Senior Infrastructure Engineer

About Toptal Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand. With $200+ million in annual revenue and team members based around the globe, Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce. We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun. We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold. Job Summary: We are looking for an experienced Engineer to build and scale services in a cloud environment within our Infrastructure team. Our Infrastructure Engineers work with a high-energy, fast-paced team responsible for supporting initiatives and operations across Toptal. This is a remote position. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance. Resumes and communication must be submitted in English. Responsibilities: The following information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or required skills. ·        Toptal services are deployed across hundreds of servers. You will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining the core logging, database, networking, and monitoring infrastructure across hundreds of servers. This includes ensuring high availability and optimal performance of these critical systems. ·        We are embracing DevOps practices, where the Infrastructure team develops systems, automation, tooling, and workflows, and consults/mentors Developer teams to enable them to own the whole lifecycle of the software they are making. ·        Implement monitoring for automated system health checks, develop procedures, and maintain system troubleshooting and maintenance documentation. ·        Collaborate regularly with Engineering teams to improve the company’s engineering tools, systems, procedures, and data security, not just administer clusters and cloud services. ·        Join daily scrum standups. Expect pair programming, engaging in peer code reviews, and using collaboration tools like Slack and Zoom. ·        Design, develop, document, analyze, create, test, or modify computer or cloud-based systems or programs. In the first week, expect to: ·        Join our team and get introduced to Toptal’s practices and processes. ·        Learn about our team’s processes and get familiar with the code that maintains our infrastructure resources. In the first month, expect to: ·        Gain insight into our system topology and how the whole system is structured. ·        Understand our monitoring systems, alerting systems, and security. ·        Participate in team meetings and get familiar with the ongoing projects and initiatives. ·        Talk and meet with people from the operations squad. In the first three months, expect to: ·        Start working on support tasks to familiarize yourself with the core tools, setup, and everyday challenges. ·        Provide excellent customer service by understanding and addressing the team’s needs and expectations through effective communication and collaboration while learning about our infrastructure. ·        Deliver internal infrastructure and services such as monitoring, logging, automation, and data services targeted at our internal users. In the first six months, expect to: ·        Support Infrastructure design, architecture, and implementation. ·        Have opportunities to be involved in systems design, identify new technologies to support the business, and resolve infrastructure compatibility and performance problems as they arise. ·        Participate in the on-call rotation schedule (during business and after hours) to support all infrastructure-related systems, while exercising discretion and independent judgment. ·        Report any downtime or performance issues faced by the system, drill down to find out what caused it, and coordin ... (truncated, view full listing at source)