Linux DevOps Engineer

Gen is a global company powering Digital Freedom through consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. Our combined heritage is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. We bring leading technology solutions in cybersecurity, privacy and identity protection to more than 500 million users in 150 countries so they can live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. We're always looking for smart, fearless, and dedicated people. Together, we have collective passion and a big vision to power Digital Freedom by protecting consumers and giving them control of their digital lives.

When you’re a part of Gen, you are provided access to a range of resources and support to ensure you can do your best work and live your best life. This includes flexible working options with generous time off and competitive benefits & compensation packages.

Diversity is foundational to how we do business because we know the greatest ideas and results come from our unique perspectives and differences. We strive to create a safe, inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. Team members are valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are in a meaningful and exciting atmosphere. Gen is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs.

If this sounds like you—Gen has a dynamic, supportive culture with core values that celebrate diversity, promote teamwork, and encourage every team member to contribute and grow—join us!

About the role

We are hiring a systems engineer. Our goal is to provide platforms for the engineering teams enabling them to deploy, monitor and operate their software as independently as possible. We use a combination of open-source and SaaS technologies stringed together to provide the functionality we need. The infrastructure we manage consists of several thousands of servers and VMs located in both data centers and cloud regions around the world and over 100 backend applications providing services to more than 500 million client applications/devices. This would not be possible without automation and an Infrastructure-as-a-Code mindset. Our main tools for this purpose are Puppet, Terraform, Ansible and Python and we try to use them wherever feasible. The size of the infrastructure and the number of client devices bring many interesting challenges and issues, starting with tuning OS and databases and ending with fighting an apparent DDoS usually caused by misbehaving clients.

What You Will Do In This Role:

We are split into a few teams each responsible for a given set of technologies. Everyone has assigned at least one such technology which they maintain and improve. There are always several projects running to implement major new features or redesign the current technology stack. We do not have purely operative positions, though handling incidents and requests is a natural part of the job.

We value openness, the ability to express your own opinions, and a desire to improve yourself and the team.

What You'll Need To Be Successful In This Role:

• Good working experience with Linux OS (RHEL-based distro)
• Knowledge of TCP/IP protocols
• Shell scripting
• Desire to learn new technologies and to solve various technical challenges.
• Positive working attitude, teamwork spirit and communication skills
• English written and spoken.

Nice to have:

• Other scripting language (Python preferred)
• Experience with config management tools (e.g. Puppet, Terraform, Ansible)
• Public cloud experience (GCP, Azure or AWS)
• Docker/Kubernetes experience

What We Can Offer:

• Annual bonus scheme
• Unlimited PTO (paid time off), flexible working hours & home office.
• The chance to join a major global tech company listed on the S&P 500.
• Opportunity to learn and work with the best in the Digital Security industry
• Cafeteria points are provided by Benefit Plus (meal plan, pension insurance, travel, free time activities, multisport card, and much more).
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses
• Learning & Development plan.
• Sustainable home improvement bonus
• Mac/Windows laptop and mobile phone

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency.

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws.

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.