Related tasks:

• Serve as a primary point responsible for the overall health, performance, and capacity of one or more of our Internet-facing services.
• Gain deep knowledge of our complex applications.
• Assist in the roll-out and deployment of new product features and installations to facilitate our rapid iteration and constant growth.
• Develop tools to improve our ability to rapidly deploy and effectively monitor custom applications in a large-scale UNIX environment.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure that platforms are designed with'operability' in mind.

• Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.
• Experience trouble-shooting that span systems, network (TCP/IP), and code.
• Experience using programming languages (like Python, Perl, Ruby, Java/Scala, or C).
• Experience in a UNIX-based large-scale web operations role.
• Experience with web-based Java/J2EE architectures and JVM configuration.
• Python experience, specifically for systems automation.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (including listening, speaking, and writing) and ability to work well in a diverse, team-focused environment with other SREs, Engineers, Product Managers, etc. Knowledge of most of these: data structures, relational and non-relational databases, networking, Linux internals, filesystems, web architecture, and related topics.