Senior Systems Engineer: 10173.297
Boston, MA

Job Description

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EMPLOYER NAME: Smarter Travel Media LLC

POSITION: Senior Systems Engineer

WORKSITE: 226 Causeway Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02114

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Position will be a part of the Systems Engineering/DevOps team and will be responsible for systems management, systems engineering, and dev-ops strategy. Position will work with Unix System's Administration (Linx, Redhat, Debian), FreeBSD, Open BSD, and Solaris in a high-volume service environment; utilize knowledge of operational and security best practices and configuration management; perform software packaging and code deployment; utilize Open Source Software OSS); work with NoSQL/Web2.0 software like Cassandra, MongoDB, Couch DB, Hadoop, MogileFS, Varnish, Redis, Memcache, Active/Zero and Solr. Work with containers as well as container orchestration products.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related field or its equivalent; and 5 (five) years of progressive post-baccalaureate work experience in the job offered, or in a related position. Experience must include demonstrable knowledge of or experience with the following: Demonstrable understanding of Unix Fundamentals as well as OS commands/utilities; Demonstrable understanding of TCP/IP and network architecture/routing as well as core internet services; Demonstrable programming ability with at least one interpreted language (perl, python, php, or ruby); Demonstrable programming ability with a shell scripting language such as bash, or korn; Experience with Configuration Management platforms (Chef, Puppet or Ansible); Familiarity with software and/or hardware load balancers; Understanding of containers & orchestration (Docker or k8s); Demonstrable knowledge of operational and security best practices; Familiarity with MySQL or PostgreSQL and their replication and scalability strategies; Demonstrable knowledge of server quality hardware and its deployment in a large server environment as well as a Cloud Provider such as AWS or GCE; Experience using Open Source Software (OSS); Experience with Startup or dotcom. Employer will accept any combination of education, work experience, or training deemed to be equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Job #: 10173.297

TO APPLY: Please Mail resume to Smarter Travel Media, LLC/ TripAdvisor Recruiting, 400 1st Ave, Needham, MA 02494 indicating job reference number 10173.297. EOE.

TripAdvisor provides a unique, global work environment that captures the speed, innovation and excitement of a startup, at a thriving, growing and well-established industry brand. At TripAdvisor, you will be part of a dynamic, fun, and energetic team where you can immediately make meaningful contributions.