<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Hello, everyone!</span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have a new job opening for an Onion Services Site Reliability Engineer: <a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/onion-services-site-engineer/" class="">https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/onion-services-site-engineer/</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">This is a full-time, remote position. The job description is pasted below. Please help us spread the word by sharing with any people, lists, and/or social media that you think you think might be helpful. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Erin Wyatt<br class="">Director of People Operations<br class=""><a href="mailto:ewyatt@torproject.org" class="">ewyatt@torproject.org</a><br class="">PGP: 35E7 2A9F 6655 45F9 2CB6 6624 BA0C 9400 F80F 91CE</div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><a href="https://www.torproject.org/" class="">https://www.torproject.org</a></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font color="#419cff" class=""><u class=""><a href="http://2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion/" class="">http://2gzyxa5ihm7nsggfxnu52rck2vv4rvmdlkiu3zzui5du4xyclen53wid.onion/</a></u></font></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">—————————————————————>8</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Internet Freedom Nonprofit Seeks Onion Services Site Reliability Engineer</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Tor Project, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advancing human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies, is seeking Site Reliability Engineer to work on Onion Services. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Onion Services SRE will work with internal websites and tools as part of Tor’s SysAdmin and Community Teams, reporting to the Community Team Lead. This person will be responsible for setting up and managing onion sites for partners and monitoring their availability, and will manage over 100 onion sites that are hosted by different organizations. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This role is perfect for an experienced SRE, who has strong skills managing medium-large traffic web servers, familiarity with CDNs and other load balance configuration, and has familiarity with Tor Onion Services. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A personal commitment to free and open source software, good communication and documentation skills, and passion for contributing to the greater good are all essential.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is a full-time, remote position. Salary for this position is $75,000 USD/year and there is voluntary opt-in salary transparency for all employees and contractors.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you love Tor and you have a strong commitment to the Tor Project’s mission, we would love to hear from you!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">## The job:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Configuration and maintenance of medium traffic web servers.</div><div class="">- Deploying and managing over 100 onion sites for different partners.</div><div class="">- Deploy monitoring system for onion sites with Prometheus or other similar tools.</div><div class="">- Deploy privacy enhanced metrics (e.g. page views count) for onion sites.</div><div class="">- Responsible for high availability of these onion sites.</div><div class="">- Intermediate sysadmin work and support, possible to expand to senior.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">### Required skills:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Ability to work in a self-directed and independent way</div><div class="">- Comfortable working remotely, across multiple time zones</div><div class="">- Strong interpersonal and communication skills</div><div class="">- Strong skills with most Linux commands/utilities and familiarity with most basic system administration processes; for example, ability to boot/shut down a machine, add and remove user accounts, use backup programs, manage shared resources (e.g., file systems snapshots, RAID arrays), update DNS zone files, and install a server</div><div class="">- Strong skills with web servers internals: able to understand complex Nginx configurations, work with OpenResty and Lua is a plus.</div><div class="">- Container orchestration: some previous exposure to any container orchestration system, such as Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, etc.</div><div class="">- Understanding of CDN and other load balancing mechanisms</div><div class="">- Familiarity with Onion Services configuration and management.</div><div class="">- Familiarity with Tor's internal services and the network architecture (for example: <a href="http://check.torproject.org" class="">check.torproject.org</a>, what "bridges" are, the metrics services, what is an "exit relay", etc.)</div><div class="">- Networking: some previous exposure to topics in network administration, including network optimization, isolation, BGP routing, DDoS mitigation, and so on.</div><div class="">- Familiarity with Git, "forges" (GitLab, GitHub), and "merge-request" based workflows, experience with ticketing systems like GitLab issues.</div><div class="">- Familiarity with Python or similar programming languages</div><div class="">- Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools to automate deployment (e.g. ansible, terraform, saltstack, puppet, etc.) </div><div class="">- Familiarity with different cloud services (e.g. Azure, AWS, Google, etc.)</div><div class="">- Familiarity of how proxies/reverse proxies/forward proxies work</div><div class="">- Familiarity of how cache systems work (e.g. varnish)</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">### Required background:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Four or more years of web hosting and system administration experience</div><div class="">- A degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">## How to Apply</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To apply, submit a cover letter, your CV/resume, and a link to a code sample or some non-trivial project you have significantly contributed to. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">IMPORTANT: Please email application materials in plain text or PDF format to job-onionsre at torproject dot org with "ONION SRE" in the subject line. In your cover letter, please include the reason you want to work at the Tor Project and where you heard about this job.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">## About The Tor Project</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Tor Project's workforce is smart, committed, and hard working. We currently have a paid and contract staff of around 30 developers and operational support people, plus many thousands of volunteers who contribute to our work. The Tor Project is funded in part by government research and development grants, and in part by individual, foundation, and corporate donations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tor is for everyone, and we are actively working to build a team that represents people from all over the world - people from diverse ethnic, national, and cultural backgrounds; people from all walks of life. We encourage people subject to systemic bias to apply, including people of color, indigenous people, LGBTQIA+ people, women, and any other person who is part of a group that is underrepresented in tech.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Tor Project has a strong culture of transparency and democratic processes, and long-standing community guidelines and cultural norms. Our community is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment. Please read more here: </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Our Code of Conduct: <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/tree/code_of_conduct.txt" class="">https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/tree/code_of_conduct.txt</a></div><div class="">- Our Social Contract: <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/tree/social_contract.txt" class="">https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/tree/social_contract.txt</a></div><div class="">- Our Statement of Values: <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/tree/statement_of_values.txt" class="">https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/tree/statement_of_values.txt</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Tor Project has a competitive benefits package, including a generous PTO policy, 16 paid holidays per year (including the week between Christmas and New Year's), and a flexible work schedule. Insurance benefits vary by employment status and country of residence.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Tor Project, Inc. is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.</div></body></html>