TechOps Engineer (Linux System Administrator)

ZONE3000 in partnership with Namecheap.

As a TechOps for Namecheap, you will work with a lot of cutting-edge technologies and solve complex yet interesting tasks that will impact the other teams and our products used seamlessly by millions of users. 

Whereabout: Fully remote role from anywhere you want or hybrid
Process: 3 steps totalling 4 hours over 2 to 3 weeks

Whom will you work with?

Namecheap is a company of over 2000 people, with offices in 3 countries (  ) and 23 more countries represented by remote colleagues. You can get a better understanding of who we are as a company, and our internal audiences, by reading through our career page (if you haven’t already, of course!).

Our company cooperates with multidisciplinary encouraging people who hold a desire to deliver phenomenal service, implement highly reliable systems, automate regularly, and grow as engineers. Our team consists of versatile system administrators with extensive experience in working with high-load dns / web-hosting / email infrastructure, who are always welcome to share their knowledge.

What will you do?

You will develop, maintain and monitor infrastructure servers and services, keep their performance and stability on the highest level. You will also troubleshoot and investigate global technical issues our internal systems / servers may have. Besides that you will develop and maintain in-depth product knowledge as well as knowledge of technologies you work with and optimize technical processes / procedures to make them more efficient and easier both for clients and the team.

What will you bring?

• You will have advanced Linux system administration work experience and troubleshooting skills

• You have knowledge of LAMP stacks, including the installation, configuration, and high load optimization

• You have understanding of Email, DNS systems principles

• You have database knowledge: MySQL based, PostgreSQL, NoSQL

• You have knowledge of basic scripting / automation (Unix shell, Python, Perl, etc.)

• You have a basic understanding of cPanel / WHM and virtualization experience (KVM, VMware, Xen)

• Ability to work in shifts

• You have competent use of English (reading, writing and speaking)

What will you learn?

• You will learn more about working with the Linux administration stack

• You will gain knowledge of working  with high load system

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to deal with top-notch technologies and approaches in a world-leader product company with millions of customers

• Opportunity to make a difference for online privacy, freedom of speech, and net neutrality

• Decent market rate compensation depending on experience and skills

• Developed corporate culture: no micromanagement, culture based on principles of truth, trust, and transparency

• “You build it, you own it” mentality in most contexts

• Support of personal and professional development

  • support of experienced colleagues

  • in-house events and trainings

  • regular knowledge sharing in teams

  • English classes and speaking clubs

• Life-balance support

  • truly flexible schedule, no time-tracking at all

  • 25 working days of vacation

  • 5 days of paid sick leave per month (if necessary) without providing a medical certificate

  • maternity leave program

• Professionally strong environment, friendly and open atmosphere, ability to influence the product development and recognition for it