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Responsibilities:

  • Performing day-to-day operational/DevOps tasks on Wikimedia’s public-facing infrastructure.
  • Implementing and utilizing configuration management and deployment tools.
  • Leading continuous improvement by automating the installation, configuration, and maintenance of services on our platform.

Skills and Experience:

  • 6+ years of experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team.
  • Experience with shell and any scripting languages used in an SRE context (Python, Go, Bash, Ruby; we primarily use Python) and configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible; we use Puppet).
  • Strong Linux system-level troubleshooting skills.

Bonus points for:

  • Experience with Linux kernel tuning for high-traffic loads.
  • Experience with high-performance HTTP(S) caching-proxy software, such as HAProxy, Varnish (Vinyl), Apache Traffic Server, Envoy, or Nginx.
  • Developing/contributing to Free and Open Source software, or being part of an open-source community.

Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. They build software experiences, support volunteer communities, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable nonprofit, relying on donations, and has offices in San Francisco.

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