Role overview
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.
What we're looking for
- 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
- 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.