IT Infrastructure Engineer

About Liferay

Liferay is a uniquely profitable B2B enterprise software company with 1,000+ fiery-eyed employees all across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. As a renowned provider of enterprise open source technologies, we have been recognized by Gartner for empowering businesses around the world to solve complex digital challenges. Liferay's all-in-one platform unites Liferay DXP with our cloud platform capabilities, built-in analytics, and commerce functionality, reducing time to market and accelerating innovation. Our customer roster includes global companies such as Airbus, US Bank, Honda, and Desjardins.

But we don't just make awesome software, we are also fueled by a greater-than-profit vision. By building a vibrant business, making technology useful, and investing in communities, we make it possible for people to reach their full potential to serve others. This commitment extends beyond our product; Liferay donates 10% of our profits to charities around the world. Oh, we're also self-funded which gives us the freedom to work on whatever we think brings the most value to customers and communities in the long run

About You And This Role

You are motivated to build and maintain robust systems and solutions in cloud and on-premises environments. You will contribute to the full cycle of systems development, including design, build, testing, and delivery, working under general supervision. As a multi-skilled engineer with an understanding of networking, system development, and infrastructure design, you'll play a key part in IT's solutions. You enjoy collaborating with team members and are keen to develop your skills and contribute to the team's success. You are eager to support the expansion of IT to serve our global company through standardization and resilient systems.

Key Objectives

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of high-availability continuous integration (CI) systems and other core infrastructure services, primarily hosted on AWS and GCP.
• Help ensure that cloud resources and services in AWS and GCP are designed, implemented, and maintained for reliability, performance, and scalability, following best practices.
• Assist in maintaining and utilizing tools for monitoring, managing, and automating infrastructure within AWS and GCP environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve moderately complex issues related to AWS and GCP infrastructure and services.
• May assist in guiding junior team members on tasks related to cloud infrastructure operations in AWS and GCP.

Required Qualifications

• Relevant experience in an IT support environment with technical experience in distributed technologies and systems development, including hands-on experience with cloud platforms.
• Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Packer). Strong experience in Linux systems.
• Strong understanding of Linux Containers and Kubernetes.
• Demonstrable experience working with cloud platforms, specifically AWS and GCP. Experience with Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science Relevant certifications in AWS or GCP.
• Comfortable working in one or more of the following languages: Go (preferred), Python, NodeJS, Java.
• Experience contributing to IT projects involving cloud migrations or deployments.
• Experience supporting global IT solutions with a hybrid infrastructure.

What We Offer

• Salary package w/ competitive benefits according to qualifications and experience
• Opportunities to take responsibility, grow professionally, and Stay Nerdy
• A positive and collaborative work culture
• Check out what employees say about us on Glassdoor
• Working at a leading open-source company

Equal Opportunities Employer - Statement

Liferay is committed to the equal treatment of all candidates, customers and employees and to fostering a culture of dignity at work. Our operating procedure provides for equal opportunities in recruitment and employment with the aim to eliminate discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or beliefs, marital or civil partnerships status, family or dependency status, disability, pregnancy and maternity or membership of a traveling community.