System Administrator

System Administrator

• We are looking for a talented System Administrator to join IT team, who will
• work closely with our software developers and core teams to design, scale and maintain
• our production infrastructure. In this capacity, you will be responsible for the most
• critical infrastructure and development clusters, working with the latest
• in storage, hardware, virtualization and cloud technologies to ensure that our
• operations run smoothly.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex UNIX/Linux issues in production/colo, lab, and customer environments
• Deploy and scale production systems with minimal downtime
• Secure/harden operating systems against compromise
• Assist in network and systems infrastructure design
• Develop creative solutions for complex technological challenges
• Identify disaster scenarios; plan and test recovery
• Install, configure, and manage network routers, switches, load balancers, firewalls,

IPS, VPN, console servers, and other network devices

• Assist with management of virtualization environment and storage management.
• Explore new tools that can improve system management such as Docker, Ansible, and

much more

• Work directly with onshore and offshore technical teams to quickly detect, diagnose,

• and resolve issues within client network infrastructure; own the escalation process
• 24x7.

• Respond to and provide guidance during observed and declared operational events
• Investigate, analyze and troubleshoot customer environment emergencies. Establish a

• plan of resolution; execute the plan while mitigating risk or disruption to the customer
• environment and determine root cause

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux system administration
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP and networking
• Network Administration and design (Cisco, Linux firewalling / routing)
• Virtualization experience (Vmwareֿ)
• Advanced scripting experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Etc.
• Experience in operating a 24/7 high-availability IT infrastructure
• Experience with monitoring solutions and services (Nagios/Icinga, PagerDuty, …..)
• Willing to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Fun, enthusiastic and outgoing team player.