Principal Systems Engineer

Summary

Join DomainTools as a Principal Systems Engineer and contribute to the development and management of our Kubernetes-based infrastructure. You will be part of a small team focused on delivering server and low-level service building blocks for our on-premise hybrid cloud environment. Responsibilities include designing, building, and operating highly-available Kubernetes infrastructure, building automation tools, collaborating with internal customers, and optimizing system performance. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in Linux systems engineering, infrastructure management, Kubernetes, and automation tools. This remote position offers a competitive salary, bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in Linux systems engineering roles supporting bare metal servers, virtualization, and container platforms
• Experience building and managing infrastructure in both public cloud and physical data center environments using IaC tools
• Experience building and managing Kubernetes clusters
• Experience automating the Linux boot environment (PXE, TFTP, Kickstart)
• Proven ability to automate the right things in the simplest way possible (scripts, config management tools, CI pipelines, etc.)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and storage technologies
• Ability to communicate well and publish docs that are easily understood by stakeholders
• Experience supporting customer-facing SaaS products
• Willing to dive in and own problems that are new, ambiguous, or complex
• Proven ability to prioritize where improvements are most needed; sees the forest for the trees
• High team standards around communication, giving and receiving feedback, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate highly-available Kubernetes-based infrastructure that powers our hybrid cloud platform, in close partnership with the Platform team
• Build and operate the tools and processes that enable fully-automated bare-metal Linux-based host provisioning across our various colocation environments
• Collaborate with internal customers to build self-service interfaces on our Platform that simplify and accelerate service delivery on bare metal hosts
• Instrument and optimize system and cluster performance including power consumption, network performance, and physical rack design
• Forecast and plan capacity increases to ensure resource availability for engineering teams while meeting budget targets
• Provide thought leadership on DevOps and Platform Engineering-centric system and process design, giving constructive input to engineers and leaders on proposals and best practices
• Lead by showing: mentor and help develop engineers on sister teams in a highly demonstrative and collaborative way
• Participate in an on-call rotation with fellow team members

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision insurance premiums
• A 401k retirement plan with company matching
• Basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Additional well-being benefits