Corios, LLC
Portland, OR, USA
If you're fascinated with predicting consumer behavior, and you enjoy delivering insights from your analysis to influence important decisions, you should learn more about Corios LLC. We're a Portland, Oregon-based management analytics consultancy, and we want to hire bright, inquisitive analysts who enjoy solving challenging predictive analytics problems.
At Corios, we tell the stories the numbers can't; we believe business decisions are influenced not only by the measurement of behavior, but by synthesizing data-driven insights along with our past experience in order to deliver the most relevant interpretation and client recommendations possible.
About the Junior Analytics Consultant role
The Junior Analytics Consultant is an entry-level analytics consulting role with promotion potential in a growing organization. The qualified candidate will prepare and analyze data, interpret results, document findings and recommendations, and participate in client meetings and workshops. Additionally, they will be expected to coordinate, prepare, and manage project documents and deliverables for the project manager; analyze the current state of the client's business; identify gaps and deficiencies, and develop recommendations for improvement.
Outside of project work, the qualified candidate will develop and evaluate company procedures, controls and guidelines, to maximize efficiency and ensure that the business operates at full functionality.
Required skills, knowledge, experience
Qualified candidates should possess most of the following skills, knowledge and experience:
Data Analysis and Management
Development of ETL code
Programming: relevant platforms include SAS, SQL, Python
Excellent Verbal Communication
Self-motivated and efficient time management
Operating systems: Windows, Linux
Skills Desired
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access)
UNIX shell/Python scripting
SAS programming skills, including SAS PROC SQL, SAS Data Step, and SAS Macro programming skills
Understanding and usage of SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Stored Processes
Working knowledge of SAS BI Web Services
Experience with data in financial services, insurance, retail, and energy business
Experience with Hadoop/No-SQL data stores
Database clients
Jupyter Notebooks
Qualifications
Geography: This position is based at company headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Management’s strong preference is for candidates already located in our metropolitan area.
1+ years of experience in financial services, energy, and/or insurance fields.
Bachelors Degree in mathematics, finance, economics, statistics, data science, or computer science
Commitment: Full time, 40-50 hours/week.
Travel: the basic expectation for travel within North America is 10 to 40%.
Candidates are required to pass a background screen including a criminal history, reference check and drug screen. Corios LLC is a drug-free employer.
About Corios
Our clients are leading financial services, energy and retailing companies in North America and around the world. Corios helps our clients make important decisions about customer acquisition, lifecycle marketing, utilization, retention, pricing, delinquency, debt recovery, capacity planning, and financial crime detection and prevention. To meet those objectives, we leverage deep expertise in predictive analytics, statistics, econometrics, forecasting, experimental design and mathematical optimization, and the business processes that leverage those analytical disciplines.
Corios values its employees! Located in downtown Portland near fantastic restaurants and breweries, our team members enjoy convenient access to public transportation, ergonomic sit-stand desks, an open office with loads of ambient light, and a work environment where we enjoy supporting each other along with sharing good laughs and great food.
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance 100% employer paid for employees, with the option to extend benefit participation to employee dependents/spouse/partner
Short-and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance paid 100% by employer
Simple IRA with company match
Generous paid time off program
Flexible work schedules
Professional Development Opportunities
Parking/Public transit and gym reimbursement
If you're fascinated with predicting consumer behavior, and you enjoy delivering insights from your analysis to influence important decisions, you should learn more about Corios LLC. We're a Portland, Oregon-based management analytics consultancy, and we want to hire bright, inquisitive analysts who enjoy solving challenging predictive analytics problems.
At Corios, we tell the stories the numbers can't; we believe business decisions are influenced not only by the measurement of behavior, but by synthesizing data-driven insights along with our past experience in order to deliver the most relevant interpretation and client recommendations possible.
About the Junior Analytics Consultant role
The Junior Analytics Consultant is an entry-level analytics consulting role with promotion potential in a growing organization. The qualified candidate will prepare and analyze data, interpret results, document findings and recommendations, and participate in client meetings and workshops. Additionally, they will be expected to coordinate, prepare, and manage project documents and deliverables for the project manager; analyze the current state of the client's business; identify gaps and deficiencies, and develop recommendations for improvement.
