About Compass Mining
Compass Mining is a leading provider of Bitcoin mining services. Our business lines extend from owning and operating mining hardware, and hosting at premier facilities globally, to providing solutions to both institutions and retail clients. We believe you can build your own future.
About the Team and Role
We are seeking a junior network engineer to plan, automate, and manage our company's IT network within our facility operations. You will be evaluating our network's performance, collaborating with our devops team and facility operations team to increase network capacity, and overseeing network security. 50% travel will be required, up to 75% during peak times.
To ensure success as a junior network engineer, you should possess in-depth knowledge of network technologies and experience in a similar role. Experience cabling, installing networking equipment, wireless access points and wireless internet connections are a must. He/She/They will evaluate systems, looking for glitches or disturbances; analyze technical issues; and develop solutions. In addition, establishes network specifications by consulting with end-users inside and outside our organization, and defines the policies and procedures of the network. Workstation administration and access management experience is a bonus.
Responsibilities
● Travel to Mining Operations to assist in setup, configuration and troubleshooting of networking operations/equipment.
● Growing and maintaining our network infrastructure.
● Installing, updating, and configuring network devices at scale.
● Running diagnostic tests and performing repairs, as well as developing backup, archiving, and data retrieval procedures.
● Enhancing network security, as well as documenting network processes and cabling layouts.
● Keeping informed of developments in network technologies and infrastructure.
● Troubleshooting and resolving network problems in a time-sensitive manner.
● Network incident response.
Location: Remote in Texas, with up to 50% travel required. This can be 75% travel during peak times.
Qualifications
● Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science OR Certified CompTIA, Microsoft, or Cisco network professional.
● A minimum of one year experience as a network specialist.
● Experience with incident response methodologies.
● Practical understanding of network connectivity, technologies, protocols, and security.
● Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and collaboration skills.
● CCNA certification is preferred but not required
Why Compass Mining?
95% of employees say they are satisfied working at Compass Mining!
We have undertaken the bold task of putting the power of mining back in the hands of people all over the world to bring true decentralization to Bitcoin's network.
At Compass Mining, you will have the ability to make your mark on the Bitcoin mining industry and positively impact millions of people while strengthening Bitcoin's underlying infrastructure.
Our Values:
- Customer Centric: Partnering with customers through their mining journey.
- Innovation: Paving the way with creative data-driven solutions.
- Vertical Integration: Provide seamless mining experiences.
We Offer
- Unlimited PTO after the first 90 days of employment.
- Option for 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage for you, your spouse or domestic partner, and/or dependents. Effective 1st day of the month following the date of hire.
- Additional coverage options include hospital insurance, critical illness coverage, and accident insurance.
- 401(k) option with 5% company match
- Technology stipend
- 12 weeks of paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
To read more about our mission and values, check out our company website. Individuals seeking employment at Compass Mining are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
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What We Do
Compass is a bitcoin-first company on a mission to strengthen Bitcoin's network by democratizing hashrate. Compass Mining's marketplace provides easy access for institutions and retail to procure and deploy their own mining operations. Compass also produces an industry-leading podcast and research to educate new and existing bitcoin miners. Bitcoin mining is a notoriously opaque industry, but Compass is there to guide everyone's path to successfully mining bitcoin. Thanks to Compass, it has never been easier to mine bitcoin.
