Company Description

orangecaffeine works with some of the largest brands and top VC backed startups to build products that matter. We are a team of veteran engineers, designers, product managers, and data scientists that are called to solve some of the most difficult problems companies face. We are known for three things – quality, speed, integrity. If you enjoy solving tough problems without corporate red tape, come work with us!

Job Description

One of our elite clients — a fast growing e-commerce company based in Palo Alto, California — is looking for an Operations Engineer to help scale the platform with their growing user base.

Responsibilities:

• Create tools for automation and deployment of cloud infrastructure and resources
• Configure, deploy, and manage multi-platform systems (CentOS/RedHat/Debian/Ubuntu/Windows)
• Monitor site stability, capacity and performance
• Scale infrastructure to meet demand
• Automate and improve existing processes
• Troubleshoot system and infrastructure issues
• Ensure system and network security
• Document system design, configuration and procedures
• Work closely with developers in supporting new features and services
• Participate in the oncall rotation for monitoring of the Production infrastructure

Qualifications

You are a strong Linux Systems Administrator who has extensive experience working with Amazon Web Services cloud environment. You are obsessed with automation and enjoy writing perl / python scripts to automate most repetitive tasks. You are comfortable working with engineers to deploy code, troubleshoot issues quickly and ensure smooth operations.

Qualifications:

• BS or MS in CS, EE, or related field
• Fluency in Linux OS
• Experience with AWS (EC2, CLI, SNS, SES, SQS, IAM, VPC, CloudFront, S3, CloudWatch, OpsWorks, and CloudFormation)
• Experience with RightScale preferred
• Experience with monitoring/graphing tools (Nagios, Munin, Graphite)
• Experience with managing production environment including coordinating changes and software updates
• Experience with source version control (Subversion, GIT)
• Strong scripting skills (Perl, Bash, Python, Ruby)
• Solid understanding of fundamental internet and network technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP(S), DNS, firewalls, load balancing, VPN, routing, LDAP, etc. . .)
• Strong ability to debug complex problems using standard tools available (tcpdump, strace, vmstat, iostat)
• Knowledge of MySQL DB administration; knowledge of SQL language
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills

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