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Part-Time in St. Louis, DevOps JR. Engineer
Remote / Intern welcome
Backup Parachute Software LLC is a small business, committed to developing high quality mobile and web applications with a focus on usability and design.
We leverage open source and the newest technologies to rapidly deliver value and high quality software to our customers.
### Job Description
This is a part time, year round position. This position begins immediately. Pay will vary depending upon experience.
### Duties include:
- System administration/management of Linux servers within a mixed physical/virtual environment
- Managing and monitoring server and client backups
- Troubleshooting network and application issues
- Monitoring and updating our issue system in a timely manner
### At least 1 year of experience with the following:
- building and maintaining Linux/Ubuntu servers
- scripting (bash)
### Preferred Experience
- Amazon AWS (EC2, ELB, RDS, VPC, S3, Route 53, CloudWatch, ElastiCache)
- Experience with high-availability, high-performance, open source web technologies.
- Experience with cloud platforms, open source databases and caching layers.
- Virtualization (VirtualBox)
- automation (Chef, Puppet or similar)
### Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Some College or equivalent experience required
### Application Process
Reply to jobs@backupparachute.com with relevant work samples, and anything else that will make you stand out. Extra effort and personal touches will be looked upon favorably.