Principal Systems Engineer - Platform Infrastructure

July 31

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Description

• Build and operate the tools and processes that enable fully-automated bare-metal Linux-based host provisioning across our various colocation environments • Design, build, and help operate highly-available Kubernetes-based infrastructure that powers our hybrid cloud platform, in close partnership with the Platform team • Collaborate with internal customers to build self-service interfaces on our Platform that simplify and accelerate service delivery on bare metal hosts • Instrument and optimize system and cluster performance including power consumption, network performance, and physical rack design • Forecast and plan capacity increases to ensure resource availability for engineering teams while meeting budget targets • Provide thought leadership on DevOps and Platform Engineering-centric system and process design, giving constructive input to engineers and leaders on proposals and best practices • Lead by showing: mentor and help develop engineers on sister teams in a highly demonstrative and collaborative way • Participate in an on-call rotation with fellow team members

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in Linux systems engineering roles supporting bare metal servers, virtualization, and container platforms • Experience building and managing infrastructure in both public cloud and physical data center environments using IaC tools • Experience automating the Linux boot environment (PXE, TFTP, Kickstart) • Proven ability to automate the right things in the simplest way possible (scripts, config management tools, CI pipelines, etc.) • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and storage technologies • Experience building and managing Kubernetes clusters • Ability to communicate well and publish docs that are easily understood by stakeholders • Experience supporting customer-facing SaaS products • Willing to dive in and own problems that are new, ambiguous, or complex • Proven ability to prioritize where improvements are most needed; sees the forest for the trees • High team standards around communication, giving and receiving feedback, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision insurance premiums • 401k retirement plan with company matching • Basic life insurance • Flexible PTO • Additional well-being benefits