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Palo Alto-based Cloud start-up – Operations Engineer

mike — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:59:53 +0000

I am working with Palo Alto-based start-up that is beginning to dominate the content management space as it relates to the Cloud. They are 170 people, making money and looking at an IPO in the near term. On top of that it is a really fun place to work – lots of smiling people which may sound cheesy but it’s actually pretty cool.

As a Sr. Operations Engineer, you*ll join a skilled team working on an amazing product. We*re building the platform to handle our rapid user base, storage, and sales growth; we*re focused on making it as reliable, automated, and scalable as possible. You*ll work on taking product ideas and operationalizing them * from evaluating various designs to prototyping, instrumenting, and rolling out in production. You*ll be responsible for building high reliability internal infrastructure that scales to thousands of nodes.

Your gravitational pull should be towards Keep-It-Simple, high quality engineering, and robust systems. (Okay, there will be some overt hacking as well.) And, you should be curious: our Operations team is constantly evaluating new technology and how to make our existing technology run better, faster, and stronger (Daft Punk FTW).

Qualifications:

Expert level understanding of the LAMP stack; tuning/troubleshooting wizard
TCP/IP and HTTP familiarity; dreams involving window scaling optimizations
Adept with scripting language of choice
Team player
4+ years experience
Random hobbies/skills that we find fun/interesting

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Santa Clara-based Cloud Infrastructure start-up – Java Application SW

mike — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:49:34 +0000

I am working with a very well-funded stealth-mode start-up in Santa Clara creating a very disruptive and elastic means of delivering L4-7 services (initially load balancing, IPSec/VPN and firewalls) to support their customer’s vast Cloud-based infrastructures. This is a distributed system shared across multiple appliances to allow for greater scalability, performance and usability.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to design and develope their provisioning application suite, using Java/J2EE technologies to interface with virtualization platforms from VMware, KVM, Microsoft and Xen for resource creation and use. It’s an exiciting opportunity to work on cutting edge software development.

The right person has 2+ years of experience developing applications or management software; experience developing applications with Java/J2EE; familiar with API design and implementation techniques and a BS/MS in computer science or equivalent. Any experience with the use of virtualization APIs (such as libvirt, VI SDK, etc.) to interface with hypervisors and/or experience developing on public cloud APIs, is desired.

Requirements

2+ years of experience developing applications or management software
BS/MS in computer science or equivalent
Experience developing applications with Java/J2EE
Familiar with API design and implementation techniques
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work independently as well as in a team

Desirables

Use of virtualization APIs (such as libvirt, VI SDK, etc.) to interface with hypervisors
Experience developing on public cloud APIs
Knowledge of networking technologies (L2, L3, L4-7, management protocols)
Experience with Python or other scripting languages
Familiarity with PostgreSQL
Experience building RESTful APIs supporting both JSON and XML

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San Francisco-based Cloud start-up – Release Engineer

mike — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:42:35 +0000

I am working with a start-up based in San Francisco, funded by a few of the Bay Areas more prolific VC’s. They are bringing a potentially game changing technology to the Cloud. Think of it as a Cloud- based domain controller.

We are looking for a Release Engineer. The right person has:

General Requirements:

Extensive experience designing and implementing branch and merge strategies for fast-pased agile engineering teams.
Understand how engineering teams work and proven ability to build systems that support them.
Must be very organized, very logical and frankly, anal-retentive.
You should be the most fastidious person on the team.

Specific Technologies:

Experience with Git including writing scripts that call the Git apis to automate common tasks.
Experience automating and managing java builds. Ant experience is a must.
Experience with Confluence and Jira.
Experience with Hudson or similar CI system

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San Francisco-based Cloud start-up – Software Engineer in Test

mike — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:35:37 +0000

We are looking for a Software Engineer in Test. The right person embraces modern testing techniques and believes in automation where one can automate. You will join a team of like-minded engineers solving engineering problems that come with building a key layer of cloud infrastructure.

You will need to read and understand application code, identify areas of weakness, identify bugs and determine root causes, suggest possible fixes and automation. You will support and extend the tools and frameworks currently in use. The right person is strong with Python or Java and/or has significant exposure to other modern programming languages as it relates to test.

Their stack is Java/Hadoop with a smattering of other languages and technologies that are required to make big cloud infrastructures sing in harmony.

