We are seeking an exceptional person to join our systems engineering team. We are looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems while contributing new ideas and techniques leading to continuous improvement for the team. Candidates will work on a team of approximately eight people with an on call rotation. Performance is measured on individual as well as team results. Candidates must be highly motivated, proactive, organized, detail-oriented, possess outstanding communication and work well in a team environment.
Working for Brightcove will give you a unique opportunity to join a growing, privately held company, and play an integral role building products and online services that promise to transform the media industry and change the way people all over the world watch video.
Responsibilities
* Build, operate, scale, and troubleshoot all of Brightcove's SaaS infrastructure.
* Provide operations coverage as part of an on-call pager rotation.
* Work with other teams to make sure that the infrastructure and the applications that depend on it work harmoniously together.
* Support other teams infrastructure needs on an as-needed basis.
* Write tools for systems and infrastructure automation.
* Collect and report on operational metrics for SLA reporting and capacity planning.
* Monitor the health of our production infrastructure.
Qualifications
* Has built systems and infrastructure supporting web applications in a production environment
* Has experience operating a 24/7 production web application
* Broad Linux sysadmin experience
* Experience with and preference for open-source tools for systems management
* Large installation (100+ server, multi-site) experience
* Experience coding for task automation, preferably in python but in perl at a minimum.
Location
This position is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, conveniently located across from the Kendall Square stop on the Red line.
Interested? To apply for this position, please visit our website at http://www.brightcove.com/ and complete the easy-to-use on-line application process in the Careers section of our website.
Brightcove is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Source: Joel On Software