Devops / Sr. Software Engineer
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| Company Name | Splunk |
| Location |
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| Date Posted | January 19, 2012 |
| Category | Default |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
Description
Job Description: That’s a cool job! I want it!
Splunk is a profitable, very high-growth, software company that develops a state of the art search and analytics engine for time-series data. Our software is used by thousands of businesses all over the world to monitor, report and analyze gigabytes to terabytes of live streaming IT data.
We are busy designing and implementing a public cloud based version of Splunk with the goals of instant deployment and extremely fast time-to-value. The service will allow customers of platform as a service providers (PaaS) and other cloud based services to quickly troubleshoot their applications and build real-time analytical dashboards, which deliver “Operational Intelligence”.
We are using the newest technologies to build a multi-tenant, horizontally scaled version of Splunk for thousands of concurrent users. This project is run a little differently than typical software projects. We believe in eating our own dog food by using other cloud services wherever possible. We are ardent believers in the concept of “DevOps” where the people who write the code also deploy and manage the virtual systems it runs on. Thus all systems are managed via Infrastructure as Code tools and techniques.
We are a small team with an enormous vision and need you to help us get there.
Responsibilities: I want to and can do that!
Design and write code to develop and maintain systems which power Splunk multi-tenant services hosted in the public cloud
Implement horizontally scaled out systems, which allow thousands of concurrent Splunk users.
Build deployment, management and monitoring systems usinginfrastructure as code'
tools and techniques
Requirements: I’ve already done that or have that!
5+ years software development experience
Fluency in programming languages such as Python and/or Ruby
Deep understanding of Linux configuration and management
Understanding of application development environments such as Django and/or Rails
In-depth understanding of performance considerations with web-scale deployments
General Familiarity with tools like Chef, Puppet, cfengine, etc.
Experience with technologies like DNS, HTTP(S), Layer 7 load balancing, etc.
Understanding of both RDBMS and NoSQL approaches to data storage
Experience with Amazon EC2, Rackspace or other public cloud technologies and API’s
Education: Got it!
Bachelors or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
About Splunk:
Splunk was founded to pursue a disruptive new vision: make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. Machine data is a fast growing and pervasive part of “big data”—generated by every component of IT infrastructures, applications, mobile phone location data, website clickstreams, social data, RFID and much more.
Splunk is focused specifically on the challenges and opportunity of effectively managing massive amounts of machine data, and providing a next-generation platform for powerful new applications. Since shipping its software in 2006, Splunk now has almost 3,000 customers in over 70 countries around the world. These organizations are using Splunk to harness the power of their machine data for application management, IT operations and infrastructure management, cyber security, compliance, web intelligence, business analytics and more. Innovation is in our DNA – from technology to the way we do business.
Splunk software has become a platform for machine data!
Splunk now has over 400 employees worldwide, with headquarters in San Francisco, an office in Cupertino, CA and 8 offices around the world.
We’ve built a phenomenal foundation for success with a proven leadership team, highly passionate employees and unique patented software. We invite you to help us continue our drive to define a new industry and become part of an innovative, and disruptive software company.
Benefits & Perks: Wow! This is really cool!
Health Care, full company paid Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, Commuter benefits, PTO and sick leave, 401K, 3 weeks vacation, 2 completely stacked micro kitchens, catered lunches on Monday and Bagel Fridays, basketball hoops, ping pong, bbqs, soccer, ski trips, on-site yoga classes, health fairs.
This isn’t a job – it’s a life changer – are you ready?
Splunk is a profitable, very high-growth, software company that develops a state of the art search and analytics engine for time-series data. Our software is used by thousands of businesses all over the world to monitor, report and analyze gigabytes to terabytes of live streaming IT data.
We are busy designing and implementing a public cloud based version of Splunk with the goals of instant deployment and extremely fast time-to-value. The service will allow customers of platform as a service providers (PaaS) and other cloud based services to quickly troubleshoot their applications and build real-time analytical dashboards, which deliver “Operational Intelligence”.
We are using the newest technologies to build a multi-tenant, horizontally scaled version of Splunk for thousands of concurrent users. This project is run a little differently than typical software projects. We believe in eating our own dog food by using other cloud services wherever possible. We are ardent believers in the concept of “DevOps” where the people who write the code also deploy and manage the virtual systems it runs on. Thus all systems are managed via Infrastructure as Code tools and techniques.
We are a small team with an enormous vision and need you to help us get there.
Responsibilities: I want to and can do that!
Design and write code to develop and maintain systems which power Splunk multi-tenant services hosted in the public cloud
Implement horizontally scaled out systems, which allow thousands of concurrent Splunk users.
Build deployment, management and monitoring systems usinginfrastructure as code'
tools and techniques
Requirements: I’ve already done that or have that!
5+ years software development experience
Fluency in programming languages such as Python and/or Ruby
Deep understanding of Linux configuration and management
Understanding of application development environments such as Django and/or Rails
In-depth understanding of performance considerations with web-scale deployments
General Familiarity with tools like Chef, Puppet, cfengine, etc.
Experience with technologies like DNS, HTTP(S), Layer 7 load balancing, etc.
Understanding of both RDBMS and NoSQL approaches to data storage
Experience with Amazon EC2, Rackspace or other public cloud technologies and API’s
Education: Got it!
Bachelors or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
About Splunk:
Splunk was founded to pursue a disruptive new vision: make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. Machine data is a fast growing and pervasive part of “big data”—generated by every component of IT infrastructures, applications, mobile phone location data, website clickstreams, social data, RFID and much more.
Splunk is focused specifically on the challenges and opportunity of effectively managing massive amounts of machine data, and providing a next-generation platform for powerful new applications. Since shipping its software in 2006, Splunk now has almost 3,000 customers in over 70 countries around the world. These organizations are using Splunk to harness the power of their machine data for application management, IT operations and infrastructure management, cyber security, compliance, web intelligence, business analytics and more. Innovation is in our DNA – from technology to the way we do business.
Splunk software has become a platform for machine data!
Splunk now has over 400 employees worldwide, with headquarters in San Francisco, an office in Cupertino, CA and 8 offices around the world.
We’ve built a phenomenal foundation for success with a proven leadership team, highly passionate employees and unique patented software. We invite you to help us continue our drive to define a new industry and become part of an innovative, and disruptive software company.
Benefits & Perks: Wow! This is really cool!
Health Care, full company paid Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, Commuter benefits, PTO and sick leave, 401K, 3 weeks vacation, 2 completely stacked micro kitchens, catered lunches on Monday and Bagel Fridays, basketball hoops, ping pong, bbqs, soccer, ski trips, on-site yoga classes, health fairs.
This isn’t a job – it’s a life changer – are you ready?
