Infrastructure Engineer

Visma is the leading provider of business software and services for accounting and administration. The group comprises five business areas which are Visma Software, Visma BPO, Visma Commerce Solutions, Visma Retail and Visma Projects & Consulting. As one of few suppliers yet to combine software and BPO, Visma has been a Nordic and European consolidator as the products and services have become increasingly popular among the company�s more than 340 000 customers. Today, Visma is known for developing leading software solutions and high-quality services for satisfied customers in combination with financial strength and solid growth. The objective is to make the customers more efficient and competitive through freedom of choice between software solutions and outsourcing services. Total group revenues for 2011 were NOK 5 142 million.

Requirements and qualifications:


• Preferably MSc or BSc degree in computer science, engineering or similar
• Self-driven with an eagerness to get things done - in a good manner
• Ability to work independently but also easily to collaborate with team members
• Ability to take initiative, propose and pursue viable technical solutions.
• Be well planned and well documented
• Fluent in English speaking and writing
• Experience with key-value stores and other NoSQL databases
• Good knowledge and experience with proxies and load balancers
• Experience with queuing systems
• Knowledge about virtual machines clusters: setup, configuration, scaling, maintenance
• Experience with cloud systems and cloud suppliers
• Good command of relational databases and replication systems
• Some experience with monitoring systems
• Good knowledge about network attached storage systems
• Good knowledge of bash scripting and Linux systems. Good command of Linux system setup, administration and operation
• Knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Ruby (preferred), Python, Perl, Java, Scala, Go
• Experience with source control systems
• Good command of SQL querying, knowledge of operation and administration of MySQL or MariaDB systems
• Knowledge about continuous integration and delivery systems
Some potentially relevant knowledge areas/ technologies: Redis, MongoDB, mariaDB, Beanstalkd, Haproxy, Ganeti, , Git, Zabbix, Graylog, Ruby

Work tasks:

• Operate a highly complex, high availability SaaS ecosystem, ensure system is available in respect to our uptime requirements. Response to alerts.
• Constantly analyze and plan system scaling on different levels (web server, application servers, database, storage, linked systems)
• Ensure system is secure, must be able to identify and act when DoD, Brute force or other type of attacks happen
• Make reports on system status
• Assist good deployment routines
• Handle external providers
• Keep up-to-date on new technologies, methods and tools
• Participate in our Scrum processes and other team activities

Benefits:


• A very financial sound, rapidly growing and profitable work place that takes good care of employees
• Competitive salary
• Possibility to participate in various training programs and conferences (remote or on-site)
• Travel opportunities: team gathers in different locations for planning, training and team building activities
• Percentages of time allocated to personal projects that have the purpose to improve our systems
• Modern technology, work methods and tools
• Private medical and pension insurance, 13th salary, sport program