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At ExtraHop, we create great products because we give talented employees the freedom to be intellectually curious and creative. We seek a diversity of perspectives and foster employee quirkiness and spunk to help drive innovation. Every ExtraHop employee knows that we’re all in this together and that work is an important part of life so it should be fun. A sense of humor is required here, seriously!

The Engineering Ops team is part of ExtraHop’s R&D organization and works side by side with engineers to develop and release innovative solutions for application and security monitoring. Team members are responsible for making the software engineering process efficient, providing operational support, and developing critical engineering services.
 

We have a global and diverse user base—we believe in actively investing in a diverse engineering organization. We are seeking technically-qualified people from all backgrounds, who offer dynamic perspectives, influences, and experiences. Are you as passionate as we are about positive culture and amazing technology? If you are, we can't wait to chat with you.

Are you looking to make an impact? Do you love seeing your work implemented and hearing how your contributions have made a difference? ExtraHop offers an exciting, high energy, and versatile environment in which people are encouraged and supported to collaborate on industry-leading technology while they develop and enrich their individual growth. And we're doing it with creativity, intellectual curiosity, and a sense of humor (it's required here, seriously).

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Migrate current DITA-based documentation builds from Javascript (Grunt/Metalsmith) into Go and Hugo.
    • Reimplement JS- and shell-based doc dependency logic for incremental builds in Go
    • Dynamically create Apache Ant build file(s) to generate HTML via DITA-OT for docs that need to be rebuilt
    • Reimplement JS-based post-processing logic in Go
    • Reimplement build of final HTML artifacts in Hugo
  • Work closely with software engineers, devops, and techpub team to ensure new system satisfies design requirements and is maintainable.
  • Create clear documentation on the new system for future maintainers.

Required Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of build systems (file dependencies, incremental builds, parallelization techniques, container-based builds, etc)
  • Extensive development experience in Go
  • Familiarity with Javascript and Javascript-based task runners (Grunt)
  • Experience with build tools like Apache Ant
  • Practical experience with Hugo or other HTML templating systems
  • Heavy experience with the Linux ecosystem
  • Direct experience with Git version control systems and hosting platforms (Gitlab).

Desired Skills and Experience

  • History of working with CI/CD build pipelines
  • Practical knowledge of building and using docker containers
  • Experience converting between HTML templating systems (eg: Metalsmith to Hugo)

About ExtraHop

ExtraHop is an enterprise cyber analytics and performance monitoring company helping the world’s leading organizations understand and secure their entire environment from core to edge to cloud. Our breakthrough approach to analytics and machine learning helps our customers investigate threats, ensure the delivery of critical applications, and secure their investment in the cloud, resulting in 95% faster threat detection and reducing unplanned downtime by 86% while providing the best possible customer experience.

ExtraHop is recognized by leading organizations for both its innovation in the market and its commitment to building a world-class team. We’ve been named to Wealthfront’s Career-Launching Companies list for the last four years, and JMP Securities put ExtraHop on its 2018 Super 70 List as one of the most strategically positioned private companies in the cybersecurity industry. Credit Suisse recognized ExtraHop as a member of its inaugural Disruptive Technology Recognition Program, and SC Media named ExtraHop a 2019 Industry Innovator for enterprise network traffic analysis.

With well over $100 million in bookings in 2018, and 10x growth in security, the opportunity with ExtraHop has never been greater. Are you ready to rise above the noise?

ExtraHop is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law. 

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ExtraHop is located in the heart of downtown Seattle, with easy access to transportation, restaurants, retail, entertainment and stunning views.

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