CX, Inc.: Systems Administrator

Location: S.F., Bay Area
URL: www.x.com

CX, Inc. is a dynamic and growing company looking to fill our open positions with motivated, intelligent, qualified people from all walks of life.

CX is a cloud storage and data file management system that provides users with a secure, stable, scalable platform to backup, synchronize, share, and manage their documents, photos, music, and videos across all of their devices - which includes desktops, laptops, netbooks, and mobile devices.

Do you have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a solid background in systems administration? CX, Inc. is currently seeking to expand our Systems Administration / DevOps team.

Anticipated responsibilities are:

• Participate in designing/architecting infrastructure and systems to meet needs.
• Perform DevOps style duties to assist with installation, management and maintenance of systems and infrastructure as well as optimize an automation of the release processes from development to staging/test to production.
• Administer linux systems and network devices in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment (or other virtual hosting environment).
• Use automated systems administration/management tools like Chef.
• Command Line Fu and Scripting in shell languages as well as Ruby/Python/PERL. 
• Work with extremely high scalability environments moving large volumes of data with high requirements for availability and security.
• A small amount of travel to meet with other team members in our distributed locations (<10%).
• Shared duties for incident response (Tier 3 style) during business and off-hours on a rotating basis.
• Work in a secure and trusted environment. Background and reference checks will be performed. Clean records are required.

Qualifications include:

• Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently under pressure.

• A combination of education and experience from which comparable skills and knowledge may be acquired.
• A solid understanding of Linux Systems administration.
• An understanding of MySQL server administration (installation, tuning).
• Experience (if possible) with other data storage system including Hadoop, Mongo, Couch, Redis, Memcache, etc.

• A solid understanding of protocols and services like HTTP/REST, SSH, SMTP, DNS.
• Experience working with developers and testers and assisting with or managing a release process.
• Strong skills in shell scripting.
• Capacity to envision new technical solutions based on business needs.
• Experience with Ruby.
• Ability to understand and clearly explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Calm and grace under fire. Must be personable, diligent, and responsible.
• Experience with MySQL / Percona.
• Skills in Puppet, Chef, or Bcfg2 (Chef preferred).
• Knowledge of Amazon AWS including S3, EC2, and other services.
• A curiosity and love for problem solving.
• Participation in Internet Culture (lives on the web, MMORPG Gamer).
• Strong team player attitude with the confidence to work independently.

If you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you.  Please send us your resume, LinkedIn profile, salary requirement, and a letter describing why you think you’re a fit for this role.

CX, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply: www.cx.com/careers/