Senior Software Engineer - Foundation Team
Job Type
Full-time
Description
At Wasabi, we're a proven collection of pioneers, visionaries and disruptive doers. We see things differently than our competitors, and we make our mark in the industry by challenging the norm and delivering the unexpected and improbable. We're a fast-growing company taking the Cloud Storage industry by storm and recognized as one of the best places to work in Boston.
Wasabi hot cloud storage is a new class and category of cloud storage, breaking all traditional barriers and boundaries of storage with a disruptive value proposition of being 1/5th the cost of AWS S3, faster than the competition, with no fees for egress or API request and delivered as a single-tier solution. Cloud storage has never been so simple, so fast and so inexpensive. It's all part of our vision to make cloud storage the next great global utility, just like electricity.
Role Description: Senior Software Engineer - Foundation Team
Role Purpose:
The Senior Software Engineer role will join our Foundation and Storage Team. In this role you will use your knowledge of operating systems (specifically Linux), drivers, containers and scripting to enhance system provisioning, security and operation. This will involve the investigation and automation of Linux OS installation on servers and VMs. Further work will include automating the provisioning and monitoring of other equipment within the Data Centers and hardening at all levels. This is a problem-solving type role where the candidate will have latitude in achieving a solution. To be successful in this role, you should have experience in agile software development, be able to collaborate with team members, and be a strategic thinker. In this position, you should demonstrate excellent communication skills, an ability to connect with other engineers and developers, and have a solid foundation in systems management. This role will report to the Team Lead for the Foundation & Storage Team.
Responsibilities:
- Work with other team members to continue to scale and secure parts of the platform.
- Work to improve the automation of new server deployments including OS installation, and various configuration in our Kubernetes based environment.
- Work with DevOps teams for the automated provisioning of Data Center equipment such as switches, routers, and PDUs.
- Provide dashboards on infrastructure metrics, creating issues that need to be resolved, tracking status of issues, and helping to resolve them.
- Present your new ideas on improving provisioning, monitoring and hardening to the teams and help implement them.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Proficient with Linux, virtual machines, OS installation and dealing with HW drivers.
- Ability to work independently, learn, research, and be proactive.
- Customer service skill, possess a good attitude and a "team-first" mentality.
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