Operations Engineer, Varnish Software

Salary not provided

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Bash

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

Git

Golang

Mid and Senior level

Los Angeles

Office located in Irvine, CA

Content delivery solutions

Open for applications

Content delivery solutions

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseContentInternet of ThingsSaaSCyber SecurityWeb Design

Open for applications

Salary not provided

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Bash

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

Git

Golang

Mid and Senior level

Los Angeles

Office located in Irvine, CA

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseContentInternet of ThingsSaaSCyber SecurityWeb Design

Company mission

To help customers create superior experiences by speeding up the delivery of their digital assets, while empowering them to innovate and lead in a competitive market.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

3-5 years of DevOps experience, within a Git structured team environment
Strong Linux expertise (Red Hat and/or Debian based distributions)
Proficiency with tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and configuration management (e.g., Ansible and Terraform)
Solid understanding of web performance, scalability, HTTP, TCP/IP, and DNS
Experience with scripting, in languages such as bash, python, and Golang is a plus
Familiarity with modern DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)

Desirable

Experience with Varnish Cache and its configuration language
Knowledge of CDN operations and web security tools (e.g., WAF)
Comfort with technical presentations and customer-facing engagements
Strong understanding of networking concepts, with a focus on ISP operations, routing, peering, and traffic optimization
Experience working with large-scale network architectures and troubleshooting performance issues in high-traffic environments

What the job involves

Master Varnish Technology: Gain expertise in Varnish Cache and VCL
Drive Operations Excellence: Manage daily operations such as monitoring, patching, bug fixes, and ticket resolution, while driving improvements and automations
Innovate Solutions: Collaborate on tailored customer projects, enhance monitoring and operational tools, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our managed services, ensuring they remain robust, efficient, and aligned with customer needs
Be a Key Contributor: Support Private CDN partners and Managed Service customers with onboarding, VCL configuration, and proactive maintenance. Participate in a paid 24x7 on-call rotation to ensure seamless operations and customer success
Shape the Customer Experience: Serve as a pre-sales technical consultant when needed, showcasing our solutions' capabilities
Take part in a support rotation for existing customers: At Varnish Software, we embrace a collaborative approach through an 8x5 support rotation, delivering exceptional customer support while providing you with hands-on opportunities to broaden your expertise and tackle diverse technical challenges

Our take

Varnish is a free, open-source HTTP accelerator helping web companies deliver high speed services whilst avoiding downtime and poor performance. Whilst Varnish has been in the game for a while now, the company has recently seen a lucrative new avenue open up thanks to the ballooning growth of the video-on-demand market.

Streaming giants like Netflix are searching with increasing urgency for ways to balance high content demand (in increasingly high definition, too) with lower energy consumption and costs. This problem is compounded when live streaming is thrown into the mix. Varnish Software, however, is making impressive strides in improving the throughput levels necessary to give streaming services an operational edge. With video content now constituting a large fraction of internet traffic, this puts Varnish in a strong market position.

Among its global customer base, Varnish also offers products like protection against DDoS attacks, and web services for 5G. All told, this means Varnish is offering a spread of products that are increasingly critical to the success of web content, and its G2 ‘Best Web Acceleration Software’ win stands as evidence of its continued utility in the space.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

19% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.8)

Company

Company benefits

Commission and sales incentives
Flexible time off with 25 days of vacation starting immediately
Pension
Private healthcare

Company HQ

Vasastan, Stockholm, Stockholm County

Articles

Content delivery presents a major opportunity for telcos – here’s why

Varnish Software achieves 500 Gbps throughput per server for UHD video content

Varnish Software Named ‘Best Web Acceleration Software’ in G2’s Winter 2023 Rankings

Leadership

Lars Larsson

(CEO)

Originally the MD of Benefit Systems, moving on to serve as a business area manager at Redpill, then COO of Redpill Linpro Group.

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