Systems Engineer

We are a passionate group of like-minded individuals, all contributing to our vision of whole genome sequencing (WGS)-based diagnostic testing becoming the standard of care. Our mission is to deliver comprehensive, cost-effective genomic testing to patients using WGS.

Variantyx is seeking a talented Systems Engineer to join our growing technical team. The Systems Engineer will be a contributor to ongoing improvements of company systems infrastructure and solutions required to scale our systems in support of the growth of our databases, processes, data analytics, and clients.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of Linux server administration including but not limited to; software installation, troubleshooting and working with network security systems.
• Setting up day to day maintenance of production systems, performing resource monitoring and performance tuning and scaling of infrastructure as needed.
• Monitor and address security concerns and apply upgrades and patches to operating systems.
• Work with senior team members to develop strategies to maintain and enhance platform availability, utilization, and security standards.
• Help research, evaluate and promote new technologies, monitoring and infrastructure as code tools across platforms.
• Document system operational procedures and best practice guidelines.
• Perform server builds using configuration management and automation, operating system migration, and integration of monitoring tools and metrics and create or modify bash and python scripts to automate tasks.

Requirements

• 3-4 years’ experience administering any flavor of Linux. Knowledge of theories, principles, and concepts typically acquired through a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
• Great troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with limited supervision (network, hardware, OS, performance related problems).
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Understanding of protocols and concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, NFS, CIFS, HTTP, SSL, NAT and load-balancing.
• Experience with operating large-scale production systems in SaaS type environments.
• Experience with log monitoring tools like Splunk and infrastructure monitoring tools like Zabbix and Nagios.
• Able to lift 50 to 60lbs for moving and racking servers and previous experience working in a data center.

Preference to applicants with

• Demonstrated experience working with virtualization technologies (e.g., KVM, VMware)
• Experience with Ansible and Foreman
• Practical knowledge of information security best practices
• DevOps experience (git, Jenkins, travis)
• Experience working within audited environments (HIPAA/PCI)