DevOps Linux Engineer

Amiba, a Dublin based, Irish-owned, software company with customers in Europe and USA, is recruiting an experienced DevOps engineer, to work on our cutting-edge cloud based software in the communications business. You will join a small, focused team and work closely with product managers and developers to deliver solutions to delight our customers, using the latest features and technologies.

Role, Responsibilities & Person Specification

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reports to: Engineering Manager
Location: Home Working

Key Purpose of the Role:
The successful candidate will contribute to the architecture, design, implementation, enhancement and growth of the Amiba Cloud based network infrastructure. The roll encompasses all areas of network design and maintenance ranging from the high level design down to the physical implementation of the solutions. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in Network Engineering and Linux System Administration.

Principal Responsibilities:
• Develop scalable network designs and solutions to support our ongoing network enhancement projects and also our customer’s needs.
• Identify, research, evaluate and recommend network related tools and emerging network technologies.
• Design, configure and maintain automated mechanisms to ensure high availability of the cloud based network.
• Manage all aspects of server maintenance including installation of new software releases and system upgrades.
• Deal with network problems arising and provide root cause analysis.
• Develop and implement test strategies and disaster recovery procedures.
• Ongoing improvement of alarm reporting and failure detection.
• Support other internal groups at Amiba by identifying their requirements and providing adequate solutions.
• Generate project documentation describing the network design and implementation.
• Participate in rotating “on call” schedules with other members of the team providing third-tier support to the 24 hour support operations of our customers.

Principal Working Relationships:(internal/external customers and suppliers)
Customers:
• External: Corporate Business Customers running Amiba software on 3rd Party networks
• Internal: Sales Organization, Product Management, Network Provisioning
Suppliers:
• Internal: Sales Organization, Customer Service and Network Operations
• External: Hardware/software and solutions providers

Essential Qualifications, Experience & Skills (key competencies)
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computing, IT or equivalent.
Experience:
• Experience with AWS essential. Google cloud or other IaaS platforms, desirable.
• 10+ years experience in Network management & administration.
• Proven Linux system administration skills.
• Experience with network monitoring and management systems.
• Coding experience with common scripting languages (Shell scripting, Python etc).
Skills:
• Strong Knowledge of IP networking protocols and services (IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, DNS, HTTP, FTP, SSH, SMTP, IPSec)
• Knowledge of VoIP protocols (SIP, RTP)
• Knowledge of database platforms (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Ability to automate processes and procedures using common scripting languages.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Creative problem solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Benefits:
– Pension, healthcare, life insurance
– Share options
– Annual Bonus
– Maternity/ paternity leave schemes
– Competitive holiday allowance