Software Developer/ Engineer/ Architect

IT Systems Engineer

The Position

Who We Are

At Twitter our IT Infrastructure team focuses on implementing and supporting systems to help our internal customers meet their day-to-day operational needs. We are responsible for corporate infrastructure including data center virtualization, file storage, automation of software installations/configurations/administration on Linux and Windows systems and hardware installation/maintenance (servers, storage arrays, UPSs).  Our IT Infrastructure team partners with our IT End User Services and IT Applications teams to support the corporate environment, as well as working with multiple stakeholders on a project-to-project basis. Our mission is to keep our business running effectively while maintaining a healthy technology environment.

What You’ll Do

The responsibility of this position includes contributing to support and maintenance of a wide array of services, including an estate of Linux and Windows servers as well as Puppet configuration management to automate their function. You will design, deploy and maintain most of the systems that each of our customers use on a daily basis that is both sustainable and secure.  You will deploy services using various virtualization platforms including (and not limited to) VMWare and GCP.  Developing and maintaining analytics for system performance and health is also required. The role will comprise a mix of Development Operations, QA and Infrastructure Support work for all systems and partners we engage with.

 Who You Are

To continually strengthen our growing team, we are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer, to help build, deploy and manage our internal infrastructure. As an integral member of the broader IT Infrastructure team, this position will be responsible for developing and maintaining creative solutions in support of our business partner’s evolving requirements. If this sounds like you, you probably have experience with these responsibilities:

  • Proficient with VMware services including VMware data center virtualization and VMware Horizon.
  • Build, manage and support complex appstacks on Linux and Windows Server
  • Experience with SAN/NAS storage arrays
  • Provide advanced level Windows and Linux troubleshooting
  • Develop technical designs and solution recommendations
  • Collaborate with internal audit and compliance teams to identify, remediate, and prevent issues & risks
  • Contributing to design, code review, and release management as part of the oversight of our internal software development lifecycle
  • Work with other members of the broader IT team for coordinated solution delivery
  • Contribute to a 24/7 on-call schedule (Partial)

Company Description

Twitter serves the public conversation because conversation is a force for good in the world. The opportunity to help the world connect, debate, learn, and solve problems is what draws us to careers at Twitter, and it’s what keeps us here.

 

Additional Information

Challenge - We solve some of the industry’s hardest problems. Come to be challenged, learn, and thrive as an engineer.

Diversity - Diversity makes us a better organization and team. We value diverse backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.

Work, Life, Balance - We work hard, but we believe with hard work should come balance.

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

Qualifications

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
  • Outstanding analytical and problem solving skills
  • Well-developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication
  • Team oriented approach
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering for Corporate Infrastructure
  • Managing large server estates for Linux and Windows
  • Virtualization at scale
  • Configuration Management
  • Managing scalable storage
  • Developing and maintaining supporting metrics for systems
  • Writing design documents
  • Working in a source-controlled environment.
  • Disciplined approach in producing and maintaining documentation
  • Ability to demonstrate scripting capability in Bash, PowerShell, Python and/or Perl
  • Experience with standard DevOps tools (CI, Orchestration, etc.)