Sys Admins & Data Center Techs Assemble!

Backblaze is growing quickly and we are looking to expand our Operations team with the addition of two superstars.

All Positions Require:

• Good attitude and willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
• Strong desire to work for a small, fast-paced company.
• Desire to learn and adapt to rapidly changing technologies and work environment.
• Rigorous adherence to best practices.
• Relentless attention to detail.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication, time management, problem solving, and organizational skills.

Systems Administrator (San Mateo, CA)

Responsibilities:

• Manage Linux, Mac, and Windows installation & configuration.
• Manage web services installation & configuration (Tomcat, Apache, Ngnix, WordPress, Java, etc.).
• Manage infrastructure services installation & configuration (DNS, DHCP, NTP, Clonezilla, PXE, etc.).
• Manage monitoring installation & configuration (Zabbix, PagerDuty, etc.).
• Maintain strong network security (including PCI compliance, firewalls, ACLs, Log Analysis, etc.).
• Manage enterprise class storage installation & configuration (EMC & Dell MD1120, and MD1220 drive shelves, etc.).
• Push out software changes (patches & system updates).
• Debug & repair software problems (file system, RAID, & boot drive repairs).
• Make occasional trips to data center near Sacramento.
• Help administer network infrastructure (switches, VPNs, routers, etc.).
• Help automate provisioning & deployment of new software with Ansible, custom script, and other tools.
• Help administer database servers (MySQL).
• Help data center techs debug hardware problems.
• Help maintain operational documentation and scripts.
• Participate in the 24×7 on-call pager rotation and respond to alerts as needed.
• Assist in training & supervising junior operations staff when necessary.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration, Debian experience preferred.
• Bash scripting skills desired.
• Ability to lift/move 50-75 lbs and work down near the floor as needed.
• Position based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California requiring 3+ days/week in San Mateo.

Data Center Technician (Sacramento, CA)

Responsibilities:

• Work as Backblaze’s physical presence in Sacramento area data center(s).
• Maintain physical infrastructure including racking equipment, replacing hard drives, and other system components.
• Repair and troubleshoot defective equipment with minimal supervision.
• Receive deliveries, maintain accurate inventory counts/records and RMA-defective components.
• Provision, test, & deploy new equipment via the Linux command line and web GUIs.
• Help qualify new hardware & software configurations (load & component testing, qa, etc.).
• Help train new data center technicians.
• Follow and improve data center best practices and documentation.
• Maintain a clean and well organized work environment.
• On-call responsibilities include 24×7 trips to the data center to resolve issues that can’t be handled remotely.

Requirements:

• Ability to learn quickly.
• Ability to lift/move 50-75 lbs and work down near the floor on a daily basis.
• Position based near Sacramento, California and may require periodic visits to the corporate office in San Mateo.

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of Linux.
• 1-2 years experience in a technology-related field.
• Experience working at a data center in a support role.

Interested?

Check out these videos on our Data Center Operations team:

Want to join our team? Follow these three steps:

1. Send an Email to jobscontact@backblaze.com with one of the positions listed above in the subject line.
2. Include your resume.
3. Include your answers to two of the following three questions:
   • What about working at Backblaze excites you the most?
   • Provide three adjectives that best describe your personal workspace.
   • How would you manage boot images and system configurations on 1,000+ servers (i.e. Backblaze Storage Pods)?

We’ll be interviewing candidates over the next couple of weeks. Join us and help us continue to build a great online backup company.

Backblaze is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we offer competitive salary and benefits, including our no policy vacation policy.