Outside of project work, the qualified candidate will develop and evaluate company procedures, controls and guidelines, to maximize efficiency and ensure that the business operates at full functionality.
Required skills, knowledge, experience
Qualified candidates should possess most of the following skills, knowledge and experience:
Data Analysis and Management
Development of ETL code
Programming: relevant platforms include SAS, SQL, Python
Excellent Verbal Communication
Self-motivated and efficient time management
Operating systems: Windows, Linux
Skills Desired
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access)
UNIX shell/Python scripting
SAS programming skills, including SAS PROC SQL, SAS Data Step, and SAS Macro programming skills
Understanding and usage of SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Stored Processes
Working knowledge of SAS BI Web Services
Experience with data in financial services, insurance, retail, and energy business
Experience with Hadoop/No-SQL data stores
Database clients
Jupyter Notebooks
Qualifications
Geography: This position is based at company headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Management’s strong preference is for candidates already located in our metropolitan area.
1+ years of experience in financial services, energy, and/or insurance fields.
Bachelors Degree in mathematics, finance, economics, statistics, data science, or computer science
Commitment: Full time, 40-50 hours/week.
Travel: the basic expectation for travel within North America is 10 to 40%.
Candidates are required to pass a background screen including a criminal history, reference check and drug screen. Corios LLC is a drug-free employer.
About Corios
Our clients are leading financial services, energy and retailing companies in North America and around the world. Corios helps our clients make important decisions about customer acquisition, lifecycle marketing, utilization, retention, pricing, delinquency, debt recovery, capacity planning, and financial crime detection and prevention. To meet those objectives, we leverage deep expertise in predictive analytics, statistics, econometrics, forecasting, experimental design and mathematical optimization, and the business processes that leverage those analytical disciplines.
Corios values its employees! Located in downtown Portland near fantastic restaurants and breweries, our team members enjoy convenient access to public transportation, ergonomic sit-stand desks, an open office with loads of ambient light, and a work environment where we enjoy supporting each other along with sharing good laughs and great food.
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance 100% employer paid for employees, with the option to extend benefit participation to employee dependents/spouse/partner
Short-and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance paid 100% by employer
Simple IRA with company match
Generous paid time off program
Flexible work schedules
Professional Development Opportunities
Parking/Public transit and gym reimbursement
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Job Title: Cloud Systems Administrator Job ID: 7398 Full-Time Job Code: 0410 - Operating Systems Analyst Department: Information Technology (IT)
CSUN's Commitment to You
CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching, scholarship, learning and inclusion. Our values include a respect for all people, building partnerships with the community and the encouragement of innovation, experimentation and creativity. CSUN strives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population can learn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect. CSUN is especially interested in candidates who make contributions to equity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all members of the university community.
About the University
One of the largest universities in the country, California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is an urban, comprehensive university that delivers award-winning undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 40,000 students annually and counts more than 330,000 alumni who elevate Southern California and beyond. Since its founding in 1958, CSUN has made a significant and long-term economic impact on California, generating nearly $1.9 billion in economic impact and more than 11,700 jobs each year. The LAEDC recognized CSUN as its 2015 Eddy Award winner for its positive economic impact. Serving more students on Pell Grants than any other institution in California, CSUN is also a social elevator and one of the most diverse universities in the country. CSUN ranks 13th in awarding bachelor's degrees to underrepresented minority students and seventh in bachelor's degrees to Latino students, serves the 13th largest Jewish student population, and enrolls the largest number of students who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing of any U.S. state university. The journal Nature recently named CSUN a Rising Star for scientific research, and the NSF ranks CSUN in the top five nationally among similar institutions for graduates who go on to earn doctorates in the sciences. CSUN is where individuals rise. And through them, so does Greater Los Angeles and beyond.
Major Duties
Under general supervision, the Cloud Systems Administrator is responsible for the deployment, management, and operational sustainment of services, applications and workloads within the institutional hybrid multi-site datacenters.
