6+ years experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
Experience with shell and any scripting language used in an SRE context (Python, Go, Bash, Ruby; we primarily use Python) and configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible; we use Puppet)
Experience with distributed caching systems: including their underlying algorithms and how to optimize their performance
Experience with package management on Linux systems (we use Debian)
Strong Linux system-level troubleshooting skills
History of automating tasks and processes, identifying process gaps, and finding automation opportunities
Strong English language skills (verbal and written) and ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team working across multiple time zones
Experience leading and participating in incident response and post-incident review rituals, with the goal of conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures
Experience with Linux kernel tuning
Experience with the use, maintenance and configuration of monitoring, metrics and logging infrastructure (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
Developing/contributing to Free and Open Source software, or being part of an open-source community (share your favourite pull requests!)
Experience with LAMP stack technologies (PHP/HHVM, memcached/Redis) -- MediaWiki experience is a definite plus
Experience with defining cross-team SLOs and their implementation
Experience operating an on-premise filesystem or object store at scale, preferably OpenStack Swift or Ceph
Experience with other advanced distributed storage and database systems (Cassandra, MariaDB etc.)
Experience managing backups as an SRE with some experience with Bacula
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The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 116,633 to US$ 181,243 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process
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