Systems Engineer

The Web3 Foundation nurtures and stewards technologies and applications for the decentralized web. We collaborate with cutting-edge developer teams, researchers and community leaders to strengthen and extend the uses of decentralized technologies; building the future of identity, privacy, financial markets, commerce, and more.

Our core project at the moment is Polkadot, a protocol designed to connect blockchains and allow them to interoperate, share security and more. In addition, we are supporting the development of a number of technologies that form the Web 3.0 tech stack - such as decentralized messaging, distributed storage or secret management.

Tasks

You will join W3F s SecOps team, and

• Carry out daily IT operations, including installation, configuration, patch management, and IT support
• Take over ownership and access management of various internal and external services such as GitLab, Matrix Synapse and Google Workspace
• Take over ownership of software and hardware inventories and their life cycle management

Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in IT operations, system administration, or similar roles
• Security awareness & best practices
• Experience with Linux and OSX
• Scripting experience, e.g. in Bash
• Networking experience such as routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs
• Willingness to be part of on-call duty rotation
• Team orientated and capable of working with multiple stakeholders
• Main work location is Zug, partly remote possible
• English proficiency: verbal and written

A Plus

• Interest in new technologies and decentralisation
• Familiarity with cloud environments and container orchestration systems, e.g. Kubernetes
• Familiarity with on-prem/cloud automation technologies such as Helm, Ansible
• Experience in implementing and automating security best practices with tools such as MDM, vulnerability management, EDR, SIEM/SOAR
• Experience with APIs
• German language skills

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and employee benefits
• Regular company retreats at unique locations located around Europe
• Opportunity to work in a multinational, high-performance team with diverse backgrounds (i.e. physics, computer science, machine-learning algorithm design, legal, financial products, management consulting, marketing & advertising, etc.)

To apply to this position, we ask you to answer a few questions in the application form, and to submit your CV and a cover letter, telling us a bit about yourself and your motivation to join us.