Job: Senior Systems Administrator
Company: Kiva
Zip: 94110
Status: Accepting applications
Description:
Systems Administrator / Sr. Systems Administrator
The Company...
Called the "hottest non-profit on the planet" by FORTUNE magazine and a Top 50 Website by TIME, Kiva (www.kiva.org) is the world's first person-to-person lending marketplace for the poor. In just 4 years, Kiva has raised $100+ million for 300,000+ entrepreneurs in 50+ countries. Kiva combines the culture and approach of an internet start-up with an intense focus on alleviating global poverty. Kiva is poised to take its initial success to a whole new level - targeting $1 billion in loans by 2015 and expansion into new areas (e.g. student loans, climate change, etc). Headquartered in San Francisco, Kiva's team has 50 employees and 500+ volunteers.
The Team:
Kiva Engineering is a rapidly growing team of eleven motivated engineers. We operate as a "start-up" in that everybody counts, and your contribution has the potential to make a big impact: on Kiva, and the world at large. We follow a Scrum development process, with 20% of time allocated for engineering innovation.
Kiva.org is looking for a Systems Administrator to help us scale the next generation platform for raising and moving microfinance capital around the globe. You must be a savvy problem solver who can help us conquer new performance and deployment hurdles as we discover them, and should enjoy working in a startup environment (with all the challenges and rewards that come with it).
The Job:
* Ensure 24/7/365 operation of our website, www.kiva.org
* Design, build, and maintain infrastructure that keeps pace with demand
* Systems and network management
* Monitoring, shared on-call duty
* Apply expertise and ingenuity to automate administrative tasks wherever possible
* Application deployment, including development and testing environments
* Track, measure, and profile site performance and capacity
* Backup and disaster recovery plans
* All aspects of security
* Thorough documentation and clear communication with other members of team
Your Experience:
* 3+ years working in a production environment for consumer-facing website
* Expert-level knowledge of linux, apache, mysql, php
* Experience with advanced techniques for scaling LAMP webapps
* Experience deploying highly distributed or cloud computing architectures
* Strong automation skills, ideally with a tool like puppet/cfengine
* Attention to detail and excellent communication skills
* Enjoy working with a diverse set of talented people
* Self-motivated, with a history of doing things the right way
* Passionate about Kiva's mission
Compensation:
* Base salary with bonus potential for 2010, plus a comprehensive benefits package
* Tons of “psychic income” for doing good in the world – priceless!