Linux Web Infrastructure Engineer

About the role

The Linux Web Infrastructure Engineer position is responsible for maintaining custom software and integrating it with third party software or systems using APIs or ETL processes. This position will also be responsible for maintaining and working on our UW Shared Web Hosting environment.

Responsibilities

• Helps implement technical solutions, working with partners across the UW Unix Engineering work (20%)
• Perform full-stack operational system support for Linux servers, Kubernetes clusters and other managed services (10%)
• Operate, extend and implement new supporting automation, tools and services. This includes deployment automation, configuration management systems, tool development. This may take the form of structured project work or individual tasks (10%)
• Help to evaluate and integrate software updates, security patches and improvements of all types across all platforms and infrastructure (10%)
• Participate in regular team and service meetings, project related meetings and cross-organizational technical forums (5%)
• Provide on-call support duties and after-hours support on rotation with other team members (5%)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Four years’ experience in software systems administration and support: designing, installing, configuring, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting a large (more than 10,000 sites) Web Hosting environment.
• Experience with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or MySQL and supporting database-backed applications.
• Experience with the implementation and configuration of software packages and/or cloud-based applications.
• Experience with APIs to understand and support system integrations.
• Experience with coding shell scripts, such as PowerShell and JavaScript.
• Demonstrated ability to lead service delivery teams, construct and manage projects, and consistently and effectively document status.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and apply new technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver outstanding service to customers and peers.

Qualifications

• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

Benefits

For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/