LOCATION:   Santa Monica, CA TITLE:   Site Reliabliity Engineer

 

TigerText is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join the operation team and ensure that TigerText stays an industry leader and has the highest level of reliability. This person will be supporting a high-volume 24x7 production environment, as well as development and test environments. In this role, the SRE will be maintaining a large number of Linux servers, writing tools to automate both routine and complex tasks, and troubleshooting application and infrastructure issues. The position includes close collaboration with the DevOps team and server engineers to design a scalable and supportable service-oriented architecture.  An ideal candidate’s background should include scripting in a dynamic languages (ruby, python, bash, perl, javascript).

 

Requirements Include

  • 5+ years of experience as a Linux administrator in a large production environment.
  • Monitoring systems (Sensu, Logstash, Kibana, Graphite, etc)
  • Infrastructure as code / cloud / data center automation (Chef, Cloudformation, AWS API)
  • A strong desire to automate and consistently improve the technology stack.
  • A passion for architecting services that are scalable and highly available.
  • Scripting  ability in Ruby, Python, Bash, Perl, or Javascript.
  • Common Unix network protocols (ssh, tcp, http, snmp, smtp)
  • Demonstrated proficiency in writing build scripts to automate tasks that can be automated
  • High-performance, open source web technologies (nginx, haproxy)
  • Public cloud platforms (Amazon EC2, Rackspace Cloud)
  • Open source nosql databases (Redis, Cassandra, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Hadoop)
  • Messaging systems (Kafka, ActiveMQ)
  • Common data formats (json, ASCII, xml)
  • High-availability, high-performance technologies ( CDN, memcache, etc)
  • Exposure to erlang and NodeJS is a plus
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent  

The Company

TigerText provides secure, real-time mobile messaging for the enterprise, empowering organizations to work more securely. More than 5,000 locations and four of the top five largest for-profit health systems in the nation, including Universal Health Services, rely on TigerText to meet compliance regulations and replace unsecured SMS text messaging that leaves protected or confidential information at risk. With over 4.5 million app downloads, TigerText has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Inc., Business Insider and many other leading business and tech publications. It is recognized as one of the 50 LA Tech Startups to Watch in 2015, a top Must-See LA Tech Office, and one of the 5 Sizzling Silicon Beach Startups to Watch by Entrepreneur. TigerText currently has over 125 employees with offices in Santa Monica, Palo Alto, and Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

WHY TIGERTEXT?

  • TigerText is the largest enterprise messenger in the US
  • Join our team in making major and much-needed changes in the way billion- dollar, life changing industries work
  • Prime office space in the three major tech ecosystems of the world
  • Santa Monica, Silicon Valley, and Tel Aviv
  • each complete with a loaded fridge and tons of other perks
  • An opportunity to work closely with proven executive team, board, and serial entrepreneurs (www.tigertext.com/about)
  • An environment that embraces a “work hard-play hard” culture and has fun
  • Team members love what they do and are willing to go the extra mile to help our clients and support the company’s rapid growth
  • This is a full time opportunity with competitive salary and medical benefits

 

TigerText is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

*Recruiting firms that submit resumes to TigerText without first entering into a written contract with TigerText will not be entitled to any compensation on candidates referred by that firm.

 

Desired Skills and Experience

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