Sesame Workshop is seeking a Junior Site Reliability Engineer. Sesame Workshop is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. This role is within the Digital Media Engineering (DME) group which is part of the Technology and Engineering department and will help provide support for our diverse media experiences across the world. This is a full-time (35 hr/week) remote role.

The right candidate should be detail-oriented and help to improve the reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of our cloud environments.

Role Objectives

Build, implement and maintain development tools (such as source code repositories, automated build systems, and deployment) and infrastructure
Improve reliability and quality of software solutions
Provide operation support for web-based and data infrastructure software applications
Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to define requirements, standards, and technical roadmaps
Work with external vendors to plan and implement infrastructure and application solutions
Help implement effective security and reliability monitoring
Help refine documentation for each product’s lifecycle to assist in support, development, and deployment

Desired Skills

Experience with Linux system administration tasks such as:
- Configuring web services (NGINX/Apache/Tomcat)
- Package management
Demonstrated scripting in a language such as Python/Bash/Perl and/or automation tool experience (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, CloudFormation, Terraform etc.)
Experience using AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS,Cloudfront, etc.)
Experience using Git source control system and ability to assist others in troubleshooting issues
Experience building/deploying applications from source control and knowledge of CI/CD concepts
Understanding of Agile software development and management tools such as Jira
Understanding of container platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes
Understanding of modern web technologies such as:
- HTML/CSS/Javascript
- REST based or similar API communication
- NPM/NodeJS
Experience managing relational databases such as MySQL or Postgres.
Knowledge of CMS systems such as Drupal, WordPress or similar a plus
Ability to understand and troubleshoot errors in builds and assist in troubleshooting applications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
1-3 years of strong experience as System Administrator, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering role
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong collaboration and client service skills at all functional levels

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

This is a remote position.

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Junior Site Reliability Engineer