Apr 17, 2018
Full time
Who we are and what we do?
Based in the heart of Bozeman, Montana, Wisetail builds Learning Management Systems for innovators who, like us, know a people-first culture is the most important driver of success in the modern workforce.
Our software gives millions of users the chance to learn and develop in an engaging environment and our platform is crafted to meet the unique needs and challenges in today’s workplace. That’s why so many of today’s leading brands—including Shake Shack, SoulCycle, Bonobos, Cheesecake Factory, Einstein Bros, and many more—use Wisetail’s LMS every day.
We hire collaborative, ambitious, and humble people. We provide benefits and tailored career paths needed to develop both personally and professionally. Our team is committed to working toward the common goal of powering great places to work, which in turn holds us accountable to making ours the best it can be. We are proud to have ranked as one of the “Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S.” on Inc. “5000’s” list, “50 Best Small Workplaces” by Fortune Magazine, “One Of The 50 Best Small Workplaces In The U.S.” by Great Places to Work Institute and Outside Magazine’s “The 100 Best Places to Work.”
Our growing team is focused on delivering a transformational experience for our clients. We’re constantly refining and pushing our product further, and we’re looking for a Senior Linux Systems Administrator to join our team. This is a great opportunity to work with a creative, strategic-thinking, and innovative team based in Bozeman, Montana.
What are we looking for?
Beyond building and maintaining web infrastructure, you’re able to coach and mentor other team members on the same. You should be able to demonstrate a deep knowledge of topics in our domain, including the LAMP stack, Multi Tenant architecture, Redis, and Job Queues. Given a desired outcome, you can formulate a plan and break it down into a schedule. Attributes we're looking for here are competence and leadership, and also a passion for helping to coach and improve the rest of the team.
What you’ll do:
Building and managing various components of web infrastructure focusing on continuous integration, automated software releases, configuration management and system management in a high-availability cloud environment.
Conduct performance tuning, load testing, and optimization of information/data processing, maintenance and support of the production environment.
Provide expertise in and lead project work relating to networking (load balancing and traffic management choices) as well as security (SSL termination, cert management, etc.)
Use Configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible etc) to automate systems and processes.
Taking ownership of supporting, monitoring and optimizing production systems.
Help streamline software development by contributing to implementation of a continuous integration process and automating manual processes.
Provide expertise regarding the integration, security and scalability of web applications.
Responsible for reporting project timelines and progress.
What you bring to the table:
Experience supporting 24x7, high availability internet application environments that include web, application and database servers and load balancing systems
Working knowledge of web and application servers management and configuration (e.g. HAProxy, Nginx, PHP/Laravel, Angular, Redis)
Experience with build and deployment automation tools (e.g. Jenkins)
Experience with build automation and configuration management tools (e.g. Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
Comfortable working under pressure in and adapting to an ever-changing environment.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain an approach to solving a problem
Clear understanding of networking and storage principles and architecture
In a perfect world, you’d also have:
Experience working a multi-tenant Laravel application
Experience working with Rackspace
What’s in it for you?
Wisetail is a growing company with an innovative work environment that offers:
Competitive compensation plus innovative incentive programs
Company paid health benefits for
401k Plan with a Company match
Paid Time Off
Monthly wellness Stipend
Wisetail strives to maintain a fun and positive environment. Here are some perks offered to employees:
Flexible and casual environment
Pet-friendly work environment. Take a stroll on the many trails or visit the parks conveniently located just steps outside our office
Fully stocked kitchen so you won’t go hungry here. We keep snacks stocked and schedule catered lunches regularly.
Company Bikes available for you to take on a break or run errands. We’re conveniently located next to many trail systems and amenities that downtown Bozeman has to offer
Walk or bike to work and redeem tasty beverages from our favorite coffee shops
