Staff DevOps Engineer - Remote

Overview

Fandom is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to develop and monitor scalable infrastructure in a large-scale Linux environment, working closely with development teams to ensure services are designed for performance and reliability.

In Short

• Design, implement, and maintain high availability systems.
• Lead improvement of code integration and deployment processes.
• Contribute to and occasionally lead meetings: planning, stand-ups, RCAs, and retrospectives.
• Provide strategy and thought leadership in product and technical decisions.
• Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, network management, and security/performance monitoring.
• Continuously evaluate existing systems with industry standards and make recommendations for improvement.
• Mentor other passionate engineers with diverse skill sets in a collaborative team environment.
• Participate in on-call duties on a rotational basis.

Requirements

• Experience scaling and monitoring production infrastructure for heavy user load.
• 5+ years of Technical Operations, DevOps, System Operations, Network Operations, or Site Reliability experience.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with configuration management tools (preferably Chef).
• A strong understanding of Linux systems.
• Proficiency with modern monitoring systems like Prometheus.
• Proficiency with networking protocols (OSI network layers, TCP/IP).
• Knowledge of relational databases.
• Programming experience with scripting and coding: Go, Python, Perl, etc.

Benefits

• MacBook Pro and all the gear you need for work.
• Free access to a multitude of popular online courses and books.
• Company stock options.
• Company swag packages.
• Cafeteria Benefit Program including private medical care and gym membership.
• VTO (Voluntary Time Off) - a day off every quarter for volunteering.
• Frequent team bonding events.
• Flexible work hours & time-off.
• Employee Interest and Hobby Groups supported by the company.
• Open, energetic, and fan-focused international work environment.