Summary
Come work within the Technology department at the Wikimedia Foundation! Cloud Services curates environments that host tools and services utilized across Wikimedia projects. A significant portion of edit traffic on Wikipedia for example, is done by community developed tools we host!
Our team maintains Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Data as a Service products. The team works in partnership (our puppet repo is public! And yes, you can contribute to it!) with the larger Wikimedia volunteer community to manage these environments. Candidates should be comfortable communicating in public and asynchronous ways with volunteers and developers from around the world.
You’ll work remotely with a full-time distributed team, with members spread between Europe and North America, and need to overlap (UTC-4 to UTC+2) working hours. Some examples of the type of work you’ll be doing include:
Expanding the capabilities of our toolforge platform and upgrading kubernetes
Providing a curated Jupyter notebook environment for data analysis and queries of Wikimedia data
Upgrading, customizing, and adding new services to Openstack
And the backlog has even more details!
You will be responsible for:
Designing and implementing Cloud Services storage infrastructure and services. We’d like to make it easier to backup our users data as well as do maintenance on our services by utilizing distributed storage.
Performing day-to-day operational tasks on Wikimedia’s Cloud Services infrastructure (deployment, maintenance, configuration, troubleshooting). Develop and support automation tools and processes in support of these tasks.
Participating in on-call rotation and support in a 24×7 environment
Skills and experience:
Experience in designing and operating Ceph or similar distributed storage clusters in production environments
Comfortable working and thriving within a Linux ecosystem
Software development skills in at least one of the following languages: Python, Go, Javascript, and/or Ruby
B. S.or M. S. in Computer Science or related field or equivalent in related work experience.
Qualities that are important to us:
Share our values, appreciate our code of conduct, support our team norms, and work in accordance with all three
Strong English language skills and ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team
Support of our users (volunteer and staff developers) using our service offerings
Passionate about the value of learning and growing together
Additionally, we’d love it if you have:
Utilized configuration management tools such as Puppet, Ansible, Chef, and SaltStack
Built data pipelines and or worked with streaming real time data
Used Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Mesos, or similar container orchestration platforms
Operated an elastic computing environment such as OpenStack or Cloudstack
Operated Open Source database systems like MySQL and Postgres
Experience in serverless computing environments
Linux systems troubleshooting and debugging skills
Interest in open source software projects and communities
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or (415) 839-6885.
U.S.Benefits & Perks*
Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)
The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, baby sitting, continuing education and much more
The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary
Flexible and generous time off – vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 19 paid holidays – including the last week of the year.
Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.
For those emergency moments – long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program
Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses
Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available
Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax
Great colleagues – diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people
*Eligible international workers’ benefits are specific to their location and dependent on their employer of record
More information
Wikimedia Foundation Blog Wikimedia 2030 Wikimedia Medium Term Plan Diversity and inclusion information for Wikimedia workers, by the numbers Wikimania 2019 Annual Report – 2017 This is Wikimedia Foundation Facts Matter Our Projects Fundraising Report
