DevOps Engineer - Linux/Ruby (m/f)

We are looking for a Linux Systems Engineer capable of managing a Ruby on Rails multiple server setup. Full time applicants should have a solid Ruby (on Rails) background and be willing to participate in the backend related development process.

Who will…

• Setup, plan and maintain our hybrid infrastructure on dedicated servers (Ubuntu) and AWS
• Improve system monitoring and application performance
• Automate tasks with configuration management tools and scripting
• Profile the application and optimize app/infrastructure performance
• Ensure a working environment for our continuous integration process
• Scale our infrastructure when required within and beyond our currently used technologies
• Help us make the right decisions in regard to infrastructure changes at the right time
• Be integrated into backend coding tasks, bridging development with operations

Ideally you…

• Know the specifics of hosting a distributed Rails based architecture
• Have Ruby/Rails coding experience and interest to be integrated into the development
• Are familiar with scrum/scrumban

You should feel comfortable with many/most of the following technologies:

• Linux (Ubuntu), HaProxy, Nginx, Passenger, Mysql (Percona/Replication), Redis, AWS, Chef, Capistrano/Webistrano, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ

You should:

• Be reliable
• Be transparent about what you do and when you do it
• Be interested in constantly improving our setup to keep track with its changing demands and technologies
• Feel strong about delivering a 99.9% uptime experience while knowing every piece of the system setup and caring for necessary fail overs
• Be aware and care for possible security issues
• Be willing to spend an hour of non office time work to perform maintenance tasks when traffic allows it or to fix fires/emergencies

We…

• Are a globally focused company with an international, interdisciplinary and enthusiastic team
• Offer exciting insights that can only emerge from a fast-paced, high-growth internet start-up
• Offer an attractive environment and the possibility to learn from challenging problems and learning experiences that will last you a lifetime
• Enable you to grow with the company giving you a perspective to assume more responsibilities
• Believe in and actively foster a healthy company culture
• Are easy on remote work days
• Have company fruits and drinks

How you apply:

Send your complete application documents (cover letter incl. salary expectations, CV and credentials) in one pdf-file with the keyword “DevOps Engineer (Linux/Ruby)” to jobs@iversity.org.