The incumbent adheres to the DevOps lifecycle, using a suite of standard tools and practices; identifies appropriate use of cloud operational best practices; estimates cloud costs and identifies operational cost control mechanisms; is responsible for automating deployment of elastic, highly available and fault tolerant systems within the cloud computing environment; strategically migrates on-premises services, leveraging native cloud services and technologies where possible; identifies and mitigates threats to security posture of the computing infrastructure; collects data and reports to drive decision making; creates documentation, processes and standards that are easy to understand and reproducible by others; ensures alignment with the institutional priorities and divisional vision work alongside information security, application, web, emerging technologies and the infrastructure teams to support the transition and operation of services, applications and workloads in the cloud; is a part of 24/7 on-call rotation.
Performs day-to-day operations (on-prem/cloud) inclusive of maintaining and monitoring server footprint and services; investigates and troubleshoots issues, repairing and recovering from hardware and software failures; coordinates and communicates with customers and management; provides recommendations and plans for system upgrades and improvements; is responsible for timely response to all incidents in Incident management; ensures systems are up-to-date with regular Operating System and security patches; installs new/rebuilding existing servers and configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements; creates and maintains detailed documentation on all managed environments; installs new/rebuilds existing servers and configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements; creates and maintains detailed documentation on all managed environments; and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university in a job-related field.
Additional qualifying technical training and applied experience may be substituted for required education, on a year-for-year basis.
Three (3) years of full-time, progressively field-related experience including two (2) years of progressively responsible experience that includes administration of Microsoft servers, hardware and software, including system modification, installations, evaluation, and system development and one (1) year of experience interacting with a cloud computing platform such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, or equivalent, especially using command line interfaces.
Experience in automating tasks using a script or interpreted language such as bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python, or Java, and automation frameworks like Terraform, Vagrant, and Packer.
Experience using any of AWS CloudFormations, OpenStack Heat, Azure Resource Templates, or Google Deployment to automate deployment of cloud resources.
Experience in Azure, AWS, Google, APIs, Orchestration and automation, core AWS infrastructure technologies, Red Hat/Debian Linux, Solaris, VMware ESX, Python, Perl, Bash, General understanding of databases (Oracle, MySQL), monitoring (Big Brother, GFI, Splunk).
Experience deploying web application frameworks, such as Node.js, Django, Zope, or Rails is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Thoroughly proficient in operating within a Unix or Linux environment with networking.
Exposure to monitoring and analytic tools such as Splunk, SolarWinds, Naigos, Zenoss. Knowledge of any of the following a plus: SAML, LDAP, Apache, nginx, Ansible, PostGreSQL, json, yaml, mqtt.
Solid understanding of complex system architectures and infrastructures, including experience with workflow, distribution, and analytics.
Experience with cloud architecture and proven knowledge of web servers, application servers, accelerators, routers and caching devices a plus.
Ability to accept general direction, triage ambiguous circumstances, and take action to resolve problems in which both the underlying issue and resolution are not readily apparent.
Proven ability to perform advanced systems administration and integration in a distributed, networked, multi-vendor computing environment with extensive knowledge of internal operating system, computer hardware, and network technologies.
Demonstrated software development and maintenance experience in various programming languages to support systems operations, including coding and shell scripting languages.
Demonstrated experience monitoring system resources and controlling usage in a production environment.
Ability to juggle multiple tasks with varying priority levels and changing requirements.
Ability to work cooperatively with team members.
Skilled in writing concise, logical and easy-to-understand system documentation.
Ability to record moderate to heavy levels of technical detail in an organized and reader-friendly fashion.
Strong interpersonal skills required to interact effectively and appropriately with fellow colleagues and campus faculty, staff and administrators in varying types of circumstances.
This position will require a high level of organization, excellent communication skills, strong analytical and problem solving skills, detail-oriented, strong work ethic, high standard of excellence and the ability to prioritize projects in a dynamic environment.
Development of, and adherence to policies and procedures and standards is expected.
Pay, Benefits, & Work Schedule
The university offers an excellent benefits package.
The salary range for this classification is: $4372 - $10,173 per month.
The anticipated HIRING RANGE: $4372 - $7500, dependent upon qualifications and experience.
