Description
We are urgently searching for a site reliability engineer to work for an interesting world wide end client of us in Amsterdam!
Project description
For this end client the website should be available uptime like 99,95%! You will be participating as a member of the Site Operations team responsible for management and operation of various platforms in Amsterdam.
. Identifying SPOF (Single Points of Failure) in the platform and addressing them.
. Building of automation tools/processes using multiple Scripting languages
. Working with the development teams in Amsterdam to guide architecture decisions based upon thorough knowledge of the infrastructure.
. Ensuring 2nd and 3rd line support for production environments, including on-call.
. Supporting delivery of changes and deployments to production, QA and development environments.
. Building, maintaining, securing and upgrading our Linux systems (web Servers, application Servers, and databases).
. Assessing system utilization to assist in troubleshooting, performance tuning, and capacity management.
Your profile
You have experience managing large websites or services within the context of a large-scale web environment. You are able to execute and deliver projects in a high-pressure environment, without sacrificing quality. You are able to show personal initiative in identifying what needs to be done. You enjoy and want to automate everything so that you can sit back and relax! Google search is your best friend and open source repos and StackOverflow are your frequent stops.
. 5+ years of hands-on experience in high-volume databases (MySQL), systems (Linux/Solaris) and networking technologies.
. Fluent with monitoring systems such as Nagios/Graphite/GDash/Grafana, etc.
. Excellent Linux administration (Debian/Ubuntu) and database administration skills.
. Install, configure, and performance tune applications written in Java/Scala/Go.
. Strong hands on experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
. Experience with source control tools like git.
. Strong understanding of networking fundamentals such as subnetting, VLANs, DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP.
. Knowledge of Python or willingness to learn it.
. Write, maintain, and help enforce coding standards and best practices.
. Flexible, strongly adaptable, and able to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers and management.
. Passion for automation. Strive toward replacing yourself with a script.
. Fluent in English language.
Bonuses:
. Strong puppet experience.
. You have experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, Hadoop, or other Big Data tools.
. You've used vagrant, docker, or other similar tools.
If you are interested and available? Please reply than ASAP with your latest resume! Please be aware of the deadline Monday the 2nd of May 2016 around 1 PM CET!
Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.