Desired Skills and Experience

  • Work with an awesomely talented and experienced team

  • Consult with customers, Rackers, and teammates to solve unique problems

  • Create tools and automation on AWS infrastructure to better customer and Racker experience.

  • Research and develop best-practices for cutting-edge AWS services and help launch them into our Support teams.

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Certification (must be obtained within 90 days of hire date, training available)

  • Configuration management experience using tools such as Chef, Salt, Ansible, Puppet, or DSC

  • Orchestration experience with tools and services like AWS CloudFormation, Openstack HEAT, Terraform, Salt, or custom build orchestration tools leveraging SDKs or directly interacting with APIs

  • Knowledge (preferably experience) in building distributed, highly scalable applications

  • Experience working at least one of the following languages: Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, or ASP.NET

  • Experience scripting with bash or PowerShell

  • Proficient with git and git workflows

  • Proficient in leveraging and deploying CI and CD tools and services. Experience integrating with native AWS services a plus.

  • Knowledge of containers (Docker specifically)

  • Experience working in an Agile, fast paced, DevOps-y environment

  • Strong Linux (preferably with RHEL-based or Debian-based systems) or Windows system administration experience.

  • Experience in the configuration, management, and troubleshooting of common web server, database, caching, database, and firewall services

  • Foundational understanding of foundational networking concepts including IDS/IPS, OSI, TCP/UDP, VPN.

  • Proficient with common network troubleshooting tools (tcpdump, netcat, Wireshark)

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate technical issues to nontechnical and technical audiences

  • Proficiency to develop tools with with Python, PHP, Node.js, Java, Ruby, or ASP.NET

  • Experience with microservice architectures

  • Experience developing serverless applications onAWS Lambda

  • Experience working in a containerized environment (Docker/LXC)

  • Relevant technical certifications around Red Hat, MySQL, AWS, etc

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect, DevOps Administrator, or SysOps Administrator? You should definitely apply!

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or related technical field. At the manager’s discretion, additional experience may substitute for the degree requirement