HOURS: Full Time; 40 hours per week; 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday through Frida; will include some evenings and weekends.
REG: This is a Regular position with a one-year probationary period.
General Information
This position is a sensitive position as designated by the CSU.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
The person holding this position may be considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
How to Apply
Candidates should apply by clicking the 'I'm Interested' button on this page and completing the CSUN on-line application. NOTE: Internal candidates should apply through the portal by accessing the View Job Openings/Apply link on the Human Resources/Employee pagelet.
Applications received through April 20, 2018, will be considered in the initial review and review of applications will continue until position is filled.
In order to be considered in the initial review, applications must be submitted prior to the date listed above. Application submissions received after the initial review date will be reviewed at the discretion of the University.
For more detailed information on the application and hiring process, please visit the link below:
www.csun.edu/careers
Equal Employment Opportunity
CSUN is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, and disability. Our nondiscrimination policy is set forth in CSU Executive Order 1096. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose by contacting Recruitment Services at ext. 2101.
Job Title: Cloud Systems Administrator Job ID: 7398 Full-Time Job Code: 0410 - Operating Systems Analyst Department: Information Technology (IT)
CSUN's Commitment to You
CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching, scholarship, learning and inclusion. Our values include a respect for all people, building partnerships with the community and the encouragement of innovation, experimentation and creativity. CSUN strives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population can learn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect. CSUN is especially interested in candidates who make contributions to equity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all members of the university community.
About the University
One of the largest universities in the country, California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is an urban, comprehensive university that delivers award-winning undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 40,000 students annually and counts more than 330,000 alumni who elevate Southern California and beyond. Since its founding in 1958, CSUN has made a significant and long-term economic impact on California, generating nearly $1.9 billion in economic impact and more than 11,700 jobs each year. The LAEDC recognized CSUN as its 2015 Eddy Award winner for its positive economic impact. Serving more students on Pell Grants than any other institution in California, CSUN is also a social elevator and one of the most diverse universities in the country. CSUN ranks 13th in awarding bachelor's degrees to underrepresented minority students and seventh in bachelor's degrees to Latino students, serves the 13th largest Jewish student population, and enrolls the largest number of students who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing of any U.S. state university. The journal Nature recently named CSUN a Rising Star for scientific research, and the NSF ranks CSUN in the top five nationally among similar institutions for graduates who go on to earn doctorates in the sciences. CSUN is where individuals rise. And through them, so does Greater Los Angeles and beyond.
Major Duties
Under general supervision, the Cloud Systems Administrator is responsible for the deployment, management, and operational sustainment of services, applications and workloads within the institutional hybrid multi-site datacenters.
The incumbent adheres to the DevOps lifecycle, using a suite of standard tools and practices; identifies appropriate use of cloud operational best practices; estimates cloud costs and identifies operational cost control mechanisms; is responsible for automating deployment of elastic, highly available and fault tolerant systems within the cloud computing environment; strategically migrates on-premises services, leveraging native cloud services and technologies where possible; identifies and mitigates threats to security posture of the computing infrastructure; collects data and reports to drive decision making; creates documentation, processes and standards that are easy to understand and reproducible by others; ensures alignment with the institutional priorities and divisional vision work alongside information security, application, web, emerging technologies and the infrastructure teams to support the transition and operation of services, applications and workloads in the cloud; is a part of 24/7 on-call rotation.
Performs day-to-day operations (on-prem/cloud) inclusive of maintaining and monitoring server footprint and services; investigates and troubleshoots issues, repairing and recovering from hardware and software failures; coordinates and communicates with customers and management; provides recommendations and plans for system upgrades and improvements; is responsible for timely response to all incidents in Incident management; ensures systems are up-to-date with regular Operating System and security patches; installs new/rebuilding existing servers and configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements; creates and maintains detailed documentation on all managed environments; installs new/rebuilds existing servers and configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements; creates and maintains detailed documentation on all managed environments; and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university in a job-related field.
Additional qualifying technical training and applied experience may be substituted for required education, on a year-for-year basis.
