Systems Engineer

Job Description

Systems EngineerWe believe that high-quality, innovative systems are built by craftsmen in a collaborative workshop environment, rather than by workers on an assembly line. Our team values passion and dedication over drudgery and busywork. If you share our passion for breaking new ground every day, while delivering cutting edge solutions, and are driven to continuously improve your craft while striving for perfection each and every day, then we may have a spot for you.If you are selected to join our team, you will have the opportunity to work with a wide array of languages and technologies, build highly available and redundant systems, improve all aspects of our critical infrastructure, and learn industry best practices from experienced peers.What you'll do...A Systems Engineer is responsible for participating in all aspects of planning, deploying, documenting, monitoring, and maintaining the infrastructure critical to the success of the business.
These activities include but are not limited to:

• Monitoring Existing Infrastructure
• Deploying New Infrastructure
• Automating Management Tasks
• Evaluating Technologies and Tools
• Troubleshooting and Fixing Infrastructure Issues
• Writing and Updating Documentation

Essential Job Functions

• Plan/Automate/Deploy New Infrastructure 40%
• Troubleshoot/Fix/Document Existing Infrastructure 35%
• Mentoring/Pairing/Reviews 20%
• Meetings/Presentations/Demos 5%

What you'll bring...

• 1+ years of experience planning, deploying, and managing Linux based infrastructure.
• 1+ years of experience with common networking technologies (i.e. IPv4, NAT, Firewalls).
• 1+ years of experience working with a configuration management tool (i.e. Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack).
• 1+ years of experience automating tasks and writing tools in a scripting language (i.e. Bash, Python).

Bonus Points (one or all):

• Experience managing or automating tasks for Ubuntu based systems.
• Experience managing infrastructure with Ansible.
• Experience managing or using MySQL or MariaDB.
• Experience managing or using RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka.
• Experience managing or using Redis optionally with Sentinel.
• Experience managing or using ElasticSearch, Logstash, or Kibana.
• Experience writing scripts or utilities in Python or Go.

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