IP Street is looking for more Operations talent.
We’re building a very cool data mining product for intellectual property. The technology stack is almost all open-source, built on top of Python and Django. We’re hosted in a managed hosting/cloud provider at the moment, running on Ubuntu 10.10.
We are looking for Operations talent at the lead and individual-contributor levels!
Operations Individual contributor
Responsibilities:
- Own the production deployment scripts, processes, and activities
- Monitor the production servers (now via Sawmill and Zabbix) for failures, performance bottlenecks, etc.
- Design and implement new Operations deliverables and services, e.g., alerts, response time reports, user activity reports
- Provision new systems, and upgrade server software, as needs warrant
- Suggest and implement Operational technology improvements
- Work with Development and QA to understand and fix bugs
Qualifications:
- At least three years of experience with Operations for Linux-based production environments
- Substantial experience in server configuration
- Substantial experience in hardening servers. E.g., iptables
- You consider yourself a “Linux expert”
- At least two years experience with Python and bash shell scripting
- Experience with agile development cycles
- Familiarity with OS X is a plus
- Familiarity with specifically the Debian/Ubuntu distribution is a plus
- Strong familiarity with, and energetic support for, Operations best-practices
- Excellent communication skills
- Self-directed
Operations Lead
This could be structured as a Lead, Manager, or Director position, depending upon the person.
This is a hands-on position. As the team grows, team oversight will become a larger fraction of the work.
Responsibilities:
- Initially, perform the individual contributor’s responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and grow the Operations team
- Understand the impact of business requirements on Operations’ deliverables. E.g., SLAs, security
- Drive our Operations standards and best-practices
- Assess build vs. buy, and hire vs. outsource, decisions
Qualifications:
- At eight years experience with Operations in a Linux & open-source production environment
- At least three years experience with leading and managing an Operations team
- At least three years experience with the Debian/Ubuntu distribution
- At least three years experience with Python and bash shell scripting
- Familiarity with OS X
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly self-directed
- Highly energetic
- BS in computer science, or equivalent relevant experience
Please send your resume to johnd at ipstreet dot com.
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