Operations Engineer (Mid-Level)

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Charleston, SC
Mid level
Hardware • Information Technology • Security • Database
The Role
The Operations Engineer at Crunchy Data will manage day-to-day activities including system administration, cloud deployment, monitoring, and security adherence. Responsibilities involve using Ansible/Terraform for infrastructure management, troubleshooting alerts, and documentation of security requirements, ensuring compliance and coordinating with teams on technical needs.
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OPERATIONS ENGINEER (MID-LEVEL)

Crunchy Data is the leading provider of trusted open-source PostgreSQL and enterprise PostgreSQL technology and is looking to hire a talented Operations Engineer to join Crunchy Data. The Operations Engineer will assist with day-to-day activities such as operating system and product administration, deployments, monitoring, patching, user management, and general software security implementation adherence. This is a mid-level role and requires occasional availability outside of standard office hours, due to the possibility of after-hours incidents or scheduled maintenance windows on occasional nights and weekends.

What You Will Do

  • Assists the Operations team with day-to-day activities, which may include: patching, configuring systems with best security practices, upgrading corporate software and tools and maintaining customer-facing applications, cluster provisioning, on-prem and cloud environment deployments, integrating applications, troubleshooting performance issues, employee onboarding and offboarding, debugging employee workstation issues, handling application account access requests, corporate technology needs, etc..
  • Maintains and updates Ansible/Terraform Infrastructure in git-hosted repositories for deployment of applications, operating systems, cloud objects, etc. using automation
  • Troubleshoots infrastructure and application alerts within defined SLA's
  • Assists the Operations team with general maintenance (patching / upgrading / installing) during scheduled and ad-hoc windows
  • Configures, tunes, and deploys monitoring infrastructure and dashboards to determine health of company-owned and customer facing applications
  • Installs and configures physical hardware at data centers and office locations as needed
  • Assists in the configuration and deployment of new applications for the entire organization or individual teams
  • Ensures accuracy of backup solutions and assists with regular exercises
  • Assists with compliance needs where applicable, including evidence gathering
  • Documents system configurations and security requirements using predefined standards and formatting

What You Will Bring

  • Located in Charleston, SC or surrounding area
  • Security+ or equivalent certification
  • Minimum of 3 years of Operations experience
  • Minimum of 3 years of Linux system administration experience
  • Minimum of 3 years of cloud and data center networking experience
  • Minimum of 2 years of collaborative git / gitlab / github experience
  • Minimum of 2 years of Ansible and Terraform experience
  • Minimum of 2 years of using vSphere / vCenter
  • Experience installing data center computing hardware
  • Experience with logging and search software such as graylog / splunk / sumologic
  • Experience with gitlabCI or other tools such as Jenkins
  • Experience with LDAP / DNS / Kerberos
  • Experience with system and application monitoring tools
  • Experience with the following cloud and SaaS applications:
    - AWS
    - Azure
    - Google Workspaces
    - GCP
    - M365
    - Slack
  • Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent relevant hands-on experience
  • Ability to work well with others, especially remotely, in a fast-paced ever-changing environment
  • Ability to solve problems independently with limited information and oversight
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong grammar skills and attention to detail
  • Abilit to participate in an On-call rotation
  • Occasional ability to travel
  • Due to the nature of our client contracts, US Citizenship is required for this position

The following are considered a plus

  • Experience with multiple Operating systems, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Debian
  • Networking experience a plus
  • Python / Golang / Django / nodejs experience
  • CISSP or equivalent
  • Experience with SOC2, NIST SP 800-171 and SP 800-53

Who We Are

Crunchy Data provides leading cloud native Postgres technology including Crunchy PostgreSQL for Kubernetes and Crunchy Bridge, a multi-cloud database as a service. PostgreSQL's active development community, proven architecture, and reputation for reliability, data integrity, and ease of use makes it a prime candidate for enterprises looking for a robust relational database alternative to expensive proprietary database technologies. Learn more at www.crunchydata.com.

Crunchy Data has teams in South Carolina, Virginia, New York and San Francisco, with other team members scattered across the United States (and the globe)! We strongly believe that if you have the talent to join the Crunchy Data team, you can work from anywhere. We take care of our team. In all full-time employment opportunities, Crunchy Data is proud to offer the following:

  • Competitive Salary
  • Flexible working style-Most positions are 100% remote
  • 100% Company Paid Benefits for Employees and their Eligible Dependents, to include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
  • 401K
  • Dependent Care/Commuter FSA
  • Generous PTO policy with an additional 10 paid holidays

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full-time, permanent associates at Crunchy Data in the United States.

Top Skills

Ansible
AWS
Azure
GCP
Git
Git
Gitlab
Jenkins
Linux
M365
Postgres
Terraform
Vcenter
Vsphere
The Company
Charleston, SC
84 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Crunchy Data is a leading provider of trusted open source PostgreSQL and enterprise PostgreSQL support, technology and training.

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