CTO: Giorgio Regni COO: Erwan M enard CFO: Philippe Mechanick SCALITY, Inc. San Francisco 50 California Street Suite 3200 San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Tel. +1 (650) 356-‐8500 Fax. +1 (650) 356-‐8501 Paris 16 Passage Jouffroy 75009 Paris, France Tel. +33 1 78 09 82 70 Fax. +33 1 78 09 82 71 Washington, DC 11911 Freedom Drive Suite 1000 Reston, VA 11911 USA Tel. +1 (855) SCA-‐LITY / (855) 722-‐5489 Japan Aoyama Place Canada 1/F Place Canada 7-‐3-‐37 Akaska Minato-‐Ku Tokyo 107-‐0052, Japan Tel: +81-‐80-‐8432-‐4200 www.scality.com

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