Solutions Architect

New Context is a rapidly growing consulting company in the heart of downtown San Francisco. We specialize in Lean Security: an approach that leads organizations to build better software thru hands-on technical and management consulting. We are a group of engineers who live and breath Agile Infrastructure, Systems Automation, Cloud Orchestration, and Information Security.

As a Solutions Architect at New Context you will be expected to provide technical leadership with a hands-on approach. On a daily basis you will be interfacing with our clients and other New Context team members while working from the New Context office, at client sites, or from your home. Expect to heavily leverage open source software to tackle challenges like delivery of highly secured containers to IoT devices or building Big Data ecosystems at petabyte scale and beyond.

Who you are:
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Possess a working knowledge of:

• TCP/IP, firewall policy design, social engineering, intrusion detection, code auditing, forensic analysis
• 5 years+ experience with public cloud and automated server provisioning
• Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code preferred
• Understanding of languages C, Perl, Python, and Ruby (some or all)
• Possess management experience
• Web App development / deployment
• Consulting experience preferred

Seasoned Technical Veteran

• 10+ years work experience as an Chief Architect, COO, Principal, CTO, SRE or related
• Experience with highly available and high-performance open source web technologies
• Existing familiarity (or the eagerness to learn) Ruby and/or Python is helpful

Excellent communication skills

• Experience working with external clients and customers
• Translate complex concepts to business customers

Team Player & Independent Thinker

• You must be able to think on your feet, communicate constantly and professionally, and above all else meet the expectations of our clients.
• Ability to communicate productively with customers to explain the technical aspects and project status.

Value Driven & Integrity

• At New Context, our core values are Humility, Integrity, Quality & Passion and this is lived by our employees every day!

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Technology we use:
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Automation

• Chef, Puppet, Docker, Ansible, Salt, Automated Testing

Containerization Ecosystem

• Docker, Mesosphere, Rancher, CoreOS, Kubernetes

Cloud & Virtualization

• AWS, Google Compute Engine, OpenStack, Cloudstack, kvm, libvirt

Tools

• Jenkins, Atlassian Suite, Pivotal Tracker, Vagrant, Git

Monitoring

• SysDig, Data Dog, AppDynamics, New Relic, Nagios, Zabbix

Databases/Datastores

• Cassandra, Hadoop, Redis, postgresql, MySQL

Security

• Compliance standards, firewalls, scanners, OSSEC

Languages

• Ruby, Python, GO

Our Methodologies

• Agile, Lean, DevOps, TDD, pair programming

Benefits

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• Impactful and compelling work
• Competitive salary, benefits and 401K
• Strong dedication to professional development
• All the tools and training you need to get the job done
• Great location on Market Street with fully stocked Snack Bar