Overview :
Corporate Tools is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Hosting for up to $150,000 / year. You will be a traditional company employee. This is a remote position, but if you're near one of our local offices, you're welcome to come hangout with us in-office as well. Our main offices are in Post Falls, ID, and Spokane, WA; we also have satellite offices in Johnston, IA, Austin, TX, and Salt Lake City, UT. You'll be working 40 hours a week and, of course, enjoy great company benefits.
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Hosting you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and management of hosting environments, DevOps pipelines, and data center infrastructure. Yes, a lot of your work is behind the scenes...but everything you do should have the customer in mind. This role involves maintaining the performance, security, and scalability of both on-premise data centers and cloud-based systems. They will automate system deployments and updates, monitor infrastructure performance, and resolve any issues related to hosting, server management, or network connectivity to ensure that business-critical applications are always available and performant.
A key aspect of this position is working with cross-functional teams to implement DevOps best practices, including Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated provisioning tools. The engineer will also be tasked with managing cloud resources, optimizing data center operations, and ensuring the security and compliance of both physical and virtual environments. A deep understanding of traditional data center operations, IT, and infrastructure is essential to support our customers.
Wage :
Up to $150,000 / year DOE
Benefits :
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision for employees
- Annual review with raise option
- 22 days Paid Time Off accrued annually, and 4 holidays
After 3 years, PTO increases to 29 days. Employees transition to flexible time off after 5 years with the company-not accrued, not capped, take time off when you want
The 4 holidays are : New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas DayPaid Parental LeaveUp to 6% company matching 401(k) with no vesting periodQuarterly allowanceUse to make your remote work set up more comfortable, for continuing education classes, a plant for your desk, coffee for your coworker, a massage for yourself... really, whatever
Open concept office with friendly coworkersCreative environment where you can make a differenceNo dumb benefits like free dog walking on the weekends that snobby hipster places have to make you feel cool, but mathematically won't cost the company much money because you won't use itTrail Mix Bar oh yeahResponsibilities :
Develop and design robust and scalable hardware solutionsTake ownership of projects from conception to deployment, ensuring timely delivery and meeting the specified requirementsWork closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, product management, and other software teams, to ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectivesDeploy, configure, and maintain Proxmox VE clusters for virtualization or other hypervisorsImplement high-availability (HA) and failover solutions for virtual machinesManage resource allocation (CPU, memory, disk, network) to optimize performance for hosted applicationsAutomate VM deployment and configuration using Ansible, Terraform, or SaltStackMaintain backups and disaster recovery plans for virtualized environmentsDesign and manage Ceph clusters or SAN storage (iSCSI, NFS, ZFS, etc.) for high-performance, redundant storageMonitor and optimize storage performance, including IOPS, latency, and throughputImplement snapshots, replication, and backup strategies for critical workloadsManage and harden Linux-based servers (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, or RHEL) for security and performanceConfigure and optimize web servers (Nginx, Apache, HAProxy, Traefik) for hostingTroubleshoot kernel, process, and application-level issues in Linux environmentsEnsure smooth operation of Docker and Kubernetes environmentsTroubleshoot performance bottlenecks, downtime, and resource contention issuesRequirements :
3-5 years of experience in Linux system administration, virtualization, and cloud infrastructureExperience with Proxmox or other hypervisors (VMware, KVM, Xen, Hyper-V)Experience with Ceph or SAN storage solutions for virtualizationAbility to manage kernel tuning, system performance, and process optimizationHands-on experience with Ceph storage, ZFS, iSCSI, NFS, RAID, and SAN architecturesUnderstanding of storage performance metrics (IOPS, throughput, latency)Ability to work on projects solo or with a teamLove for learning and improving codeStrong communication and collaboration skillsExperience with WordPress hosting, database replication, and caching techniquesKnowledge of MySQL / MariaDB performance tuning and high-availability configurationsProficiency in setting up and managing load balancers (HAProxy, Nginx, Traefik)Strong troubleshooting skills for system crashes, performance issues, and storage failuresPromox ExpertiseExperience in DevOps, software or other technical departmentsExperience with BGP and data centersExperience with OpenSource platforms for solving problems