Infrastructure Engineer

The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Workila, and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

Job Description

MUST-HAVES

1. 3+ years exp. of AWS (ownership of provisioning, security and deployment)
2. 3+ years experience working w/ Chef, Puppet or Terraform
3. Knowledge of database management including replication, failover, optimise
4. Experience working in a high growth, modern web tech stack

NICE-TO-HAVES

1. Experience migrating Heroku to AWS
2. Experience with Terraform
3. Ability to diagnose memory leaks in production
4. Deep understanding of MongoDB
5. Ability to identify bottlenecks and improve response time
6. Experience building self-healing, highly available and scaling system
7. Experience forecasting infrastructure requirements

ROLE DESCRIPTION

As we grow our user base, our Infrastructure Engineer will own the tools and technology to deliver a highly scalable and reliable system. They’ll be given ownership and autonomy to determine best methods and practices to scale. The ideal candidate should have deep knowledge of cloud-based technologies and best practices.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

1. Deep understanding of AWS. MongoDB and Heroku experience preferred
2. Experience working with modern configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Terraform; thorough understanding of configuration management concepts
3. Comfortable working in a high growth, modern web tech stack
4. Knowledge of database management - including replication, failover, redundancy and optimisation

PROJECTS:

1. Leading the migration efforts from Heroku to AWS, increasing security and process around AWS deployment and provisioning
2. Diagnosing memory leaks in the production environment
3. Identifying bottlenecks and improving response time
4. Forecasting infrastructure requirements as the business and user base grows

EXPECTATIONS:

1. Proactively identify site scaling issues and help redesign systems to address them
2. Continually improve our internal infrastructure and tools
3. Provide technical feedback to other engineers through code reviews, engineering design reviews, and collaborative problem-solving sessions
4. Implement systems that are highly available, scalable, and self-healing

RELOCATION: Up to $5,000

DIRECT REPORTS: Zero

REPORTS TO: Chief Technology Officer

REMOTE WORK: Remote work not available

TRAVEL: Travel not required

VISA: Candidate visas are not supported

Additional Information

Apply online by clicking on the green label "I am Interested" or call if you have any questions; however, applying online is the best way to apply.