SRE (BigData)

Time zone

(GMT-5 ) New York.

Why we are recommending

• The PulsePoint platform is powered by terabytes of impression-level data.
• Ability to work with modern technologies.

Responsibilities

• Deploying, configuring, monitoring and maintaining multiple big data stores, across multiple datacenters.
• Perform planning, configuration, deployment and maintenance work relevant to the environment.
• Managing the large-scale Linux infrastructure to ensure maximum uptime.
• Developing and documenting system configuration standards and procedures.
• Performance and reliability testing. This may include reviewing configuration, software choices/versions, hardware specs, etc.
• Advancing our technology stack with innovative ideas and new creative solutions.

Requirements

• Multi-faceted Hadoop understanding, including the use of HDFS, Hive, and Impala for data storage and retrieval.
• Experience managing Kafka clusters on Linux.
• Thorough understanding of Linux (we use CentOS in production).
• Isilon experience, especially as related to HDFS storage for a Hadoop cluster.
• Experience administering SQL/NoSQL databases (we use MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Any scripting language (Python/Ruby/Shell etc).
• Understanding of basic networking concepts (TCP/IP stack, DNS, CDN, load balancing).
• Fluent English.

Bonus, but not required:

• Ability to work with Cassandra cluster from installation through troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Experience with columnar data storage such as Vertica or Clickhouse.
• Puppet configuration management tool.
• Experience with scalable infrastructure monitoring solutions such as Icinga, Prometheus, ELK.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Train/mentor junior-level staff.
• Experience in AdTech or High-Frequency Trading a plus.
• Experience with Security-related best practices a plus.

Company offers

• Remote work, full time. For a successful colleague, after 12-18 months, they consider offering H1B visa support for relocation to NY.
• Salary 6-8k USD (month).
• US holiday schedule.
• 21 days of vacation.
• Schedule: from 16 to 01:00 Moscow time.

Hiring process

• (rus / eng) 20-30 min call with a recruiter, talk about experience and check english.
• (eng) 60 min screening.
• (eng) 180 min interview with sections.
• (eng) Sometimes the CEO or CTO talks before the offer.

Useful links

• About the company: link.