Assoc Production Engineering Ops

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. Whether you're looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business-and the world. Want in?
A Little About Us
The Operations Center acts as the central nervous system for technology and products atYahoo! Our team is responsible for the health and performance of more than 100,000 systems globally. Engineers in this role are exposed to the most advanced web serving infrastructure in the world! You will be Yahoo's 1st line of offense battling issues affecting the reliability of our products and services, you will also be responsible for interfacing with internal/external customers on operational issues, working with senior engineers resolving complex incidents, and facilitating communication between various operations and engineering teams.
A Lot About You
You are a highly motivated and passionate individual that desires to play a key role in Yahoo by coordinating operations and engineering teams to identify, triage, and resolve customer impacting incidents, verify service impact to the end users, and work alongside subject matter experts to identify root cause. You will play a major role in working effectively with peers to create a positive environment within the team (you know how to have fun in a busy work environment!). You have excellent written and verbal communication skills; critical thinking and troubleshooting skills; the ability to multitask in order to facilitate the resolution of multiple incidents at any given time; and the vision to automate in order to better scale and streamline process.
Your Day

• Monitor the production network infrastructure for stability and performance in order to maintain 24x7x365 operations
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies within a dynamic and extremely fast-paced environment.
• Ability to be self-directed in daily workload management.
• Ability to effectively communicate via phone and in writing.
• Collaborate effectively with our Incident, Engineering, and Development teams.
• Participate in the knowledge transfer on a short term and long term basis

You Must Have

• An Associate's degree or higher in a computer related field or equivalent industry experience. Typical candidates have a Bachelor's of Science degree in a computer related field or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Working knowledge of a TCP/IP network environment.
• Working knowledge of major network protocols, e.g. BGP, OSPF, ISIS, Spanning Tree
• Working knowledge of basic Linux command line system health diagnostic tools.
• Working knowledge of HTTP, DNS, and DHCP is preferred. • Certifications such as CCNA and JNCIA or equivalent are preferred.
• Successful completion of level 2 security clearance is required.

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion ( www.yahooinc.com/diversity/ ) page to learn more.
US Only: Please be aware that Yahoo requires all employees entering a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events) are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to obtain and show proof of a vaccination to enter a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events). Yahoo is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.
If hired for this position in Colorado, the compensation range for this position is between $46,875.00 - $78,125.00. The compensation may vary depending on your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include additional incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, plus equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, retirement, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act.
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