[Baylisa-jobs] Senior Operations Developer at ISC

Mon Aug 26 16:45:48 PDT 2013

Senior Operations Developer – DevOps

Background

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) develops commercial quality opensource software for the Internet Community. ISC has a proud history in the development of the Internet, with many of the DNS and DHCP related standards in use today written by current or past employees. We are currently seeking highly qualified and motivated Senior Operations Developer.

Job Description

ISC is looking for a self-driven, hands-on senior engineer with a blend of software development and operations skills. This role will initially focus on the development and maintenance of ISC’s Secondary Name Service platform, but will more generally focus on the development of tools and systems to enhance and automate the ISC Operations environment. Beyond pure development, the engineer in this role will participate in the overall management, operation and growth of the ISC and world-wide F-Root network and systems infrastructure.

Duties will include:

Primary development and maintenance of the software driving ISC’s Secondary Name Service platform
Design and development of systems automation, monitoring and optimization tools, as well as analysis of existing toolsets
Development of advanced tools for DNS monitoring and analysis
Participation in the day-to-day operation of the ISC Infrastructure
Developing and maintaining documentation and reports
Participation in an on-call rotation for both ISC’s customer support department as well as ISC’s on-call 24 Hour NOC
Representing ISC at technical conferences and presenting, as appropriate
Factors and Traits Required for Candidates:

Perl Programming with specific knowledge on:
Catalyst – web Framework
Moose – post-modern object oriented system
DBIx::Class – Object Relational Mapper
Proficient in database technologies, with specific expertise in:
MongoDB
PostgreSQL 9.1+
Performance tuning and optimization
Real-time data replication and High Availability
Experience processing XML and JSON documents
Template Toolkit and HTML::Template is desired
Experience with User Interface design, particularly focused on technical users
Strong focus on Development Testing at all levels
Knowledge of the Domain Name System (DNS) and BIND configuration.
FreeBSD and Linux experience
Strong written and oral communications skills
The ability to collaborate with diverse and distributed teams
Additional Weight to Candidates With:

Unix system administration skills, especially FreeBSD and Linux
Cisco IOS System Maintenance (install/troubleshooting/upgrade)
Familiarity with firewalls and common security best practices
Familiarity with virtualization, VMWare a plus
Experience with IPv6 in large-scale production
In-depth knowledge of DNS and DHCP
Experience with DNSSEC
C, C++, or Python Programming Experience
Strong Network Management background
Experience presenting to group audiences
This position requires open-minded, motivated, hands-on individuals who thrive in an environment comprised of strong engineering and multidisciplinary teams having both software development and systems administration backgrounds. Candidates must possess a desire to pioneer solutions and automation over existing and new services that empower the core of the Internet.

ISC is based in Redwood City, California, with much of the engineering staff distributed around the globe. We’re interested in the best applicants, and are very open to remote employees. Candidates should be willing to travel periodically, both to the company headquarters as well as to various industry conferences, as needed.

Express your interest by sending your resume to jobs at isc.org
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