Junior Linux Systems Engineer

Overview:

Two Barrels is hiring a Junior Linux Systems Engineer. You will be a traditional company employee. This is a full time, Monday through Friday position that is required to work onsite (occasionally) in our office in downtown Spokane, Washington.

You will be part of a dynamic technical team responsible for designing, building, and delivering key technical solutions such as: servers, containers, storage, networking, voice, data centers, security solutions, and monitoring tools. Our job is to ensure that our customers have the best experience possible, utilizing the vast number of technical solutions that we provide. Our vision is to enhance the quality, resiliency and scalability of the technology services delivered to our clients and our customer service teams.

In this role, you will be mentored by senior staff to help develop and plan for the next generation of technology infrastructure solutions for the company. You will be responsible for general systems maintenance, troubleshoot routine automated maintenance and backup processes. You will diagnose and resolve internal system issues with end users. You will also be responsible for writing scripts, creating new IPA accounts, installing hardware and testing new systems.

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Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field or related work experience
• A passion for Linux and Open Source projects
• 1-2 years of experience in Linux server design and administration
• 1-2 years of experience working as an engineer in developing and delivering infrastructure services
• An enthusiastic self-starter with a growth mindset and proven track record of execution and delivery
• Experience with at least one scripting language
• Experience troubleshooting basic software issues via command-line interface
• Experience documenting systems roll outs or updates

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sound understanding of networking concepts
• Experience with virtualization technologies
• Experience with automation technologies
• Experience with monitoring solutions
• Experience with networking protocols and technologies
• Experience with AWS and their key services, i.e. , RDS, ECS, IAM, Cloudwatch
• Familiarity with DNS; register new domains, update records and operate a basic nameserver

Why you might like this job:

• You are self-motivated with a customer focused personality and a strong inner drive for continuous improvement
• You believe that communication and ownership of problems and projects is integral to a successful team
• You enjoy solving problems, taking on difficult challenges and finding creative solutions
• When you don’t know the answer, you’ll dig until you find it
• You volunteer for new challenges without waiting to be asked
• #BI-Remote

Benefits:

• Great Wage & Success Meetings with your manager
• Work From Home comfort package & company provided equipment
• 22 days paid time off annually, PLUS 4 paid holidays 
• 4% 401k employer matching through Fidelity
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision for employees
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Flexible hours
• Coffee shop next door
• Crappy parking? Oh, I mean a cool downtown location for easy public transportation options…