Check out the job listings below. To inquire or apply, please contact jobs@wetpaint.com
- Account Executive
- Editor
- QA Engineer
- Recruiter
- Software Engineer
- UI Designer & Information Architect
- UI Developer
- UNIX System Engineer
Wetpaint is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Wetpaint
Wetpaint is a Web 2.0 startup developing a publishing platform that makes it fun and easy to create click-and-type wiki communities. Focusing on ease of use, Wetpaint’s technology is revolutionizing the way people share their passions and interests online. We want to be THE online community platform and since the company’s June 2006 debut, more than 600,000 user-created community sites have been created. Wetpaint has also partnered with prominent consumer brands within the key categories of entertainment (ABC, CBS, FOX, BET, and Viacom), technology (Dell, T-Mobile, HP, Oracle, and HTC), and lifestyle (Food & Wine, Executive Travel, Better Homes & Garden) to launch wiki communities around their brands and products.
Located in a funky loft space in the historic Pioneer Square district of Seattle, we are a small company where collaboration and innovation are championed. Funded by the same venture capital firms backing Facebook and Photobucket, Wetpaint is well positioned to change the way people interact on the internet.
To best experience how Wetpaint is revolutionizing web publishing, come explore the network of user-generated wiki communities and/or create one of your own at wetpaint.com.
Position Description
Wetpaint is looking for an experienced System Engineer to support, scale, and develop its production environment. The System Engineer is very comfortable with most aspects of the Unix operating system: paging/swapping, inter-process communication, devices and device driver fundamentals, file system concepts like inode and superblock. Working closely with the development team, our UNIX Systems Engineer will focus on improving our systems and building support documentation. As a result of your proven Linux systems admin background you will have sound troubleshooting/scripting skills and will be competent in providing 2nd line support when required, writing clear technical documentation, and installing software on an ad hoc basis.
The ideal candidate is a team-focused person with a strong sense of ownership and a desire to pitch in at every level, work odd hours, and innovate in order to deliver a superior product.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform performance trend analysis and manage the server/network capacity.
- Propose configuration and implement solutions to enhance and/or troubleshoot the system.
- Perform most security audits, and protect the system against intrusion.
- Responsible for managing server/network backup solutions.
- Develop/maintain operational tools/scripts used to monitor application and system processing.
- Installation and support of Software/Hardware, OS upgrades and hotfixes.
- Candidate must participate in 24/7 on-call rotation which includes being available to assist with issues even when not on call.
Skills & Experience
- BS in Computer Science or related field.
- 4 – 6 years experience with UNIX systems administration, particularly RedHat linux.
- Expert level experience with supporting and tuning Apache, Tomcat and MySQL.
- Proficient scripting skills in Shell, PHP, or Perl.
- Strong understanding of SQL.
- Demonstrated technical troubleshooting and performance tuning experience.
- Experience in a fast-paced production service environment.
- Superior communication and collaboration.
- Experience running high-traffic web services, including requirements and capacity analysis, service configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of IP networking, iptables, Firewall configuration, DNS/BIND.
- Experience administrating Postfix, Squid.
- Experience with Enterprise Java, Tomcat, Ruby a plus.
To Apply
Submit your résumé and salary requirements to jobs@wetpaint.com.