Systems Engineer

+ About ThousandEyes

ThousandEyes is an early-stage startup in the application performance management (APM) space backed by Sequoia Capital and with offices in San Francisco.

The commoditization of the Internet is changing not only the way the applications are delivered, but also the way applications are architected, with the increasing use of cloud services,  SaaS and virtualization. This trend results in loss of control and visibility causing existing solutions to be inadequate and presents new challenges in application performance management for organizations.

At ThousandEyes, we believe that one does not have to sacrifice visibility and control when adopting distributed architectures and cloud services. To this end we are building a novel platform that truly understands the infrastructure layer underneath complex distributed applications as well as the end to end application delivery. Our core technology is a combination of active probing by exploiting protocols to extract critical data as well as passive techniques such as capturing traffic to infer network and application metrics. We are a team of radical thinkers and hackers and our core principle is to out innovate our competitors. We are actively looking for like minded people who enjoy hacking protocols and are passionate about disrupting the performance management space through our next generation platform.


+ Systems Engineer

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related ThousandEyes infrastructure. This can include provision of cloud instances, turning on vps servers, streamlining deployments, configuring virtual instances, scaling out db servers. The candidate should posses the following skills:

• Excellent knowledge of linux OS (including NFS, NIS, LDAP)
• Knowledge of MS Windows server architectures, including Microsoft System Center (SCOM, SCCM, SCVMM), Active Directory, MS Exchange, MS Sharepoint
• VMWare ESXi , vCenter, vSphere
• Automation frameworks such as Puppet/Chef/Hudson/Cruise Control
• Knowledge of router/switch config a big plus (Cisco IOS)


+ Benefits

• Stock options (yes we are a startup)
• Freedom to express your creativity (direct contribution to core product)
• Really smart and cool colleagues (we expect you to be cool too)
• A cool office on the 17th floor with a view of the bay bridge (reminds our staff that we are in San Francisco)
• Gourmet coffee, high quality fruit juices and mostly healthy snacks.