Systems Engineer

Ready to embark on the quest of joining Hack The Box?

At the end of this thrilling journey, you'll become a proud member of Hack The Box, with the ultimate mission to help redefine cybersecurity expertise. Get ready for an exciting adventure into the world of cybersecurity! 🚀🔒💻

✨The core mission of the Systems Engineer:

Our product is developing rapidly, which is why we are on the lookout for an experienced System Engineer to ensure a smooth operation of our infrastructure and a great experience for our community of Hack The Box gamers. 

Your role will be, firstly to understand the scope of the team's activities and then gradually undertake ownership of the certain responsibilities. Finally, as a member of Hack The Box team you’ll be able to develop and sharpen your cyber security knowledge and skills, having unlimited access to all public content. 

We're all hackers at heart, and as such a hacker mentality will enable you to contribute and integrate more efficiently. A slew of certifications or university degrees are not what we're looking for - what we're looking for is passion.

🍺 The fellowship you’ll be joining:

As a part of Hack The Box, you will work with a group of talented and passionate people. Reporting to the relevant Team Lead within the department, you will be part of the greater Infrastructure team. The team consists of Data Engineers, SREs and, last but not least, System Engineers. 

⚔️ Technology tools & weapons you’ll be using:

• Ansible, vSphere, vCenter, Linux, scripting languages, SQL

📚 Interesting resources you should check:

• Our latest R&D meetup 2024
• Asterios’s journey into Data Engineering

🚀 The adventures that await you after becoming Systems Engineer at Hack The Box:

• Monitor and maintain installed systems and infrastructure within the team scope

• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Work closely with content developers to support them from an infrastructure perspective
• Troubleshoot complex problems on critical infrastructure & production networks 
• Maintain proper documentation on Git 
• Research on new technologies to improve the quality of our systems

🏆 Skills, knowledge, and experience points required to unlock the role of Systems Engineer at Hack The Box:

• Strong experience on VMware ecosystem (mainly vSphere, vCenter) 

• Strong experience on Linux OS and some on Microsoft
• Previous experience with systems monitoring ( e.g., zabbix)
• Good scripting skills (e.g., Ansible, powershell, shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python, Go)
• Experience with network troubleshooting
• Experience in relational databases (ideally MySQL) and ability to conduct solid SQL queries
• Good understanding of security compliance principles (legal implications, GDPR)
• Strong written and spoken English

🕹️ What your Hack The Box adventure will have in store:

• 🎯You'll have the exhilarating opportunity to contribute to a product that is highly appreciated by users and the cybersecurity community at large.
• 🎯 You'll experience a highly supportive and caring environment, fostering growth, flexibility, and autonomy.
• 🎯 You'll embark on an exciting journey of continuous learning and problem-solving, leveling up as our organization grows.
• 🎯 Most importantly, you'll have a blast at HTB 🥳 because fun is an essential ingredient in our recipe for success! Just wait until you see our global meet-ups!

💰 The gems you’ll be enjoying as Systems Engineer

• Private insurance
• 25 annual leave days
• Dedicated budget for training and professional development, participation in conferences
• State-of-the-art equipment (Macbook, iPhone, and mobile plan)
• Free lunch & snacks at the office
• Full access to the Hack The Box lab offerings; so you can learn how to hack
• Flexible/Hybrid working

🗺️ The Quest of Becoming Hack The Box’s Systems Engineer:

• Level 1: Like in any game, you start as a Noob. Level one’s objective: submit your application.

• Level 2: After applying, you unlock the Script Kiddie rank! This level’s objective: pass the screening process.

• Level 3: Now you’re officially ranked as Hacker and you’re ready to meet the Talent Acquisition team. Level’s objective: highlight your past achievements, ambitions, and values.

• Level 4: As a Pro-Hacker at level 4, you’ll unlock the “boss level”, which involves meeting the hiring manager. Level’s objective: connect with the hiring manager and share with them your achievements.

• Level 5: Now you’re an Elite Hacker! Level’s objective: complete an assignment that aligns with day-to-day job-related tasks and responsibilities.

• Level 6: Congratulations, you're now a Guru! Not many reach this level 💪. Level’s objective: have a constructive, final conversation with senior leadership to explore the role and your future at HTB.

• Level 7: You've achieved the Omniscient rank and officially received an offer from HTB! To complete the last level and the Quest, all you need to do is accept the offer.

• Quest complete. Congratulations, you’re officially one of us 🥳🎉🎇Your next quest: complete the onboarding.

Hack Your Career, Today. Join us in this epic adventure of cybersecurity at Hack The Box! 🚀🔒💻

At Hack The Box, we are on a quest to find the most exceptional and enthusiastic talent to join our team. Whether or not you consider yourself a gamer, we value what makes you unique and want to know more about you. This job post provides just a glimpse of the incredible gamified experience our business and consumer customers enjoy through our platforms. So, if you're ready to embark on a journey of growth and adventure, we can't wait to meet you!

About HTB:

Hack The Box is a leading gamified cybersecurity upskilling, certification, and talent assessment platform enabling individuals, businesses, government institutions, and universities to sharpen their offensive and defensive security expertise.

Launched in 2017, Hack The Box brings together the largest global cybersecurity community of more than 2m platform members and is on a mission to create and connect cyber-ready humans and organizations through highly engaging hacking experiences that cultivate out-of-the-box thinking. Offering a fully guided and exploratory skills development environment, Hack The Box is the ideal solution for cybersecurity professionals and organizations to continuously enhance their cyber-attack readiness by improving their red, blue, and purple team capabilities.

Rapidly growing its international footprint and reach, Hack The Box is headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Greece and the US.

🚨 Exciting News:

• We are super proud to share that HTB’s all three entities across the UK, US, and Greece have been Certified as a Great Place to Work (Oct 2023-Oct 2024). 
• Furthermore, the HTB's Greek entity has been listed by the Great Place to Work Insitute as the#4 Best Workplace in Greece and #7 in Europe for 2023, among more than 3,300 companies💪 
• Get more insights about our HTB culture and employee experience by visiting our career site and Glassdoor.

At Hack The Box, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We believe that diversity enriches our performance, services, and the communities we serve. As such, we ensure that all job applications are considered solely based on merit, skills, and qualifications. We do not discriminate on grounds of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are dedicated to providing a fair and respectful work environment that reflects our values.