Schrödinger is seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to work on the administration and development of the machine systems across various infrastructures (primarily Amazon AWS) for our enterprise application platform. This platform allows drug researchers to find the next disease cure significantly more efficiently through computational methods. If you have a passion for running systems smoothly through infrastructure-as-code, come join our team (which includes alumni from Google/Microsoft as well as other startups) in our mission to improve human health and quality of life.

The position:

Responsibilities

Requirements

Pluses

Check out the website for our platform here: https://www.schrodinger.com/livedesign/

We are prepared to offer a highly competitive compensation package for an exceptionally well-qualified candidate. Benefits include medical, dental, 401(k), flexible spending account, 3+ weeks vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

Schrödinger, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Please apply directly via our website at: https://www.schrodinger.com/careers/software-engineers/devops-engineer

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Work closely with the development team to understand our applications and to deliver them to manageable and highly available production environments, using configuration automation tools as much as possible
  • Administer and improve infrastructure for building, testing, deploying, tuning, and troubleshooting our development teams’ production and development systems
  • Participate in an on-call schedule process as an escalation point for our forward-deployed operations team, primarily troubleshooting both machine-level and automation issues
  • 1+ years of relevant work experience: DevOps/Infrastructure, Test Automation, Systems Administration, and/or Development
  • Experience working with modern infrastructure operations and automation tools:

server virtualization (e.g. AWS, Xen, Rackspace, VMWare) deployment automation (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt) continuous integration and testing (e.g. Jenkins, Hudson, BuildBot)

  • server virtualization (e.g. AWS, Xen, Rackspace, VMWare)
  • deployment automation (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt)
  • continuous integration and testing (e.g. Jenkins, Hudson, BuildBot)
  • Proficient knowledge of and passion for the UNIX operating system:

process limits, devices networking / http system administration and bash we primarily use Ubuntu/Debian, Centos/Red Hat

  • process limits, devices
  • networking / http
  • system administration and bash
  • we primarily use Ubuntu/Debian, Centos/Red Hat
  • Proficient interpersonal skills (oral/written communication), complemented by an ability to collaborate in a team environment
  • Enthusiasm for solving interesting problems and a willingness to learn
  • Ability to ask smart questions, think outside the box, and be creative
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
  • Experience solving security problems, including certificate management, network/firewall configuration, encryption
  • Experience working with Monitoring and Alerting Tools:

e.g. Datadog, Nagios, Zenoss

  • e.g. Datadog, Nagios, Zenoss
  • Experience with a modern scripting language:

e.g. Python, Ruby

  • e.g. Python, Ruby
  • Experience with the deployment and maintenance of databases:

e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle

  • e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle
  • Experience with source control

e.g. GIT, SVN

  • e.g. GIT, SVN
  • Experience deploying distributed web applications:

e.g. Nginx, NFS, LDAP, Apache

  • e.g. Nginx, NFS, LDAP, Apache
  • Experience working with containerization (e.g. Docker, Vagrant, LXC)
  • Advanced DBA skills
  • Experience with maintaining databases and database replication
  • Science minor or independent interest (chemistry, physics, biology, or related)