{linebreak}(Please note that we are currently only considering candidates who live in North America.){linebreak}{linebreak}This is a full time position with a dynamic, education-focused software company.{linebreak}{linebreak}We make numerous web applications as well as desktop and mobile applications. Our catalog includes: Starry Night (starrynight.com), The Layered Earth (layeredearth.com) and SkySafari (skysafariapp.com).{linebreak}{linebreak}We are looking for a superstar System Administrator / DevOps Engineer / Backend Developer to manage day-to-day maintenance, development, server restructuring and service upgrades.{linebreak}{linebreak}The position is available via telecommuting, but a candidate based in the Montreal, QC area or Minneapolis, MN may be preferred.{linebreak}{linebreak}As the Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer you would:{linebreak}{linebreak}- Manage AWS setups including OpsWorks, EC2, CloudFront, Lambda, RDS and others.{linebreak}{linebreak}- Take care of DNS and other cloud services that Simulation Curriculum uses {linebreak}- Build web tools for internal use with PHP/Python/SQL/HTML/CSS/JavaScript {linebreak}- Help design and improve our server hierarchy by doing research on different technologies and services that we could utilize{linebreak}{linebreak}- Remotely manage OS X colocated machines.{linebreak}- Assist in improving our current database structure {linebreak}- Maintain our existing servers and services {linebreak}- Improve our logging and problem detection strategies {linebreak}- Write shell scripts to automate some of the server tasks {linebreak}- Manage server security and backup{linebreak}{linebreak}- Assist in testing new software and software updates that rely on back-end services {linebreak}- Assist in maintaining our websites and web services {linebreak}- Implement new websites/services and suggest improvements where possible