Three (3) years of full-time, progressively field-related experience including two (2) years of progressively responsible experience that includes administration of Microsoft servers, hardware and software, including system modification, installations, evaluation, and system development and one (1) year of experience interacting with a cloud computing platform such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, or equivalent, especially using command line interfaces.
Experience in automating tasks using a script or interpreted language such as bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python, or Java, and automation frameworks like Terraform, Vagrant, and Packer.
Experience using any of AWS CloudFormations, OpenStack Heat, Azure Resource Templates, or Google Deployment to automate deployment of cloud resources.
Experience in Azure, AWS, Google, APIs, Orchestration and automation, core AWS infrastructure technologies, Red Hat/Debian Linux, Solaris, VMware ESX, Python, Perl, Bash, General understanding of databases (Oracle, MySQL), monitoring (Big Brother, GFI, Splunk).
Experience deploying web application frameworks, such as Node.js, Django, Zope, or Rails is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Thoroughly proficient in operating within a Unix or Linux environment with networking.
Exposure to monitoring and analytic tools such as Splunk, SolarWinds, Naigos, Zenoss. Knowledge of any of the following a plus: SAML, LDAP, Apache, nginx, Ansible, PostGreSQL, json, yaml, mqtt.
Solid understanding of complex system architectures and infrastructures, including experience with workflow, distribution, and analytics.
Experience with cloud architecture and proven knowledge of web servers, application servers, accelerators, routers and caching devices a plus.
Ability to accept general direction, triage ambiguous circumstances, and take action to resolve problems in which both the underlying issue and resolution are not readily apparent.
Proven ability to perform advanced systems administration and integration in a distributed, networked, multi-vendor computing environment with extensive knowledge of internal operating system, computer hardware, and network technologies.
Demonstrated software development and maintenance experience in various programming languages to support systems operations, including coding and shell scripting languages.
Demonstrated experience monitoring system resources and controlling usage in a production environment.
Ability to juggle multiple tasks with varying priority levels and changing requirements.
Ability to work cooperatively with team members.
Skilled in writing concise, logical and easy-to-understand system documentation.
Ability to record moderate to heavy levels of technical detail in an organized and reader-friendly fashion.
Strong interpersonal skills required to interact effectively and appropriately with fellow colleagues and campus faculty, staff and administrators in varying types of circumstances.
This position will require a high level of organization, excellent communication skills, strong analytical and problem solving skills, detail-oriented, strong work ethic, high standard of excellence and the ability to prioritize projects in a dynamic environment.
Development of, and adherence to policies and procedures and standards is expected.
Pay, Benefits, & Work Schedule
The university offers an excellent benefits package.
The salary range for this classification is: $4372 - $10,173 per month.
The anticipated HIRING RANGE: $4372 - $7500, dependent upon qualifications and experience.
HOURS: Full Time; 40 hours per week; 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday through Frida; will include some evenings and weekends.
REG: This is a Regular position with a one-year probationary period.
General Information
This position is a sensitive position as designated by the CSU.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
The person holding this position may be considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
How to Apply
Candidates should apply by clicking the 'I'm Interested' button on this page and completing the CSUN on-line application. NOTE: Internal candidates should apply through the portal by accessing the View Job Openings/Apply link on the Human Resources/Employee pagelet.
Applications received through April 20, 2018, will be considered in the initial review and review of applications will continue until position is filled.
In order to be considered in the initial review, applications must be submitted prior to the date listed above. Application submissions received after the initial review date will be reviewed at the discretion of the University.
For more detailed information on the application and hiring process, please visit the link below:
www.csun.edu/careers
Equal Employment Opportunity
CSUN is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, and disability. Our nondiscrimination policy is set forth in CSU Executive Order 1096. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose by contacting Recruitment Services at ext. 2101.
Vivid Seats
Chicago, IL, USA
The Opportunity
Vivid Seats is the largest independent online ticket marketplace, sending 40,000 fans to live events every day. Experiences Matter - which is why we continue to grow year over year. Working at Vivid Seats puts you front and center at the opportunity to scale our best in class platform that allow our fans to sit closer and experience more.
