Systems Administrator

Warby Parker is a transformative fashion brand offering designer eyewear at a revolutionary price while leading the way for socially-conscious businesses. We’re looking to hire a stellar Systems Administrator who will be responsible for aiding in architecting and maintaining a robust distributed systems infrastructure that will enable the company to succeed as it grows. You'll be working in a fast-paced, fun environment, and your work will be seen by millions of people. While experience is appreciated, the ability to learn and apply new technologies is equally important-- if not more so! This is a salaried full-time position with benefits.

Since all work and no play makes a dull office, we’re thoroughly committed to infusing our days with food, surprises, brain-stimulating activities and, when appropriate, costumes. As a team member at Warby Parker you can look forward to catered lunches three times a week, gym membership, company outings, guest speakers, and all sorts of other goodness.

What you'll do:

• Security administration and environment hardening
• Server environment monitoring
• Proactive/preventative system servicing
• Virtualized environment management
• Network troubleshooting and general management
• Write amazing documentation
• VoIP administration
• Administer software systems (internal and hosted)
• On-call support for production operations

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of relevant work experience
• 2+ years of experience administering Linux-based production systems (preferably CentOS or RHEL)
• 2+ years of experience with VMWare ESX or similar virtualization systems (KVM)
• Basic-to-Advanced understanding of Internet-related applications (e-mail, FTP, browsers, etc.)
• Basic-to-Advanced knowledge of scripting languages (Shell, Bash, PERL, or Python preferred)
• Ability to lift hardware weighing 50 pounds or more
• Eye for details
• Outstanding interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Willingness to gain and share knowledge
• Comfort and desire to work in any OS (including Windows and Mac OS)

Extra credit:

• Puppet
• Systems Automation
• Experience with database administration (MySQL preferred)
• Strong desire to use, support, and commit back to open source projects
• Understanding of network architecture, and administration

Some benefits and perks of working at Warby Parker:

• Catered lunch (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
• Cell phone stipend
• Health/Vision/Dental
• Free eyewear (Discounts for friends and family!)
• Free gym membership
• Bagel Wednesdays!
• Happy Hour (Thursdays)
• Quarterly team outings