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Formstack

3-5 years experience as a system administrator or DBA.

CompanyFormstack
Websiteformstack.com
Role3-5 years experience as a system administrator or DBA.
LocationFormstack - http://www.formstack.com · Remote
Salary3–5/yr (“3-5”)
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://formstack.applicantpro.com/jobs/143526-25843.html · michael@formstack.com
Hiring notes
TechPythonPHPMySQLDockerAWS
Parsed locationsFormstack - http://www.formstack.com
Posted bymmattax
PostedDec 1, 2014
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Original posting

Formstack - http://www.formstack.com - REMOTE Be our first DevOps hire! Formstack is an 8 year old company with its roots in Indianapolis. Our customers span 110 different countries, and our employees live and work across the U.S. and the globe. We have employees in: Oklahoma City, Charlotte, Raleigh, Chicago, Los Angeles, Cynthiana, Krakow Poland, Bethlehem, PA, Atlanta, Bloomington, and Indianapolis. We provide a remote work environment that is flexible and provides great freedom for those who can perform. With that said, relocation is not required if outside Indianapolis. What You'll Do: You'll be our first dedicated DevOps hire. You'll be in charge of maintaining production servers and the applications that run on them. You'll ensure that our MySQL databases are not only performant, but being backed up properly. You'll be in charge of ensuring that we have the redundancies and policies in place to support the high availability of our applications. You'll work with our engineering team to ensure the software that we build can scale. How You Qualify for the Job: - 3-5 years experience as a system administrator or DBA. - Strong experience scaling the LAMP stack - Strong experience with large MySQL databases (300GB+) - Strong understanding of networking and systems architecture. - Automation: CHEF, Puppet, Ansible, Fabric, Docker, or other configuration management software Extra Credit Qualifications: - Experience with AWS (EC2, EBS, RDS) - Experience with Elasticsearch - A love for Vim - Language experience with PHP or Python What Formstack Offers: - Remote environment - Medical, Dental, Vision as well as company-paid Disability and Life Insurance Benefits. - 401k with matching company contribution - Friday Lunch (Indianapolis Office) - The most up-to-date technology, including company-issued Macs, the latest software and other tools needed to excel at your job - Company-paid conferences and extended learning - Yearly company gatherings - Generous PTO Apply at https://formstack.applicantpro.com/jobs/143526-25843.html Questions? Email me at michael@formstack.com