Overview:
Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 5,500+ employees and ~30,000 customers worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we’re transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers human connection.
Headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, Cvent (formerly NYSE: CVT) was acquired by Blackstone and Vista for $4.6B in 2023.
Cvent's strength lies in its people, fostering a culture where everyone is encouraged to think like entrepreneurs, taking risks and making decisions confidently. We value diverse perspectives and celebrate differences, working together with colleagues and clients to build strong connections.
Cvent is redefining the meetings and events industry through technology that advances human connection.
AI at Cvent: Leading the Future
Are you ready to shape the future of work at the intersection of human expertise and AI innovation? At Cvent, we’re committed to continuous learning and adaptation—AI isn’t just a tool for us, it’s part of our DNA. We’re looking for candidates who are eager to evolve alongside technology. If you love to experiment boldly, share your discoveries, and help define best practices for AI-augmented work, you’ll thrive here. Our team values professionals who thoughtfully integrate AI into their daily work, delivering exceptional results while relying on the human judgment and creativity that drive real innovation.
Throughout our interview process, you’ll have the chance to demonstrate how you use AI to learn, iterate, and amplify your impact. If you’re excited to be part of a team that’s leading the way in AI-powered collaboration, we’d love to meet you.
Disclaimer: Beware of Recruitment Scams – Legitimate Cvent recruiting communications will always come from an official ‘[email protected]’ email. We never request any payments or ask for sensitive personal or financial information via chat or social media platforms. For more information, please visit: https://www.cvent.com/en/notice-recruitment-fraud.
In This Role, You Will::
Cvent / ON24 is looking for a responsible, technical, forward-thinking individual to fill our Senior Linux Systems & Automation Engineer position in India. This role will work with multiple departments to successfully build, deploy, migrate, maintain and operate our production streaming systems through automation in both on-prem and cloud environments. This position will require working during some of the US business hours and collaborating with the US and UK teams. This engineer will be responsible for automation to streamline our production operations, processes and builds. The position requires an individual who is detail-oriented, able to adapt under different conditions, can multitask and possesses solid technical & communication skills. This position will have an immediate impact on the day-to-day efficiency of Cvent / ON24 streaming operations and an ongoing impact on growth & success.
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Responsible for the systems lifecycle from scoping, development, operating and maintaining production systems that run on Linux operating systems.
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Orchestrate playbooks and workflows using Ansible and AWX.
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Support workloads in GCP, AWS, and/or Azure and contribute to cloud migration.
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Prioritize, multitask, and work on simultaneous projects within the department.
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Provide escalation support and troubleshooting for our production deployments and determine root cause and corrective actions.
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On-call/off hours work will occasionally be required.
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Help assure 24/7/365 systems availability for our SaaS platform.
Here's What You Need::
- BS degree or equivalent with 5-7 years of previous System Engineering or similar in a production environment is required.
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Strong Linux systems administration experience is required. (Redhat, CentOS and Rocky)
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Supporting and Migrating workloads in GCP, AWS, and/or Azure is required.
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Expert working knowledge of Ansible and AWX is a must.
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Experience with automation with Jenkins and GIT is preferred.
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Experience with Bash, Python, Shell, PowerCLI, and PowerShell scripting is required.
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Systems Lifecyle management and operations (Foreman) is preferred.
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AI tooling — AI-assisted observability, scripting, and automation platforms is a plus
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Understanding of standard networking protocols and components a required.
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Experience with Pexip Infinity, Vonage Video / Tokbox, Adobe Media Server, Wowza Streaming Engine and FreeSWITCH is preferred.
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Knowledge of streaming technologies and protocols like RTMP, HLS and WebRTC is preferred.
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Knowledge of testing methodologies, performance tuning and troubleshooting techniques is required.
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Experience with GPU technologies like CUDA is a plus.
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Experience with Checkmk, Nagios and APM/observability solutions is a plus (preferably Datadog).
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Kubernetes and containerization is a plus.
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Experience with CI/CD methodologies is a plus.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
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Strong English communication skills
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Ability to learn quickly and tackle new technically complex problems with courage and tenacity.
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Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing needs and requirements.
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Must have demonstrated ability to approach emerging problems quickly and with flexibility.
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Patience and the ability to work with different teams and departments.
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Must be a detail-oriented and organized thinker who is goal-oriented with effective communication and customer service skills.
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