Responsibilities

Design and implement new features and frameworks within the distributed validation domain required to automate the high quality of our core product
Support and extend the myriad of tools and frameworks we use for validation – Hudson, Selenium, SLAMD and others
Read and understand application code, identify areas of weakness, identify bugs and determine root causes, suggest possible fixes and test automation
Write example tests as guides for developers to use in creating tests on their own

Requirements

Fluency in Java and/or significant exposure to different programming languages and paradigms
Ability to work with minimum supervision to deliver well-designed high-quality code on time
Intuitive understanding of where and how software will fail
Experience with LAMP stack web application development a plus
Experience with front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) also a plus
Experience with TestNG, Junit, Ant or other mainstream test

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Stealth start-up – Cloud Analytics Platform – DevOps Engineer – Redwood City

mike — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:30:34 +0000

I am working with a very well-funded stealth-mode start-up in Redwood Shores creating a very disruptive platform on which it will deliver next generation business intelligence software. Some very high profile VC’s have taken a keen interest in what they are doing. The founders successfully sold their last company for $350 million.

The platform, and subsequent applications, will run in their Cloud.

We are looking for an Operations Engineer. You will be the first person on the team and have the opportunity to drive much of the initial architecture. With that said, thus far they are using CentOS, Java/Hadoop and virtualization. This will be a high production environment and will quickly grow past the initial 60-servers.

The right person is hungry and may see themself leading a team some day. In addition, the right person can definitely code in order to make the machines sing in harmony, but which language is not so important – it could be Java, Shell, Python, bash etc. This will be a 24/7 environment.

DevOps Engineer Skillset Requirements

First-hand experience in having the responsibility of “carrying a pager” for a mission-critical distributed platform either at a startup or a large infrastructure provider, knowing what happens when infrastructure and tools fail, and having the problem solving skills to resolve them.2+ years experience working with existing cloud infrastructure providers such as Amazon Web Services, RackSpace, GoGrid, or Terremark and an understanding of their pros and cons.
Hands-on coding expertise in authoring automated monitoring, administration, deployment, and provisioning tools with shell scripting.
Proven expertise with one of the following cloud management providers: RightScale, enStratus, VMWare, or Chef/Puppet/Capistrano
Deep Expertise in Networking (network topology, subnet management, and cache/firewall server configuration) and Security (encryption in transport and persistence, rate limiting, white/black listing) is a strong plus.

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Stealth Infrastructure start-up – Test Engineer – Santa Clara

mike — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:23:20 +0000

I am working with a very well-funded stealth-mode start-up in Santa Clara creating a very disruptive and elastic means of delivering L4-7 services (initially load balancing and firewalls) to support their customer’s vast Cloud-based infrastructures. This is a distributed system shared across multiple appliances to allow for greater scalability, performance and usability.

We are looking for a Sr Test Engineer. The right person is comfortable with a blend of test development, test execution and automation development (Python, Perl etc). In addition, experience testing L4-7 services such as load balancers, firewalls, IPS, SSL/VPN is ideal.

Responsibilities

Owning and leading all testing around L4-L7 network services functionality
Develop test plans and come up with test infrastructure needs, schedule and test tool recommendations
Design, implement and execute functionality tests using python or other scripting languages
Automation of tests, outlined in the test plan, using existing test frameworksUse of testing frameworks to come up with error injection tests

Requirements

BS/MS in EE/CS with a minimum of 7+ years of directly related experience
Proven track record as a lead in development and/or QA testing L4-L7 networking infrastructure
Operating system fundamentals and TCP/IP, HTTP(s) knowledge
Hands on development of test scripts and working with OS platforms (preferably in a virtualized environment)
Very good capabilities in basic system and network administration and familiarity with router/switch deployment and configuration
Strong background/experience in Python or other scripting languages (perl/tcl) required
Excellent communication skills
Experience with QA activities and SDLC. Developing test plans, test execution and bug tracking in a fast paced environment
Familiarity with unit and functional testing

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Stealth Infrastructure start-up – Platform Engineer (Firewalls) – Santa Clara

mike — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:22:01 +0000

We are looking for a Sr Platform Engineer with expertise in L4-7 technologies such as Firewalls but could include IPS/IDS, SSL/VPN etc. The person we can seek can work autonomously in diagnosing problems and designing solutions around those problems. The right person is fluent in C.

Responsibilities

The engineer joining the platform team is expected to work on the design, development and implementation of Embrane’s platform and network services
We expect the engineer to be very proficient in using C and use his strong coding skills to architect and implement security services for the Embrane platform

Requirements

BS/MS in EE/CS with a minimum of 7+ years of directly related experience
C expert
Proficiency in building security technologies such as Firewall, IPSec, VPN and unified threat management systems required
Excellent communication skills
Quick learner in a fast-paced environment and able to handle delivery pressures under tight schedules

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Platform Engineer – Cloud-based Unified Messaging – Mountain View

mike — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:34:31 +0000

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I am working with a very well-funded start-up based in Mountain View founded by a team of successful entrepreneurs and industry veterans, working in close partnership with one of the world’s largest global telephony providers. They are building a next-generation Cloud-based Unified Communications (CBUC) platform for the consumer and SME markets.

