Infrastructure/Automation Engineer

Welcome to Miaplaza!

Our vision is to elevate online learning by applying the most successful approaches in virtual education to create an accessible and inclusive homeschool curriculum platform where all students can be successful! Our K-8 platforms include Miacademy, Always Ice Cream, and Clever Dragons, and our 9-12 options include MiaPrep and MiaPrep Online High School. Our student base is rapidly growing, and we’re hiring for multiple positions across several departments! Our expansion stems from our commitment to providing exceptional educational content and our pursuit of new opportunities.

You can hear our CEO, Johannes Ziegler, discuss our company in this podcast:

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How you’ll make an impact:

You will be part of the infrastructure team that is responsible for managing and automating our servers and services. You will report to the infrastructure tech lead who will oversee and mentor your work, particularly with the use of the 'mgmt config' software. This is a fully-remote position, and your working hours are flexible, but we require a strong timezone overlap with GMT-5 and some overlap with GMT+2. There will be some off-hour / weekend / on-call work that will be required, but it's a team goal to minimize this where possible.

As a member of the infrastructure team, your responsibilities will include:

* Writing modules for the 'mgmt config' software for deploying our infrastructure

* Helping other teams with infrastructure architecture and automation

* Providing internal IT/tech support for our employees

* Extending our infrastructure needs with custom software or 'mgmt config' features written in Golang

* Working well with other members of the infrastructure team

* Doing manual systems administration work that is not yet automated

* Cultivating an inclusive team culture

What you’ll love about working at Miaplaza:

• You’ll be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to innovative education solutions for children who learn in diverse ways

• Our 100% remote team can work from any productive location within or outside the U.S

• We promote flexibility and encourage employees to shape their work environments and schedules around their lives!

• Full-time employees (in the USA) are eligible for health, dental, and vision insurance, inclusive of specialty care options like fertility benefits, mental health services, and chiropractic care, FSA, HSA, and life insurance

• All US employees are eligible for a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), floating holidays, parental leave, and other perks and benefits

• You’ll collaborate with colleagues on challenging and rewarding projects, and connect through community and culture events

• Learn more by visiting our careers page!

Ready to apply?

Please start by submitting your application and resume. The hiring process varies by position but generally includes assessments, a phone call interview, an assignment, and a final video interview. Reflecting our commitment to our students, we prioritize accessibility and inclusivity within our hiring practices and team. Please contact HR if you need accommodation at any point during hiring or employment. Miaplaza is an E-Verify participating employer (for individuals hired in the United States). Salary

While we are ideally looking for someone earlier in their career with a strong desire to learn, we are also open to applications from senior candidates.  As a result, we have two salary bands for the role - For junior to mid-level applicants, we offer $50,000 to $90,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

For senior-level applicants, we offer $100,000 to $140,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

We will discuss this with you early in your recruitment process so that we can agree on what band you fall into before proceeding further.

Seniority and experience level:

We are looking for someone who is earlier in their career and has a strong desire to learn. If you don't precisely meet the requirements below but believe you meet the spirit of the role, please apply and let us know how your experience could benefit our team.

You may be a good fit if you have (requirements):

* Strong GNU+Linux skills with experience in both .deb and .rpm environments

* Intermediate proficiency with git

* Intermediate Golang experience

* Intermediate proficiency with bash

* Systems administration and/or systems engineering experience

* Virtualization experience using libvirt/kvm/qemu

* Basic proficiency with IPv4 networking

* Basic proficiency with systemd

* Internally motivated, autodidact

* Proficient communication in English (both written and spoken)

* University degree (not necessarily software-related) or relevant experience

* Strong interpersonal and communication skills

* Growth mindset and motivated by constructive feedback

* Proven ability to work independently, manage schedules, and meet deadlines

* Highly motivated, proactive, and seeks opportunities for continuous improvement

* High standards of integrity and transparency

What makes you stand out (nice-to-haves):

* Experience with the mgmt config project: https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/

* Advanced golang concurrency programming

* Compiler design / programming

* PostgreSQL administration

* LDAP/Kerberos/FreeIPA experience

* etcd (distributed key-value store) experience

* Shorewall (iptables frontend) experience