Senior Operations Engineer at Defiant Inc. () (allows remote)

Applicants need the following:

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• At least 5 years of experience working in operations with a solid and complete foundational knowledge of operations.
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• The ability to bring to life a production environment with applications and supporting services.
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• The ability to manage servers and services in a high traffic production environment and to deploy new applications, servers and services into that environment.
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• To be nimble, come up with creative solutions and have a mature approach to operations.
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• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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• Attention to detail.
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• Team player with a positive attitude in a fast-paced environment.
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Skills & Requirements

At Defiant, 'trust' is our number one value. We trust that team members will grab a problem, research, and implement a solution. You won't be shy about asking for help when you need it, but you can respond self sufficiently when needed.

This is a remote working position but may require intermittent travel to the Seattle area.

The specific skills we require for this position are:

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• Experience with PHP and Node, Perl is a plus. This is not a programming position but we run a large number of servers and services. The role will require that you are adept with code to manage services efficiently.
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• Experience with RabbitMQ.
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• Experience with Ansible.
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• Strong with MySQL, specifically performance optimization.
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• Ability to collaborate with a team using Git and svn when needed.
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• Strong on Apache and Nginx.
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• Adept with Linux, and Ubuntu specifically. Familiarity with Debian a plus.
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• Experience with AWS.
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• Familiarity with virtualization including KVM, Proxmox and Virsh as well as guest performance tuning.
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• Strong understanding of networking, including TCP/IP at all layers of the OSI, routing, switching and the ability to analyze network traffic for problems.
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• Experience with and supporting security infrastructure is a plus, but not required – firewalls specifically SonicWall, IPS/IDS, VPN, various monitoring tools.
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• A strong interest in information security.
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• The ability to manage physical machines, including performing BIOS upgrades, managing hot swappable SCSI disks and everything else related to physical hardware.
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Our Application Process

We ask all applicants to respond to a set of assessment questions as part of the initial application. We review all applications submitted and respond to all candidates usually within a week. All interviews are done remotely with no travel involved.

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