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The Backblaze Operations team continues to grow. We’ve sworn to protect our customers from data loss, and need some help to continue our rapid growth! If you think you have what it takes, we are looking for a killer Sys Admin! If you have a particular set of skills that fits either of the opening below, follow the instructions at the end of the post, and let’s get rocking!

All Backblaze Positions Require:

Great attitude and willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done

Strong desire to work for a small, but fast-paced company

Desire to learn and adapt to rapidly changing technologies and work environments

Rigorous adherence to best practices

Relentless attention to detail

Excellent interpersonal and written/oral communication skills

Fantastic troubleshooting and problem solving skills

Systems Administrator, Cloud Storage

Responsibilities:

Rebuild failed RAID arrays and debug other RAID problems as needed

Diagnose and repair file system problems with JFS and ext4 and debug other system problems

Maintain farm of hundreds of storage servers (Pods) including deploying/configuring new systems and troubleshooting problems

Assist with networks and services (static/dynamic web servers and monitoring systems, etc.) as needed

Assist in efforts to automate provisioning and other tasks that need to be run across hundreds of servers

Assist in Backblaze data center(s) (Sacramento area, CA) to help with daily operational tasks (racking new servers, replacing drives, reviewing logs, etc..) when necessary

Participate in the 24×7 on-call pager rotation and respond to alerts as needed. This may include occasional trips to the data center

Write, design, maintain, and support operational documentation and scripts

Assist in supervising and directing junior operations staff when necessary

Help train operations staff as needed

Requirements:

Strong knowledge of Linux system administration

four or more years of relevant experience

Ability to move/lift 50-75lbs and work down near the floor as needed

Position based in the San Francisco Bay Area or Sacramento area, CA, requiring two or more days a week in San Mateo, CA

Preferable:

Experience configuring and supporting Linux software RAID (mdadm on Debian)

Experience configuring and supporting file systems on Linux (JFS & ext4 on Debian)

Experience troubleshooting server hardware/component issues

Moderate to strong Bash scripting skills

Interested? Check out this video on our data center operations team

Ready to join our team? Follow these three steps:

Send an email to: jobscontact@backblaze.com with the desired position listed in the subject line Include your resume Include your answers to two of the following three questions:

What about the prospect of working at Backblaze excites you most?

Provide three adjectives that best describe your personal workspace.

How would you manage boot images and system configurations on 1,000+ servers (i.e. Backblaze Storage Pods)?

We’ll be interviewing candidates over the next couple of weeks. Join us and help us continue to build a great online backup company.

Backblaze is an Equal Opportunity Employer.