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About Us
NS1 optimizes delivery of the worlds most critical internet & enterprise applications. Only NS1s platform is built on a modern API-first architecture that acts on real-time data & grows more powerful in complex environments, transforming DNS, DHCP, & IP Address Management (IPAM) into an intelligent, efficient, & automated system. NS1s technology drives dramatic gains in IT efficiency & application performance, reliability, & security for the largest global enterprises, including Salesforce, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Nielsen, Pitney Bowes, Squarespace, Pandora & The Guardian. We solve incredibly challenging problems on behalf of our customers in the most mission critical parts of their stack.
The Role
Site Reliability Engineers scale our infrastructure & tooling to deliver innovative traffic management services to our customers. SREs work magic by fusing together operational discipline with a deep understanding of systems, networks, automation, & scaling. SREs amplify developers by working closely together to ship observable applications. SREs see the future by building a well-instrumented production environment that signals trouble well before any customer is affected. SREs are empowered to make any changes necessary to deliver reliable, resilient services.
Your Skills:
- Strong operational knowledge of Linux systems, security, networking, & automation
- Operating containerized applications using Docker
- Proficient in one or more of Bash, Golang, Python
- Ansible or other configuration management
- Ability to collaborate with developers to design modern internet infrastructure for operability, including metrics, logging, observability, automation, etc.
- Expertise in troubleshooting & performance tuning of complex, high-traffic, distributed applications
- Experience with major cloud providers
Nice to have:
Experience with
- The Domain Name System, DNS tools & protocol
- Amazon Web Services, Digital Ocean, Vultr, Packet, etc.
- Elasticsearch, Logstash, Grafana, Kibana, Telegraf
- Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Nomad, Calico, Envoy, Etcd, etc.
- Hashicorp tools (terraform, vault, consul, etc.)
- Traffic load balancing, filtering, & DDoS mitigation tools
- Postgres & operating it in multiple environments and/or regions
- Linux kernel tuning, user-space networking
- Automated build systems such as Jenkins
Our technology stack at NS1, & the many systems youll have an opportunity to work with here:
- Our globally distributed platform is comprised of many subsystems including:
- Custom built DNS platform thats deployed on physical hardware
- Anycasted edge network that spans nearly 30 facilities globally
- REST API & Client Portal
- Deployment automation, CI/CD, unit/integration testing
- Monitoring, metrics collection & alerting
- Traffic load balancing, filtering, & DDoS mitigation tools
- Distributed messaging, persistent DB & caching systems
- Other technologies & integrations include:
- Linux, Ansible, Docker & other container platforms
- AWS & other cloud providers
- BGP, BPF, SDN, packet analysis
- MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL
- Go, Python, Bash, C, C++14, React, Redux, D3
- OpenTSDB, ELK, Grafana
- Integrations with third party SaaS, APIs, & libraries, various Open Source
Working @ NS1
Were a fast-growing, well-funded startup based in the heart of New York Citys Financial District with offices & team members around the world. Working at NS1, youll come to understand our team is unique, both in & out of the workplace. We have PhDs, musicians, artists, & athletes working side by side, dedicated to delivering first class products. Were hardworking, but we're also a compassionate group. We understand that outside of NS1 is a world that places demands on our time. Our leadership team is dedicated to open & honest communication & we continuously strive to foster a culture of transparency, flexibility, & creativity.
We offer:
- competitive compensation (salary & stock options)
- medical, dental, & vision
- commuter benefits
- 401k
- flexible hours & time off
- choice of workstation
- remote work
NS1 is an equal opportunity employer.
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