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Devops/Systems Engineer
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience
Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
*2 years of relevant experience with troubleshooting distributed systems and a relevant Bachelor’s degree or
*4 years of relevant experience
Required Skills
*2+ Years of experience analyzing complex systems.
*2+ years IT operations or software engineering experience supporting SaaS application infrastructure.
*2+ years of experience in systems administration of modern Linux distributions, especially RHEL, CentOS and Ubuntu.
*1+ year of TCP/IP, HTTP, and DNS protocols.
*1+ year of database availability and performance tuning concepts.
Desired Skills
*Experience setting up full-stack monitoring for distributed systems, including home-grown, open source and commercial monitoring toolsets.
*Excellent oral/written communication skills.
*Hands-on experience with Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.
*Hands-on experience with other cloud providers (e.g. Google Compute, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace).
*Hands-on experience with RUM products.
*Hands-on experience with load-testing products.
*Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL 9 or similar database backends.
*Hands on experience in scripting language (Bash, Perl, Python or Node)
*Knowledge of security and/or compliance best practices.
*Solid understanding of Linux performance tuning concepts.
*Self-starter and has good Judgment. You will have the opportunity to shape our Ops team. You must make recommendations about how we ensure a high quality of service to our users, and defend those recommendations with data.
*Team player. You will be working very closely with developers, and should be prepared to work in a group and solve problems as a team.
*Analytical and has outstanding Problem Solving skills. We are covering new ground at Akamai and you must be able to synthesize complex information and resolve issues quickly.
*Customer focused. You will be in a position to enable our customers to be very productive using our services, and you must be zealous in protecting the customer experience.