Linux System Engineer

Company: Cloudian
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: June 18, 2022

Job Description:

DescriptionAbout Us:Cloudian is a Silicon Valley-based object storage company specializing in S3 API storage systems. With technology roots in the large-scale enterprise message space, Cloudian introduced its object-based platform, HyperStore, in 2011. Cloudian is partnered with VMware, Seagate, Pure Storage, Amazon, Google, Lenovo, Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and by reseller partners worldwide including WWT, ePlus, and CDW. -Cloudian has achieved record bookings for seven consecutive years and now has approximately 700 customers. It is the only company named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage for two consecutive years. Cloudian partners closely with other leading companies such as AWS, VMware, Veeam and Splunk to provide integrated solutions. Investors include Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, Digital Alpha, INCJ, Eight Roads (the proprietary investment arm of FIL, Fidelity International Limited), Lenovo, City National Bank, and Epsilon Venture Partners.About the Job:Cloudian's storage software supports extremely high speed and volume traffic with high availability. - We use technologies like NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, Redis), distributed systems techniques, advanced Java, Golang, Linux performance tuning, and tools like Puppet, git, and Eclipse. -We're seeking a Linux System Engineer to contribute to product testing and support.Responsibilities:Provide Linux platform architecture guidance, research technical issues, and act as Linux subject matter expertMaintain the Linux environment used as part of our productPerform systems administration, maintenance, and upgrade of multiple cluster environments used in Engineering (Linux, Red Hat, CentOS, and other Red Hat derivatives)Install, configure, and maintain Linux-based servers, both physical and virtual servers.Ensures proper security is in place on Linux-based systems by conducting audits and implementing solutions to centralize access management, patching, and reporting. Define procedures to ensure proper deployment, configuration, and testing of RHEL based Linux systems security patches.Create tools to help teams make the most out of the available infrastructureRequirements:In-depth knowledge of Linux operating system functionality, file systems, and server hardwareUnderstanding of gnu/linux architectureStrong understanding of Linux packaging concepts (dependencies, conflicts, repositories, package signing)Understanding of vulnerability management tools such as NessusUnderstanding of the NSA Stig, OpenScap and similar security benchmarksKnowledge of network protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, etcStrong grasp on configuration management tools, such as PuppetExperience with Bash and PythonCloudian, Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. -This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.PLEASE NOTE: - We are a Federal contractor, and as such must adhere to the Federal regulations regarding COVID-19 vaccination. If you are based in the United States, you must provide your proof of COVID-19 vaccination within 3 business days of your start date.

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