Your expertise: * Minimum of 4+ years of experience in Linux / Unix administration * Experience with any of the distributed storage systems (SDS) and network file systems (ceph, gluster, drbd, nfs, etc.) * Understanding of server hardware (sata / sas / nvme devices, hba / raid controllers, multipath) * Experience with high load, high availability and fault tolerance environments * Experience with zfs, btrfs or any Copy-on-Write (CoW) file system * Basic Virtualization experience (KVM, VMware, etc.) * Basic containerization experience: LXC, Docker, Kubernetes
Networking: * Good knowledge of OSI Model, TCP / IP protocol suite (IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SNMP) * IP addressing and subnetting, Routing concepts, SAN / NAS * Switches: Basic Configuration & VLAN setup * Basic level with any of programming languages bash / python / golang * SCM (git, bitbucket) * Experience with any monitoring systems (Icinga, Zabbix, Nagios, Prometheus, etc.) * Pre-intermediate or higher level of written English
Will definitely be a plus: * Hands-on experience with LINSTOR and / or DRBD (deployment, resource configuration, replication modes, troubleshooting) * Experience with Dell EMC Unity / Isilon or similar corporate-level storage devices * Experience with storage (CSI) in Kubernetes * Understanding of real-time data encryption, deduplication, and compression * CI / CD experience (Jenkins, GitlabCI, etc.) * Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, etc. * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve storage-related issues efficiently
What’s in it for you? * Opportunity to deal with top-notch technologies and approaches in a world-leader product company with millions of customers * Opportunity to make a difference for online privacy, freedom of speech, and net neutrality * Decent market rate compensation depending on experience and skills * Developed corporate culture: no micromanagement, culture based on principles of truth, trust, and transparency * “You build it, you own it” mentality in most contexts * Support of personal and professional development * coverage of costs of external trainings, conferences, professional literature * support of experienced colleagues * in-house events and trainings * regular knowledge sharing in teams * English classes and speaking clubs * Life-balance support * truly flexible schedule, no time-tracking at all * 25 working days of vacation * 5 days of paid sick leave per month (if necessary) without providing a medical certificate * generous maternity / paternity leave program * Professionally strong environment, friendly and open atmosphere, ability to influence the product development and recognition for it
You will be involved into: * Deploy and configure LINSTOR controllers / satellites, DRBD resources, and storage pools * Build distributed on premise storage from scratch including planning of hardware resources, network requirements (in cooperation with NetOps team) for rapidly growing product * Maintain and monitor servers and storage devices * Plan grow of clients infrastructure * Creating and maintaining backup plan and disaster recovery procedure * Continuously test and integrate * Create, update documentation
About the company and project:
ZONE3000 is proud to represent its partnership with Namecheap (www.namecheap.com). Namecheap was founded in 2000 on the idea that all people deserve value-priced domains delivered through stellar service. Today Namecheap is a leading ICANN-accredited domain name registrar and web hosting company with over 17 million domains under management.
Our culture is built on the values that we live every day; the way we work, the way we collaborate with our global network of colleagues and the way we relentlessly innovate solutions that meet the emerging needs of our customers.
We are the TechOps Storage team, and we’re seeking a dedicated Storage Engineer to join us in an exciting opportunity. Our team is focused on the development of a robust and scalable distributed storage systems to store user data for our rapidly growing Hosting products. At Namecheap, we prioritize research and development, allowing our team members to immerse themselves in their work and explore projects deeply without constant external interruptions. Collaboration is key, and you’ll be part of a dynamic team that encourages open discussions and challenges ideas.
