SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER

Do the efficiencies of auto-scaled infrastructure in AWS public cloud cause your heart to leap with joy? Have you embraced the modern era of continuous release like a welcomed new friend? Are you a zealot for self-monitored systems that provide customer service well beyond expectations?

If you’re ready to be challenged to take these amazing skills to the next level, then Zen Planner is the place for you. 

WARNING! Side effects from working at Zen Planner may include: 

• Decreased sense of dread on your morning commute
  
• Increased desire to participate in a Couch-to-5k program
  
• Urge to try activities such as CrossFit, Yoga, Muay Thai or various volunteering initiatives
  
• Strong conviction to make small business owners wildly successful
  

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Participate in design and implementation of Engineering DevOps and SaaS infrastructure, including a move from private cloud to AWS public cloud
  
• Support the infrastructure stack (OS, storage, network, database, web, and virtualization) and maintain high availability of the SaaS infrastructure
  
• Ensure company standard server technologies, proper performance and capacity standards are implemented
  
• Monitor production systems to ensure stable, responsive, and compliant networks, applications, jobs and services
  
• Lead problem resolution and coordination activities
  
• Participate in an on-call rotation for support of systems outside of normal business hours
  
• Be instrumental in progress toward continuous delivery code pipeline for software products
  
• Identify and automate repetitive or inefficient tasks (spinning up new environments, build and deployments, etc.)
  
• Facilitate knowledge sharing by creating and maintaining documentation and diagrams
  
• Evaluate and implement new technologies to improve the engineering infrastructure
  
• Strong team player with a high degree of self-motivation and the ability to manage additional technical resources to meet project requirements
  

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• B.S. degree in technical discipline; OR equivalent experience
  
• Have built and supported enterprise SaaS infrastructure environments within a complex engineering computing environment
  
• 5+ years of experience with:
  
• Internet technologies (DNS, SNMP, HTTP, TCP/IP, CDNs)
  
• Core network components and technologies (VPNs, firewalls, etc.)
  
• Virtualization tools and technologies (VMWare, Azure, AWS, etc.)
  
• Linux (CentOS, Redhat, and Ubuntu) and Windows servers
  
• Monitoring systems (Logstash, PRTG, Nagios, Gray Log, etc.)
  
• Source control, build/deploy tooling (Github, JIRA, AWS, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, ELK)
  
• Scripting (Perl, Python, Bash, Powershell)
  
• Supporting software automation tests and frameworks
  
• Effective interpersonal skills (written and oral) and the ability to communicate effectively across the organization
  
• Ability to prioritize and work well under pressure and aspiration

OH, EXPERIENCE WITH THESE WOULD BE NICE, TOO:

• Experience designing and developing continuous delivery code pipeline(s)
  
• Experience working tickets and managing priorities within issue tracking systems (Salesforce, Jira, etc.)
  
• Experience with middleware configuration and optimization (Apache and Tomcat)
  
• Experience supporting Java applications
  
• Experience with web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, JQuery, Cold Fusion, etc.)