Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Job opening - Senior Systems Engineer at AbeBooks.com (Victoria, BC, Canada)

Are you an experienced Systems Engineer who gets excited about diving deep and looking at the broader context when solving technical issues? Do you enjoy analyzing and tuning hardware/software configurations, automating manual processes, designing scalable systems and identifying improvements? If you can answer “Yes!” to these questions and you have the skills to succeed in a fast paced e-commerce environment, we’d like to meet you.



AbeBooks.com - part of the Amazon.com group of companies - is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to work at our headquarters in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. You will work within our small, multi-talented Site Operations team to apply your skills and knowledge in scripting and systems administration to deploy, operate, and scale our global online marketplace.



Responsibilities:




  • Perform operational and administrative activities! for system management including diagnosing and correcting complex problems

  • Effectively monitor performance of systems and proactively identify pragmatic solutions

  • Analyze and tune hardware/software configurations, automate manual processes, design scalable systems and make recommendations for improvement

  • Multitask between site maintenance and project based initiatives.

  • On-call pager responsibility for monitoring website, batch processes & infrastructure issues on a rotating basis (on-call rate adjustment provided)

  • Work well in a cross-functional team with other members of the Engineering department

  • Occasional travel for on-site administration at our remote Data Centre



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