Overview

Interested in working for a company that’s been in the Fortune Top 100 places to work 8 years running? Enjoy solving hard and interesting problems? Pardot is currently looking for System Engineers to help build out, maintain and troubleshoot our rapidly expanding infrastructure. You will be part of a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency, delivering mission critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security. We pride ourselves on being the best place to work, and on having the best people to work with. We offer competitive salaries, ridiculously good benefits, and an extremely fun environment.

Requirements

  • A./B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject with a strong academic record or relevant work experience
  • Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX/Linux based environments.
  • Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks and operating system
  • Experience with automation software (e.g. Puppet, cfengine, Chef) and managing infrastructure as code
  • Solid scripting skills (e.g. shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python)

Preferred Experience

  • Expertise in TCP/IP related technologies (networking protocols, network programming, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of monitoring implementations with experience in supporting and maintaining monitoring systems for a large infrastructure environment
  • Experience tuning, supporting and troubleshooting relational databases and distributed platforms
  • Experience with ZFS or OpenZFS a plus
  • Experience with virtualization and containerization a plus
  • Experience with Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service cloud delivery models
  • Knowledge in Disaster Recovery preparedness and recovery services
  • Experience managing cross region data centers for high availability and DR capabilities

Responsibilities

  • Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure
  • Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
  • Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools
  • Write and maintain custom scripts and tools to help automate repetitive tasks
  • Collaborate with other teams to discuss and resolve technical issues and escalations, sometimes in emergency situations
  • Evaluate new technologies and recommend future direction of infrastructure
  • Must be available to participate in “on call” rotation for emergencies in the middle of the night, weekend or holiday; expected to respond and fix the issue

This position is located in Atlanta, GA but remote candidates are welcomed.

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