Customer facing Linux System Engineer - Paris or Remote

Company Description

Scality 🇫🇷 is a prominent FrenchTech Startup, recognized globally for its technical leadership and open-source contributions. Selected for the #FT120, Scality is a worldwide leader in software-defined storage. With over 300 customers in 30+ countries, including major telecom operators, banks, TV stations, and hospitals, Scality strives to be an exceptional employer.

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Job Description

Are you passionate about Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, ELK, Redis, MongoDB, SaltStack, Ansible, and S3? Do you care about customer experience and want to join a team of bold and skilled coworkers?

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or 5 years of experience
• Base salary depends on experience. Junior and Senior positions available

Location: Paris, with option for full remote

Full-time position

Your Main Missions

• Help and guide customers on technical and functional challenges
• Dive into various OpenSource stacks
• Participate in R&D projects at different stages (requirements, technological barriers, product evolution, prototype testing)
• Prove new and disruptive solutions

About You

• Comfortable multitasking and managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Passionate about following, improving, creating, and documenting high-quality technical material
• Driven to amaze customers, partners, coworkers, and other teams with exceptional communication
• Ability to provide clear and informed feedback on technical issues and customer experience

Required Hard Skills

• In-depth Linux system administration (4+ years experience)
• Management of large/high availability distributed environments
• Skilled in Shell, Python, or similar
• Full English proficiency (written and spoken)

Additional Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of one or more of these technologies: Kubernetes, Docker, Elasticsearch, Grafana, Redis, MongoDB, SaltStack, Ansible, S3
• Ability to work in a distributed and diverse team
• Understanding of the full value of a service platform, matching customer needs, software design options, and hardware requirements/configuration
• Prior knowledge of networking, NAS/SAN technologies, service load-balancing, web services, SMB a plus