🎸 Hit the High Notes with DistroKid: Systems Operations Engineer Wanted 🎸

LOCATION: Fully remote in the USA/CANADA OR UK/EUROPE

SPONSORSHIP: NO; Not provided at this time, including after student visas expire.

DistroKid is the world’s largest music distributor to Spotify, Apple, Google and more. Most new music today is released through DistroKid. Help us help millions of musicians be more prolific!

🎧Summary:

Are you ready to take your engineering talents to the main stage? DistroKid is seeking a Systems Operations Engineer with deep knowledge of Kubernetes and AWS. The ideal band member will play a crucial role in the architecture, deployment, and management of our cloud infrastructure, containerized applications, and mobile device management (MDM). This role requires someone who can actively design, implement, and maintain complex systems while ensuring their scalability, performance, and security.

🎶 Your Setlist: Key Responsibilities 🎶

🎤 Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery.

🎤Kubernetes Administration: Architect, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters for deploying containerized applications, including implementing best practices for scaling, monitoring, and securing the clusters.

🎤Automation & Scripting: Develop automation scripts and tools using languages such as Python, Bash, or Terraform to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention.

🎤Monitoring & Optimization: Put in place comprehensive monitoring solutions to track system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize resources for cost-effectiveness.

🎤Security & Compliance: Implement best practices, conduct regular security assessments, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations to ensure cloud infrastructure security and DistroKid-owned devices.

🎤Collaboration & Support: Work closely with development teams for continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline, troubleshoot issues, and provide operational assistance.

🎤Cost Optimization: Monitor and optimize AWS resource usage and costs, employ scaling policies and choose the appropriate services and configurations to meet performance needs economically.

🎤Disaster Recovery Planning: Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans, leveraging AWS capabilities for backup and replication to ensure business continuity.

🎤Documentation: Maintain systems, processes, and procedures documentation to ensure knowledge transfer and operational consistency.

🎤Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

🎼 Your Track Record: Qualifications 🎼

🎸Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

🎸Experience:

5+ years of experience in systems operations, focusing on cloud infrastructure and containerized environments.
Proven experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, etc.) and Kubernetes in production environments.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.

🎸Technical Skills:

Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and shell scripting.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, etc.).
Experience with CI/CD tools, like Jenkins, Bitbucket, or similar.
Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch) and logging solutions (Datadog, ELK, Fluentd).

🎸Soft Skills:

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills with the ability to work synergistically in a team environment. Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities.

🎸Preferred Qualifications:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or similar certifications.
Familiarity with Docker and container orchestration tools other than Kubernetes.

🎸What We Offer 🎸

🎷401k

🎷Health Insurance

🎷Generous PTO package

🎷Parental Leave

🎷Home office allowance

🎷Flexible work schedules

🎷Various paid & discounted subscriptions

🎷Engagement activities and more!

About DistroKid

DistroKid was founded in 2013 to provide musicians, managers, and record labels with online tools and services that are innovative, easy-to-use, and affordable. Nearly 2 million artists rely on DistroKid and include hobbyists, up-and-coming musicians, top YouTubers, and household names like 21 Savage, Ludacris, Arizona Zervas, Will Smith, Tom Waits, and more. DistroKid’s expanding array of services includes music distribution, monetization, metadata customization, storage, and promotion. DistroKid’s small staff, coupled with a largely automated backend, has enabled DistroKid to process over 10 million songs—while simultaneously providing fast, personal & friendly customer service to artists of every size. Also, it’s fun to work here🙂

For more information, visit https://distrokid.com

DistroKid is an Equal Opportunity employer.

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