Overview

Dear server/database admin, you’ve arrived at the opening where challenge meets excitement. Piktochart is a growing startup and we work to serve our users so that they can create infographics on a daily basis with ease. If you have a strong passion for scaling web apps and application security, we need your help on our server operations!

Your mission:

  • Design scalable and secure web infrastructure on GCP & AWS clouds
  • Develop and maintain Ruby on Rails applications
  • Monitor system and network health
  • Deploy containerized applications on Kubernetes
  • Analyze software performance and perform system/code optimization
  • Design and scale database systems
  • Automate server management using tools like Ansible or Saltstack
  • Participate in service capacity planning and demand forecasting

You offer :

  • 3+ years experience with distributed Unix/Linux environments, preferably Ubuntu or Debian
  • Familiarity with Amazon and Google clouds
  • Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms
  • Experience with scaling MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis and Memcached clusters
  • Strong knowledge of Ruby on Rails web framework
  • Strong knowledge of web application security
  • Bash and Python scripting
  • Knowledge of Nginx, HAProxy
  • Knowledge of Ansible
  • Knowledge of Elasticsearch stack

Extra points if you have:

  • Experience with CI/CD services, CircleCI / Jenkins
  • Experience with Golang, Nodejs
  • Experience with Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Knowledge of Nagios / Statd / Graphite
  • High self-learning ability to adapt to emergency circumstances
  • Ability to manage multiple issues at once and keep your team updated on what’s going on
  • Knowledge in backup/restore operations

Location:

  • Remote (Already based in Europe or willing to work in EU timezone)