Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer

Armis, the cyber exposure management & security company, protects the entire attack surface and manages an organization's cyber risk exposure in real time. In a rapidly evolving, perimeter-less world, Armis ensures that organizations continuously see, protect and manage all critical assets - from the ground to the cloud. Armis secures Fortune 100, 200 and 500 companies as well as national governments, state and local entities to help keep critical infrastructure, economies and society stay safe and secure 24/7.

Armis is a privately held company headquartered in California.

At Armis, search is a core pillar of our product. We power applications, dashboards, and reports with search capabilities that operate at massive scale.

Our mission is to simplify the development of search products while guaranteeing their high performance in production. This means addressing the toughest challenges of scalability, latency, and reliability head-on. By building robust infrastructure, leveraging deep expertise in database technologies, and equipping developers with the right knowledge and best practices, our team delivers innovative solutions that elevate the search experience across the Armis platform.

We're looking for a skilled and passionate engineer to join our team and help shape the future of search at Armis. If you thrive in fast-moving environments and enjoy solving complex, large-scale problems, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll do...

• Develop and Maintain Search Infrastructure: Design and support Armis search infrastructure, creating software that streamlines development and ensures reliability and observability for the search capabilities in the entire Armis platform.
• Improve Infrastructure Observability: Develop monitoring tools, enhance alerting systems, and help developers better monitor and understand their search applications.
• Monitor and Support Production Systems: Monitor the search applications and databases from an infrastructure perspective. Provide on-call production support, and assist in troubleshooting and incident resolution.
• Architecture and Design Reviews: Work with the architecture team and with developers starting at the design phase. Advise on proper use of the search infrastructure, explaining infrastructure capabilities, limitations, tradeoffs, and optimization opportunities.
• Optimize Infrastructure Performance: Conduct research, build proofs of concept, and perform benchmark tests to identify and implement technology improvements.
• Provide Developer Support and Training: Guide developers on best practices, create documentation, and conduct workshops to ensure efficient use of the infrastructure.

What we expect...

• Extensive Experience: Minimum of 8 years in software engineering, with a focus on data services, backend infrastructure, and large-scale distributed systems.
• Expertise in Databases and Search: Extensive knowledge of Database internals, for most transactional and analytical workloads, including relational databases and data warehouses, NoSQL databases, and data lakes.
• Proficiency with PostgresSQL: Experience with PostgresSQL, including its internals, query optimizations, database modeling, and database parameters tuning.
• Strong Programming Skills: Proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, or Scala, with experience in developing and maintaining software libraries.
• Infrastructure Management: Demonstrated ability to design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure, including automated deployment and operations.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Observability and Monitoring: Expertise in enhancing system observability, creating monitoring tools, and implementing alerting and self-healing mechanisms.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Proven track record in troubleshooting, incident resolution, and optimizing system performance through research and benchmarking.
• Ownership and Accountability: A strong sense of ownership and accountability, ensuring the highest quality and performance in all aspects of the work.
• Collaboration and Communication: Excellent communication skills and experience in supporting and training developers, conducting peer reviews, and creating documentation and best practices.

Bonus Qualities

• Mentorship and Leadership: Proven ability to mentor and lead teams, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.
• Open Source Contributions: Active participation in contributing to open source libraries, showcasing a commitment to community and innovation.
• Community Involvement: Engagement in related software communities, such as forums, user groups, or special interest groups.
• Public Speaking: Experience presenting sessions or workshops at industry summits, conferences, or meetups, demonstrating thought leadership and expertise.
• Published Works: Authoring articles, blogs, or papers on relevant topics, contributing to the broader knowledge base of the field.

The choices you make in your career journey matter. You want to do interesting work in an important field while also having time to live your life, which is why we place so much value in your life-work balance. Armis sets you up for success with comprehensive health benefits, discretionary time off, paid holidays including monthly me days, and a highly inclusive and diverse workplace. Put your unique experiences and perspective to work in an environment where they will enable you to thrive, grow, and live your life with integrity.

Armis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We never discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected (or not) status. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization.

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