Senior Specialist, DevOps
VDX.tv is a global TV/Video advertising technology company that is transforming the way brands connect with relevant consumers in today’s converging TV and Video landscape.
Who we are
VDX.tv is a global TV/Video advertising technology company that is transforming the way brands connect with relevant consumers in today’s converging TV and Video landscape.
Role
We’re looking for a DevOps Engineering Specialist. In this role, you’ll be required to support production and development environments, create new and improve existing tools and processes, automate deployment and monitoring procedures, lead continuous integration efforts, administer issue tracking and source control systems, and deploy and maintain user-facing and internal applications.
Engineers at VDX.tv develop next-generation products that power our scalable ad tech platform. Our solution enables advertisers across the globe to reach out to their consumers and deliver effective, engaging advertising. We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about artificial intelligence, information retrieval, massive data pipelines, UI design, rich media frameworks, data insights, optimization, targeting strategies, and solving large-scale system design challenges.
Responsibilities
- Automate resource provisioning in private and public clouds.
- Maintain and roll out monitoring tools and strategies for applications and infrastructure.
- Provide on-call support for production systems.
- Design and develop automation tools for build, deployment, monitoring, and testing.
- Maintain source control, issue tracking, and deployment systems.
- Administrate and monitor database (RDBMS and NoSQL) systems.
- Plan, set up, and support CI/CD pipeline.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of DevOps, SRE, or technical operations experience.
- Proficient in Python and UNIX shell scripting.
- Solid understanding of containerization and experience with container orchestration.
- Experience in provisioning, managing, and monitoring environments and workloads in the public cloud (AWS, GCP).
- Linux system administration skills.
- Database (PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL) administration skills.
- Solid knowledge of source control systems (Git, SVN).
- Good understanding of and experience in continuous integration.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and be productive during production outages if they occur.
Work Environment:
- We are a remote-first organization.
- Our organization consists of about 450 people who are globally distributed
- The average tenure at our company is 6.4 years. This compares to an average tenure of 2-3 years at all other advertising technology companies.
- Because we are a remote-first organization, we feel it is even more important to connect with your colleagues in-person and build strong relationships. As a result, we invest in a company-paid week-long summit every six months, at a destination that is conducive to work and enjoying each other’s company.
- All companies have variations of benefits and core values. We have strong benefits and core values as well. However, we believe people stay at VDX.tv because the work environment allows them to thrive and they feel connected to the organization, each other, and our purpose.
- Our team environment supports a healthy work/life balance.