Job description

#About Ironhack

Our mission is to be the most outcome-driven institution in the world! We’re a global marketplace for tech talent, where we offer tech bootcamps and partner with companies to impact the lives of our students in a meaningful way. We empower students to create a new career path in tech, get that next promotion, or start their own company.

#Why join Ironhack?

Our culture is characterized by collaboration, which is the way we roll. We like to take on challenges with a smile on our face! We work in flat hierarchies with open communication. Join Ironhack and we guarantee a bootcamp-paced learning experience in a high-growth environment, where we can change the future of education together!

#About the role

We are looking for a Full-time Lead Instructor for our DevOps & Cloud Computing Bootcamp in our Remote campus. If you are passionate about cloud technology and DevOps principles, and love sharing your expertise with aspiring professionals, this role might be just for you!

#Responsibilities

Oversee the whole academic experience of the Ironhack bootcamp
Teach at our Remote campus from Monday to Friday (09:00 to 18:00)
Manage the Teaching Assistant and the Central Teaching Assistant to support the success of the class (if applicable)
Facilitate a safe, supportive, and energetic community that welcomes the various needs and learning styles of your students.
Challenge students to think strategically as they turn their ideas into real user experience solutions
Inspire and support students as they identify their passions and drive their own continued learning beyond the curriculum
Collaborate with Program Managers and Outcomes Managers to ensure that students achieve their professional goals (i.e., job seeking)
Administer assessment tasks and give students timely and accurate feedback on learning outcomes

Ironhack Experience

Teach core topics including DevOps principles, Agile methodologies (Scrum), Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure), container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Lead hands-on projects and activities to provide students with practical, job ready skills.
Ensure students master the program’s outcomes, such as distributed systems design, cloud security and performance optimization.

Collaborate with Global Team

Collaborate with Curriculum Engineers to improve the curriculum
Work with the global team in the rollout of new teaching materials
Adapt our global curriculum and use it to guide your teaching, build your own lesson plans as needed, and contribute back your lessons learned over time.
Create engaging content for our DevOps & Cloud Computing courses that may include lessons, exercises, and/or mini-projects

Community Building

Create a sense of community / Participate in the student experience by joining events
Facilitate a supportive and energetic community that lasts well beyond the course

#Requirements

You have 3-5 years of experience in the DevOps & Cloud Computing industry, preferably in a leadership role
You are fluent in English, as the classes will be imparted in that language; all in-company communication will be in english
You are passionate about DevOps technology.
You consider yourself a learner
You successfully created new techniques and materials
You can adjust lessons plan to take into account the learning success and difficulties
You can give clear instructions and organize an activity with guidance of the PM or TA.
You can alternate between teaching the whole class and pair or group work giving clear instructions
You have experience in managing and keeping a team motivated
You proactively anticipate potential problems and take the necessary action to avoid them
You have great communication skills and an ability to capture people's attention
You are organized, reliable, communicative, open to feedback
You enjoy teaching/mentoring others that are involved in the tech community