<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><h2><h1><font size="4">Senior Operations Developer – DevOps</font></h1></h2><h2><font size="4">Background</font></h2><p>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.</p>
<h2><font size="4">Job Description</font></h2><p>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.</p>
<h3>Duties will include:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Primary development and maintenance of the software driving ISC’s Secondary Name Service platform</li>
<li>Design and development of systems automation, monitoring and optimization tools, as well as analysis of existing toolsets</li>
<li>Development of advanced tools for DNS monitoring and analysis</li>
<li>Participation in the day-to-day operation of the ISC Infrastructure</li>
<li>Developing and maintaining documentation and reports</li>
<li>Participation in an on-call rotation for both ISC’s customer support department as well as ISC’s on-call 24 Hour NOC</li>
<li>Representing ISC at technical conferences and presenting, as appropriate</li>
</ul>
<h3>Factors and Traits Required for Candidates:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Perl Programming with specific knowledge on:
<ul>
<li>Catalyst – web Framework</li>
<li>Moose – post-modern object oriented system</li>
<li>DBIx::Class – Object Relational Mapper</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Proficient in database technologies, with specific expertise in:
<ul>
<li>MongoDB</li>
<li>PostgreSQL 9.1+</li>
<li>Performance tuning and optimization</li>
<li>Real-time data replication and High Availability</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Experience processing XML and JSON documents</li>
<li>Template Toolkit and HTML::Template is desired</li>
<li>Experience with User Interface design, particularly focused on technical users</li>
<li>Strong focus on Development Testing at all levels</li>
<li>Knowledge of the Domain Name System (DNS) and BIND configuration.</li>
<li>FreeBSD and Linux experience</li>
<li>Strong written and oral communications skills</li>
<li>The ability to collaborate with diverse and distributed teams</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Weight to Candidates With:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Unix system administration skills, especially FreeBSD and Linux</li>
<li>Cisco IOS System Maintenance (install/troubleshooting/upgrade)</li>
<li>Familiarity with firewalls and common security best practices</li>
<li>Familiarity with virtualization, VMWare a plus</li>
<li>Experience with IPv6 in large-scale production</li>
<li>In-depth knowledge of DNS and DHCP</li>
<li>Experience with DNSSEC</li>
<li>C, C++, or Python Programming Experience</li>
<li>Strong Network Management background</li>
<li>Experience presenting to group audiences</li>
</ul><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Express your interest by sending your resume to <a href="mailto:jobs@isc.org">jobs@isc.org</a></p></body></html>