Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer — Remote

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

the company is hiring a Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer to join a remote US team. You will provision POPs, configure servers and network devices, and use Github, Ansible, Chef, and internal tooling to scale infrastructure.

You will work with hardware, tooling, and operations teams to enable error-free rapid expansion, and help with post-deployment validation and handoff to Network Operations.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years experience in network devices and server provisioning, system administration, and/or site reliability engineering
• Strong understanding of how the internet and TCP/IP work, focused on client/server dataflow
• Strong IP routing knowledge, with a focus BGP with a deep understanding of TCP/IP
• Understanding of how CDNs work and their position in the global internet
• Comfort in a Linux environment, and prior experience with software/automation workflow tools such as Git, Travis, Chef, Ansible, or comparable
• Ability to troubleshoot server, scripting, and network issues
• Scripting ability in a common language such as Bash, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Provision POPs (network devices, servers and equipment), following documented standards and processes, using a variety of tools including Github, Ansible, Chef, and the company’s internal tool sets
• Troubleshoot and resolve problems that occur during provisioning and service turnup
• Work collaboratively with internal operations and infrastructure teams, as well as external partners, in support of error-free rapid expansion
• Contribute to the development and improvement of standards and processes for the provisioning of new infrastructure
• Partner with other the company teams in the development and iteration of tools and automation systems that improve how we provision the network
• Support post-deployment validation, monitoring integration, and handoff to Network Operations for steady-state management.

Skills

Network provisioning

TCP/IP knowledge

BGP routing

CDN knowledge

Linux

Scripting

Tools

Git

Travis CI

Chef

Ansible

Job description

the company is hiring a Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer to join a remote US team. You will provision POPs, configure servers and network devices, and use Github, Ansible, Chef, and internal tooling to scale infrastructure.

You will work with hardware, tooling, and operations teams to enable error-free rapid expansion, and help with post-deployment validation and handoff to Network Operations.