Intern Linux Systems Engineer (Summer)

Who Are We? 

We are a team that brought you Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner, dedicated to providing cybersecurity, privacy, and identity protection to over 500 million users in 150 countries. At Gen, we offer flexible working options, generous time off, and competitive benefits in a diverse and inclusive environment where every team member is valued and celebrated. If you are smart, fearless, and dedicated, join us to power Digital Freedom and help consumers take control of their digital lives.

Intern - Systems Engineer Linux (Summer) Must be an active student

This is a full-time, 12-week internship program starting July 1st, based in Brno. A cover letter is optional but encouraged – (I do read them.!)

What we do

Our goal is to provide platforms for the engineering teams enabling them to deploy, monitor and operate their software as independently as possible. We use a combination of open-source and SaaS technologies stringed together to provide the functionality we need. 

At scale

The infrastructure we manage consists of several thousands of servers and VMs located in both data centers and cloud regions around the world and over 100 backend applications providing services to more than 500 million client applications/devices.

This would not be possible without automation and Infrastructure-as-a-Code mindset. Our main tools for this purpose are Puppet, Terraform, Ansible and Python and we try to use them wherever feasible.

"The size of the infrastructure and the number of client devices bring many interesting challenges and issues, starting with tuning OS and databases and ending with fighting an apparent DDoS attack."

Our daily work

We are split into a few teams each responsible for a given set of technologies. Everyone has assigned at least one such technology which they maintain and improve. There are always several projects running implementing major new features or redesigning current technology stack. We do not have purely operative positions, though handling incidents and requests is a natural part of the job.

We value openness, ability to express own opinion and a desire to improve yourself and the team.

Competencies:

• Good working experience with Linux OS (RHEL-based distro)

• Knowledge of TCP/IP protocols

• Shell scripting

• Desire to learn new technologies and to solve various technical challenges

• Positive working attitude, teamwork spirit and communication skills

• English written and spoken

It is a plus, if you know/have:

• Other scripting language (Python preferred)

• Experience with config management tools (eg. Puppet, Terraform, Ansible)

• Public cloud experience (GCP, Azure or AWS)

• Docker/Kubernetes experience

What we offer:

• An amazing and truly international work environment

• The chance to join a major global tech company

• Many opportunities for professional growth

• Benefit Plus Point Program (Cafeteria)

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Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency. 

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws. 

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.