Sr. Systems Engineer, IT Ops

At MNTN, we put our people first, full stop. This allows our company culture to be defined by our team members, and their shared values, like trust, ambition, quality, radical honesty, and compassionate leadership. It’s why we all really love working for the Hardest Working Software in Television™ (and also why we were named one of Ad Age’s Best Places To Work in 2024.)

We pride ourselves on bringing unrivaled performance and simplicity to Connected TV advertising. Our self-serve technology makes running TV ads as easy as search and social and helps brands drive measurable conversions, revenue, site visits, and more. It’s what led MNTN to being named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2023. You can learn more about us and everything we do by visiting https://mountain.com/.

We’re committed to innovation that empowers, not replaces. At MNTN, AI is a tool for growth, enhancing efficiency while keeping a people-first approach. Our goal is to streamline workflows and drive new solutions—without compromising the human element that makes our company great.

So if wanting to do more, own more, and make a bigger impact comes naturally to you, then you may be the person we're looking for to join us in our next stage of growth.

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to lead complex infrastructure initiatives as well as architect storage and data warehousing solutions.  This position is working as part of the Infrastructure team supporting the MNTN Platform and Engineering Team. This role requires a seasoned professional who can drive innovation while ensuring system reliability, scalability, and security.  We will be building a data warehouse that pushes the performance limits of current hardware technology. 

This person will be part of a team that will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining that infrastructure.  The right candidate will enjoy topics like disk i/o tuning, kernel customization for performance, and automating large scale clusters.

What You'll Do:

• Be part of the Infrastructure team that will work with our Data Engineering on designing and implementing a high performance data warehousing environment.
• Work with our Devops team to integrate this colocated infrastructure with cloud environments, creating a hybrid cloud architecture.
• Constantly iterate on the infrastructure to increase performance.  This includes IOPS and block size tuning along with striping options to ensure the fastest possible performance.
• Create templates for building out clusters of servers.
• Use Ansible to programmatically manage configuration changes on servers.
• Customize the kernel to maximize disk and network performance.
• Own all datacenter management, including IP allocation, documenting rack configurations, and putting together specifications for any remote hands work.
• Define and deploy monitoring for all infrastructure systems.

What You'll Have:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering
• 8+ years working in a virtualized environment, using multiple hypervisors
• 5+ years building infrastructure for a large scale SAAS based environment
• 5+ years working on network based storage solutions using iSCSI
• Proven track record of leading large-scale infrastructure projects
• Deep understanding of Linux
• Developed an automation framework for scaling of systems
• Understanding of TCP/IP and network concepts, especially layer 3 routing
• Experience with various network hardware is a plus.
• Proficiency with Python and Bash scripting

MNTN Perks:

• 100% remote within the US
• Flexible vacation policy
• Annual vacation allowance for travel related expenses
• Three-day weekend every month of the year
• Competitive compensation
• 100% healthcare coverage
• 401k plan
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for dependent, medical, and dental care
• Access to coaching, therapy, and professional development

About MNTN:

Our recruiters will always reach out using an email address ending with @mountain.com OR @mntn.com. If you’re contacted by someone without that address and they mention a Reference Code (which we never use), then that ain’t us folks. Tell those trolls to take a hike–you’re waiting to climb a MNTN.

MNTN provides advertising software for brands to reach their audience across Connected TV, web, and mobile. MNTN Performance TV has redefined what it means to advertise on television, transforming Connected TV into a direct-response, performance marketing channel. Our web retargeting has been leveraged by thousands of top brands for over a decade, driving billions of dollars in revenue.

Our solutions give advertisers total transparency and complete control over their campaigns – all with the fastest go-live in the industry. As a result, thousands of top brands have partnered with MNTN, including Build with Ferguson, Tarte, OneWheel, Decked, and National University.

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