Wanted: Senior Automation Engineer

Backblaze continues to grow and we need a Senior Automation Engineer to help us do it!

Please note, even though “automation” is in the position title, this position does not involve self-driving cars. Sorry.

Senior Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead effort to automate provisioning & updating of systems with Ansible, custom script, and other tools.
• Maintain and expand utility script library.
• Understand environment thoroughly enough to administer/debug any system in data center.
• Collaborate on capacity planning (manage storage buffers, forecast Pod needs per month, ensure adequate colo space, etc.).
• Collaborate on strategic planning (optimize performance, reduce cost, increase efficiency, mitigate risk).
• Collaborate on network security (including PCI compliance, firewalls, ACLs, HackerOne, Log Analysis, etc.).
• Collaborate on design/deploy/administer network infrastructure (switches, VPNs, routers, etc.).
• Help manage projects and work with teams to ensure routine tasks are covered.
• Help manage infrastructure services installation/configuration (DNS, DHCP, NTP, Certificate Authority, Clonezilla, PXE, etc.).
• Help manage web services installation/configuration (Tomcat, Apache, Ngnix, WordPress, Java, etc.).
• Help administer database servers (MySQL).
• Help debug/repair software problems (File system, RAID & boot drive repairs).
• Participate in the 24×7 on-call pager rotation and respond to alerts as needed.

Requirements:

• Expert knowledge of Linux system administration; Debian experience preferred.
• Experience running Apache, Tomcat, WordPress, and Java services.
• 8+ years of experience or equivalent.
• Bash scripting skills.
• Position based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California requiring 3+ days/week in San Mateo, CA.

Required for all Backblaze Employees:

• 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 interpersonal skills and good oral/written communication.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Interested?

Check out these videos on our Data Center Operations team:

Want to apply? Follow these three steps:

1. Send an Email to jobscontact@backblaze.com with the position 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.