SCS Community Manager

The Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) Project is aiming to define a complete, modular, secure, open-source software stack covering software-defined storage and networking, operations tooling for automated deployment, logging, monitoring, alerting, trending, identity and authorization management, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service layer, as well as Container(Platform)-as-a-Service layer. The latter should allow users (development teams) to create and control their own kubernetes cluster through standardized APIs and should deliver standard building blocks used to construct and manage container applications. The thus defined stack fulfills high security standards and comes with tooling and documentation that reduces the amount of specialized expertise required to run complex cloud and container infrastructure.

The project is contributing to the GAIA-X effort, enhancing GAIA-X with an implementation that node-providers can leverage as a whole or in parts to deliver federated sovereign infrastructure, underpinning a sovereign data ecosystem. The project is driven by a small team in the OSB Alliance with funding from the German Ministry for Economy and Energy (BMWi). This job offering is for hiring into this team. In addition to this team there are numerous engineers from various companies contributing to the project -- some of them paid through the project funding, some of them because their employer is interested in making this project successful.

The SCS Project is looking for a Community Manager. We aim to fill this position by Aug 1, 2021. We have secured funding until the end of Aug, 2024 but have ideas how we can sustain the project along with key roles beyond 2024.

In this role, you will

be part of a small central team that orchestrates the efforts to define, implement and validate (CI/CD) a stack of open source software
orchestrate a cross-cultural and cross-company team of engineers that contribute to the effort
work intensely with these communities to understand their needs and get their input and contribution to the project organized
support the process of creating a culture that allows to work effectively with open communities
help refine the vision, mission and strategy of the project
help organize community events
present the project, its goals and status at relevant media and conferences.

We expect that you

have a good overview over open source system software technology
have been working in and with open source communities in the past
have a genuine interest to work with technology people and enjoy discussions with diverse communities
are used to very open and transparent communication

We offer

working in an open and inspiring environment, interacting with highly-skilled and driven individuals from the project, the partners and the relevant open-source communities
contributing to a project that will make a difference by being instrumental for a vivid ecosystem of federated infrastructure providers in Europe and beyond
being a key part of a new project
working on cutting-edge open source infrastructure technology
getting visibility by presenting the project to stakeholders and to the public on technology conferences
an adequate compensation package