Platform Engineer (Agent)

Sysdig is driving the standard for securing the cloud and containers. We created Falco, the open standard for cloud-native threat detection, and consistently contribute to open source software projects.  We are passionate, technical problem-solvers, continually innovating and delivering powerful solutions to secure the cloud from source to run. We value diversity and open dialog to spur ideas, working closely together to achieve goals. We’re an international company that understands how to cultivate a strong culture across a remote team. And we're a great place to work too — we've been named a Bay Area Best Place to Work by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal for three years now! We were recognized by Deloitte as one of the 500 fastest growing organizations in 2020 and 2021. We are looking for team members who have a passion for container and cloud security and are willing to dig deeper to help our customers. Does this sound like the right place for you? What you will do You will be part of the "Agent - Install & Tools" team; we work in many domains, moving from software development to building pieces of infrastructure... and gluing them together with automation! 😄️ You can get a sneak peek of the goals we have as a team (and some of the projects that help us to achieve them): Develop & maintain mechanisms to provide our customers a top-notch experience when it comes to adopting and installing our components both in cloud native and host environments (e.g. Ansible roles/playbooks, Kubernetes operators, Helm charts, etc.) Design and implement a packaging and distribution framework that every other team in the company will use as a building block to ship their host side components (aka “agents”) to our customers Take care of developers' experience for the Agent Team by creating or adopting new tools to orchestrate development environments, managing and improving the CI infrastructures, creating tools to automate processes, etc. Assist internal and external customers with component installation or configuration issues, and use this information to create a feedback loop for improvement Incorporate inputs from our Product team and customers to streamline the lifecycle management of our products As part of the team, you will be involved in one or more of them! What you will bring with you You will bring your expertise to the team, and you will be exposed to other, perhaps less familiar, aspects of technology, working (and growing) alongside the other team mate to achieve the team's goals. We are looking for people who have technical expertise in: Experience with public cloud vendors (e.g.: AWS, GKE, Azure) Experience in Infrastructure as Code (e.g.: terraform, AWS CDK) Experience in host installation tools (e.g.: Ansible, Puppet, Chef) Experience with Kubernetes (CKA or equivalent level) Experience with some programming/scripting language Experience in building automation to improve efficiency and quality of deliverable (e.g.: building pipeline with GH Actions or Jenkins, creating CLI tools) As plus , if you also have one or more of these skills... you could be a perfect fit for this role! Software architecture & coding best practices Skill in Go programming language (with 2+ years of dev experience) from design to debugging Experience developing and maintaining Kubernetes Operators Experience in build system (e.g.: CMake, Bazel, Buck) Involvement in open source projects (see https://sysdig.com/opensource/ ) What we look for Eagerness to be part of our company and its culture (see our company principles https://sysdig.com/about/#canvas-10 ) An appetite for problem solving . Whether an issue be in the components you own or with other aspects of the environment, having the grit to dig deeper to understand the problem is crucial Being a team player (e.g.: suggest on how to organize/improve workflows, know how to having meaningful discussions, mentor other team members) Experience of working in a remote and distributed team (strong written communication skills) Experience working in mid/large size projects in a dynamic (that doesn't mean chaotic!) environment Why work at Sysdig? We’re a well-funded startup that already has a large enterprise customer base We have a pragmatic, transparent culture, from the CEO down We have an organizational focus on delivering value to customers Our open source tools ( https://sysdig.com/opensource/ ) are widely used and loved by technologists & developers When you join Sysdig, you can expect: Competitive compensation including equity opportunities Flexible hours and additional recharge days Mental wellbeing support through Modern Health for you and your family Monthly wellness reimbursement Career growth     Some of our Hiring Managers are globally distributed, an English version of your Cv will be highly appreciated! #LI-NB1