At Vivid Seats, you will have the opportunity to work with the flexibility and speed of a startup; while operating at massive, profitable scale. We keep our teams lean, allowing each and every employee direct accountability to creating a positive ticket buying experience. We are relentless and move quickly to release new features and content to our applications daily. Good ideas are heard and implemented, and hard work rewarded . Being a part of our team means having the ability to drive impact and own the innovation that connects our tens of millions of unique monthly users to the memorable experiences that only live events create.
As a Platform Engineer you will ensure the stability and scalability of Vivid Seats infrastructure. To maximize the flexibility and reliability of our platform, you’ll have the opportunity to build, deploy, and manage customized infrastructure as opposed to buying or outsourcing as a service. A few of the projects this approach has allowed our team to accomplish recently is deploying and managing: Kubernetes in our local development environment, a Kafka cluster to scale our OLTP, and Elasticsearch to power an in-house search engine. We continue to assess, prototype, and implement the latest technology to advance Vivid Seats technology stack and capability. Our Platform Engineers are set up for success by having a fundamental understanding of distributed systems, the desire to support development teams, and a passion to build tools that improve the efficacy of our technical operations.
This is a high visibility and high impact position with responsibility for both engineering departments, and several other critical business operations. You’ll automate to standardize pipelines, containerize applications, configure auto-scaling, and monitor a modern marketplace at scale that brings enjoyable experiences to fans everywhere.
To be successful, you’ll need:
A proven career working within a Linux operating system
Experience in a SRE/DevOps capacity using an AWS environment leveraging offerings such as: VPC, EC2, ECS, S3, RDS and Aurora
Experience in system programming (we use BASH and Python here)
Experience with DevOps and infrastructure management tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform etc.
The ability to translate complex technical concepts into high-level designs and act as a subject matter expert in software design, architecture, implementation, deployment, and support across our full platform
Experience with continuous integration, testing, and deployment using tools such as Git or Jenkins
Creativity, fearlessness and an unwavering commitment to putting our customer first
The Opportunity
Vivid Seats is the largest independent online ticket marketplace, sending 40,000 fans to live events every day. Experiences Matter - which is why we continue to grow year over year. Working at Vivid Seats puts you front and center at the opportunity to scale our best in class platform that allow our fans to sit closer and experience more.
At Vivid Seats, you will have the opportunity to work with the flexibility and speed of a startup; while operating at massive, profitable scale. We keep our teams lean, allowing each and every employee direct accountability to creating a positive ticket buying experience. We are relentless and move quickly to release new features and content to our applications daily. Good ideas are heard and implemented, and hard work rewarded . Being a part of our team means having the ability to drive impact and own the innovation that connects our tens of millions of unique monthly users to the memorable experiences that only live events create.
As a Platform Engineer you will ensure the stability and scalability of Vivid Seats infrastructure. To maximize the flexibility and reliability of our platform, you’ll have the opportunity to build, deploy, and manage customized infrastructure as opposed to buying or outsourcing as a service. A few of the projects this approach has allowed our team to accomplish recently is deploying and managing: Kubernetes in our local development environment, a Kafka cluster to scale our OLTP, and Elasticsearch to power an in-house search engine. We continue to assess, prototype, and implement the latest technology to advance Vivid Seats technology stack and capability. Our Platform Engineers are set up for success by having a fundamental understanding of distributed systems, the desire to support development teams, and a passion to build tools that improve the efficacy of our technical operations.
This is a high visibility and high impact position with responsibility for both engineering departments, and several other critical business operations. You’ll automate to standardize pipelines, containerize applications, configure auto-scaling, and monitor a modern marketplace at scale that brings enjoyable experiences to fans everywhere.
To be successful, you’ll need:
A proven career working within a Linux operating system
Experience in a SRE/DevOps capacity using an AWS environment leveraging offerings such as: VPC, EC2, ECS, S3, RDS and Aurora
Experience in system programming (we use BASH and Python here)
Experience with DevOps and infrastructure management tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform etc.
The ability to translate complex technical concepts into high-level designs and act as a subject matter expert in software design, architecture, implementation, deployment, and support across our full platform
Experience with continuous integration, testing, and deployment using tools such as Git or Jenkins
Creativity, fearlessness and an unwavering commitment to putting our customer first
