About the position
Adyen is seeking a senior System Engineer with a focus on ceph to join their infrastructure team in Amsterdam. The role involves building, scaling, and maintaining multiple ceph clusters on off-the-shelf hardware to store critical and non-critical data. The ideal candidate should have a solid Linux background, experience with networking, Ceph, AWS S3, and Python, as well as experience running ceph in production at PB scale. They should also have the ability to deep dive into code, network, and operating systems to find solutions. The role requires a team-player mindset, openness to feedback, and the ability to work in a 24/7 environment under pressure.
Responsibilities
- Building, scaling out, and maintaining multiple ceph clusters
- Storing critical and non-critical data on ceph clusters
- Pushing technologies instead of just consuming them
- Automating tasks and avoiding repetitive tasks
- Working in a 24/7 environment
- Diagnosing problems and making quick informed decisions
- Handling pressure
- Having a solid Linux background with broad systems experience
- Having experience with networking
- Having experience with AWS S3
- Having experience with Python
- Running ceph in production at PB scale
- Having experience with block, file, and object storage
- Deep diving into the code, network, and operating system to find answers
- Willingness to learn new technologies and concepts
Requirements
- Solid Linux background with broad systems experience
- Mind-set to automate and avoid repetitive tasks
- True team-player who is open to feedback
- Able to work in a 24/7 environment
- Able to diagnose problems, make quick informed decisions, and handle pressure
- Experience with Linux, Networking, Ceph, AWS S3, and Python
- Experience running ceph in production at PB scale
- Experience with block, file, and object storage
- Experience deep diving into the code, the network, and the operating system to find answers
- Willingness to learn new technologies and concepts
Benefits
- Competitive salary and compensation package
- Opportunity to work with the world's brightest companies
- Diverse and inclusive work environment
- Opportunity to be your true self at Adyen
- Chance to work on building, scaling out, and maintaining multiple ceph clusters
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and concepts
- Opportunity to work in a 24/7 environment
- Chance to deep dive into code, network, and operating system
- Possibility to work with off-the-shelf hardware
- Chance to store critical and non-critical data
- Opportunity to automate and avoid repetitive tasks
- Chance to work with a diverse team and learn from different perspectives
- Supportive and collaborative work culture
- Opportunity to make quick informed decisions and handle pressure
- Possibility to work on a cloud platform team or SRE team
- Opportunity to contribute to solving unique business and technical challenges
- Support for diversity, equity, and inclusion