Vancouver,Canada | jSonar | ONSITE | Full-time
Versatile Linux technologist (Release-Engineer/Dev-Ops/Sysadmin)
jSonar is expanding it’s team and looking for a jack-of-all-trades technologists that can develop solutions quickly, troubleshoot issues, maintain, enhance and create software-packages, while maintaining an operational development environment.
We are a highly successful start-up in the Big Data/NoSQL space, our solutions are used by the world’s largest companies. We know you will not be familiar with some of these technologies – and that’s OK – we will teach you. It is more important to us that you have the right “gut feel”, that you’re motivated and love to expand your knowledge.
This is a full-time position and you must reside in the Vancouver area as you will be working in our downtown office.
Ideal Candidate Qualifications
* Technologist that wants to use the best technology to implement successful solutions; you want to make a difference
* Linux and networking experience – you should be comfortable with installation and administration of Linux environments and with networking concepts
* Knowledge of virtualization and server administration (AWS, VMWare, VirtualBox, Docker, Kubernetes)
* Knowledge of deployment, upgrades and version management of software packages on Linux
* Working knowledge of Python and shell commands. It’s good if you’ve been hacking as a hobby
* Coding experience (Mandatory); the interview process will include a coding challenge
* Experience working with DB systems
* You like to tinker and have an innate interest in technology.
* Ability to learn quickly – we will throw tons of technologies at you and you will need to figure it out.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Your friends describe you as independent and reliable.
* You thrive in a versatile and dynamic team environment.
* Always ready to help others and be helped.
* You can drive your own boat: the ability to fearlessly use the resources at fingertips to resolve technical challenges especially when you don't know the answer.
Need to be eligible to work in Canada in order to apply for this position.
Please send your resume and cover letter providing a short description of how your experience matches the requirements for this position to REDACTED_EMAIL.
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