Senior Infrastructure Engineer (CDN)

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p class="p1"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Rumble </strong>is <em>the</em> Freedom-First technology platform. We proudly offer a video platform, cloud services, advertising solutions, and a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rumble is seeking a<strong> Senior Infrastructure Engineer (CDN)</strong> who will be a pivotal member of the team that builds and maintains the infrastructure that is at the core of the Rumble platform. Candidates applying for this position should be very experienced and highly skilled network infrastructure engineers who are excited about the opportunity of building and supporting a fast growing, fault tolerant and high capacity platform.  A person who would be a successful candidate for this position loves challenges and problem solving, and has spent their career working on mission critical infrastructure.  This role requires someone who is motivated and can work both independently and as part of a team.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will do:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Have a key role in designing and supporting Rumble’s Content Distribution Network and DNS infrastructure</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Building out fault tolerant infrastructure at a sometimes fast and relentless pace</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Improve performance and stability by optimizing routing, network performance, enhancing caching, load balancing and capacity planning</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Documenting improvements and exchanging ideas with other members of the team</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Participation in an on-call rotation, responding to and resolving incidents while communicating status to other members of the team</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Occasional travel as needed</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">8+ years of relevant network experience</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong understanding of IP networking, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, and caching mechanisms to handle traffic routing and content distribution efficiently</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In depth knowledge of DNS architecture, including hierarchy, name resolution processes and record types (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, etc.)</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Previous experience managing a robust DNS deployment</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Bash or Perl for automating server configurations, deployments and maintenance</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Solid experience with linux systems and using them in a production environment</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Expert troubleshooting experience — you’re calm under pressure and can dissect and resolve the toughest infrastructure issues.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to create and maintain high quality network documentation</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;…