Remote Senior DevOps Engineer

Description:

• MediaLab is a media and technology company focused on acquiring and growing properties and global brands.
• The organization combines private equity, holding company, and operating entity aspects.
• MediaLab is expanding and has a prominent market position with its brands.
• The company is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join its talented team of engineers, designers, product, and business builders.
• The role involves supporting a growing number of applications across multiple business verticals integrated with an internal Ad platform processing billions of impressions monthly.
• The Senior DevOps Engineer will work on Imgur, an image hosting and sharing platform.
• Responsibilities include architecting, implementing, and optimizing Imgur’s software infrastructure stack.
• The engineer will ensure the reliability, scalability, and operability of Imgur’s production software components.
• The role requires building automation and tools to deploy, configure, and manage Imgur’s applications.
• Troubleshooting stability and performance issues is also a key responsibility.
• Participation in an on-call rotation is expected.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 4 years managing world-class production systems as a DevOps Engineer, SRE, or Production Engineer is required.
• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes is essential.
• Experience in developing infrastructure as code with Terraform is necessary.
• Familiarity with configuration management using Chef or similar software is required.
• Experience operating cloud-based environments, preferably AWS, is needed.
• Expertise in systems, databases, or networks (layer 3 and higher) is preferred.
• Strong scripting skills to develop custom tools and automation are required.
• A thorough understanding of best practices related to performance, disaster recovery, and security is necessary.
• Proficiency in English is required.

Benefits:

• MediaLab values diversity and is committed to being an inclusive, equal opportunity workplace.
• Employees will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing company with a talented team.
• The role offers the chance to make a substantial impact on large-scale systems serving billions of users daily.
• The position allows for self-direction and the ability to scale responsibilities alongside the company’s growth.