INACTIVE
Full-Time
Hardware Systems Engineer
Web performance & security platform
Hardware
Consumer Software
Junior, Mid, Senior
London, UK + 1 more
Required Skills
Bash
Python
Git
JIRA
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science
- Desire to learn about the Cloudflare hardware used by almost 20% of all web sites
- Desire to learn how a diverse server fleet is managed at scale
- Desire to learn the tools Cloudflare uses to maintain and monitor our hardware
- Knowledge of PXE booting
- Knowledge of configuration management, in particular we use salt to manage our fleet
- Knowledge of Redfish, IPMI and server remote management protocols
- Knowledge of running production mission critical systems
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automation tools to update firmware on servers and components in Cloudflare's fleet
- Work with software teams to validate bug fixes and performance of new firmware revisions
- Test and deploy firmware updates to the fleet, monitoring the progress of the rollout for compliance and reliability
- Work with server and component vendors to obtain, debug, and maintain the latest updates
- Work with our Site Reliability Engineering teams to triage bug reports
- Support our Data Centre Engineering teams in resolving hardware issues
- Communicate your results and updates through blog posts, internal talks, and tickets
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with server hardware architecture
- Knowledge of debugging server hardware faults and the ability to engage with our sourcing team and vendors to improve quality
- Experience of managing large fleets comprising of thousands of servers
- Experience of observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana, and the ability to observe trends over time
- Experience scripting and programming, in particular python and bash
- Experience with software development tools and processes such as git, Bitbucket and TeamCity and Jira
Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet. The company specializes in providing a content delivery network and DDoS mitigation services.
Company Stage
Series E
Total Funding
$354.3M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2009
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↑ 8%1 year growth
↑ 21%2 year growth
↑ 47%Benefits
Competitive salaries
Take-what-you-need paid vacation policy
Comprehensive health plans and benefits
Paid maternity and paternity leave
Commuter and ride share options
Returnships
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