Operations Engineer

We help consumers make better choices about credit cards. The credit card is one of the most ubiquitous products in the world. It’s hard to imagine modern life without it. It’s also one of the least understood. And that lack of understanding is potentially threatening to consumers’ economic well-being. CreditCards.com is the leading online marketing and publishing organization devoted to helping consumers make informed choices about credit cards.

reditCards.com is building a team that is accountable for operational issues in the running and maintenance of delivered products and infrastructures. We are seeking a highly motivated individual that can be “point” on troubleshooting, analyzing and fixing technical issues. This crucial role will drive both newly developed and operational problem-resolution for our high volume, highly scalable solutions. The ideal candidate has a deep knowledge and passion for “LAMP”, cloud and virtual based solutions, developed in an Agile Kanban methodology. This individual contributor will thrive in an environment where tracking issues across systems and through code becomes the collaboration of staff across the technical topography. If you have this unique combination of application and system skills, then you could be our perfect candidate!

* Researches and resolves technical issues found in production with immediate and long term solutions. Conveys problems, solutions, updates and project status to peers, customers and management. * Documents final solutions, including root cause analysis. * In collaboration with development and IT, ensure product specifications and flowcharts, (dataflows, jobflows, etc.), are created (and refreshed) for each product and systems. Prepare concise internal product documentation on revisions. As needed ensure wiki and operational information is updated as needed. * Prepare and review time estimates for assigned tasks. Attends post-implementation reviews. * Improve process and tools to automate deployments and other operational tasks (i.e. monitoring application components) to improve efficiency and consistency. Knowledge to create scripts, tools, utilities and/or code to address issues with new projects and to resolve existing operational procedures (i.e. single-click deployments). * Participate in design and code-walk-through with development as it relates to new releases. * Participates in IT infrastructure design as it relates to product. * Liaisons between multiple departments, especially IT, communicating system changes and mitigating possible issues that may affect product, etc. Ensure appropriate infrastructure changes are socialized across the development and QA teams and any required validation are planned in a timely fashion.

**About You:** * 5-8 years Linux experience working across an enterprise platform in a LAMP environment * Solid understanding of LAMP on CentOS and Ubuntu * Expertise in troubleshooting and identifying server, operating system and application level errors * Experience with AWS and VMware environments * Source and deployment tools: SVN, Git, Jenkins, Maven * Expertise scripting in Python, Bash, Perl is a huge plus * Experience with Nagios, DataDog or other IT infrastructure monitoring software systems * Basic TCP/IP networking knowledge * Excellent communication and writing skills * Collaborative and approachable personality * 1-3 years with firewalls, antivirus, security patching * Experience working in data centers * Experience implementing Disaster Recovery and High Availability. **Qualifications** * Must be eligible to work in the United States (we are not able to sponsor visas at this time) * BS in Computer Science (or other technical discipline with significant computer coursework) or equivalent experience * Strong Linux administration skills