Their CBUC platform will deliver both real-time communication services such as instant messaging,presence and location-based services, telephony, video, call control and more, as well as non-real-time communication services such as integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax – all via the Cloud, accessible to you via web or mobile app.

We seek a talented software engineer with 5+ years back-end Java experience as well as experience with Big Data architectures like MapReduce, Hadoop etc. This will be a highly scalable distributed system so strong clean OO experience is a necessity.

Roles and responsibilities / Desired Qualifications

Prior experience working in a fast paced, dynamic environment
Ability to deliver high quality code with minimal supervision and strict deadlines
Ability to quickly pickup new technology and adapt it to current projects
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong problem solving skills and attention to detail
Familiarity with Product Life Cycle and Agile development methodologies

Skill set

5+ years experience with Java
2+ Experience with developing on MySQL or similar RDBMS systems
Knowledge of WebServices/REST/SAAS
Strong knowledge of object-oriented design and programming
Proven experience with complete product life cycle in a production services environment, including design, implementation, load and scale testing, deployment and maintenance
Experience with Linux-based application server deployment/configuration and related performance tuning.
Experience with Map Reduce highly desirable
Experience with build tools (ant, make files, eclipse ) highly desirable.
Experience with Continues Integration tools (Hudson, Cruise control, Continuum) is a highly desirable.

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Software Engineer – distributed systems/big data – Burlingame

mike — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:21:20 +0000

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I am working with a very well-funded start-up based in Burlingame founded by two former high-profile Googlers. They have created a very disruptive cloud-based analytics service to deliver a number of services to the online retail industry.

The platform, and subsequent applications, will run in their “cloud” which will consist of a Java-based distributed environment utilizing Hadoop.

We are looking for a software engineer with the right background in designing, building and delivering cutting-edge high availability and high-performance platforms, query engines, web service back-ends and middle tiers. Experience with Java, while their core language, is not a must. A very strong C++/Python programmer would be also be of interest. With that said, experience in areas such as caching, distributed systems, NoSQL, Hadoop is desired. Also desired are elite engineers with a backgrounds in algorithms and math but this is not a must-have.

Responsibilities

Own the entire system implementation process: product concept and direction, system infrastructure and engineering, production setup and monitoring, and release management.
Architect and implement scalable, reliable back-end systems.
Evaluate competing third-party libraries and tools, and provide feasibility assessments and accurate estimates for project implementations.
Rapidly create prototypes and quickly iterate to a stable, production-quality release candidate.
Develop tests for both standalone and distributed systems, and produce useful written source code documentation.

Requirements

Best of class engineering credentials
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field
Experience or interest in distributed systems and back-end development
Expert-level proficiency in at least one of: Java, Python, C++
Good understanding of web technologies and familiarity with Unix/Linux
Relentlessly resourceful and scrappy; you thrive in an early stage environment
Low ego and play well with others

Desired skills/qualities

Knowledge of distributed systems/methodologies (e.g., Hadoop/MapReduce)
Experience with data analytics
Interest/background in statistics
Have led the development of a large-scale Internet service

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Sr Software Build Engineer – Linux/Debian Distribution – Palo Alto, CA

mike — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:51:09 +0000

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I am working with a Palo Alto-based stealth-mode start-up in the area of virtualized networking. They believe they are sitting on a “once in a decade” type opportunity to make significant improvements in the networking infrastructure and are backed by a list of highly-recognized industry leaders who agree.

We are looking for a Sr Software Build Engineer

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve the automated build systems for Nicira products to accommodate the changing requirements of the software, incorporate new functionality, and improve reporting.
Create a virtual appliance build process capable of producing consistent and repeatable appliance images containing the base operating system and software.
Manage the security of the virtual appliance operation system base, monitoring security mailing lists, updating affected software incorporated in the appliance as required and developing security fixes if required.
Work closely with upstream open source projects to adopt changes made in the course of work.
Package software dependencies of products.

Requirements

Must Have

Extensive knowledge of GNU make and autotools build tools
Experience packaging Linux appliances using either apt (e.g. Debian/Ubuntu) or RPM (e.g. RedHat)
Experience with build automation and reporting
Linux system administration
Strong open source community relationship and ability to successfully contribute fixes and improvements to upstream open source projects

Nice to have

Experience with virtualization systems/hypervisors
Security analysis and patching for appliance systems
Strong Python scripting

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