Linux System Engineer

We are Outbrain.

We’re one of the world’s largest content recommendation platforms, delighting audiences with engaging, personalized content recommendations while serving as the primary engagement partner and platform for the world’s top digital media companies.

Outbrain is the world’s leading content discovery platform, serving over 340B personalized recommendations monthly, reaching over 1B users from across the globe.
To support this scale, we manage a fleet of over 8000 physical servers, spread across several data centers. Scalability, reliability and “building the right thing” are in our genes, and we embrace automation and open-source. We love data and what it can tell us about our systems and we make sure to balance life and work to extract the best of both worlds.

We are looking for a passionate team player to join our team.

You will be part of a talented group of professionals, responsible for automating our physical datacenter operations and managing our own private cloud.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Install, configure, and maintain Linux servers.
• Perform remote operations and maintenance of our own private cloud environments.
• Diagnose and resolve hardware and software issues on Linux systems.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for infrastructure and hardware related issues.
• Develop and maintain automation for system administration tasks.
• Utilize tools like Chef for configuration management.
• Automate hardware lifecycle: from rack elevation moment till decommission.
• Monitor system performance and ensure high availability and reliability of the on-premises cloud infrastructure.

What you’ll bring

• At least 3 years of experience in Linux operating systems (e.g., CentOS, Ubuntu).
• At least 3 years of experience in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Experience with on-premises cloud platforms and remote management.
• Experience with automating deployments using configuration and deployment management tools such as Chef, Jenkins, Docker or others.
• Experience using version control tools such as Git.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix).
• Familiarity with Object Oriented programming (advantage).
• Familiarity with RESTful API design principles and best practices (advantage).

Our team believes that sometimes potential and capabilities come before experience. If you believe that your experience does not fully match our requirements but you think you are up for that challenge - ping us!

More than snacks!

• Office and home hybrid working
• Expand your toolbox with our internal learning tools
• Pet friendly office
• Happy hours
• …and of course a fully stocked kitchen!

We Recommend #LifeAtOutbrain

Outbrain is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Did you know "trust" is one of our core values? We apply this value to our day-to-day by working collaboratively on a global scale. With managers and teammates often sitting in other countries and time zones, we value communication, patience, and open-mindedness to all cultural backgrounds. We encourage all ideas, and everyone gets a seat at the table!

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups –employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change. From OB Green (environmental), OB WE (women empowerment), OB Good (charitable initiatives) to OB4E (diversity, equity, and inclusion), you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.

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