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Pythian

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1997

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • Enterprise

<Pythian> Pythian is a global consulting firm specializing in data, analytics, cloud, and AI solutions. With decades of experience and a large team of domain experts, they provide strategy, custom AI development, advanced analytics, database and cloud consulting, migrations, and managed services (including AIOps and DBA services) to enterprise customers across industries. Pythian focuses on helping organizations modernize their data platforms, deploy generative AI use cases, and optimize cloud and database operations through partnerships with major cloud and data technology providers.

📋 Description

• Provide remote support for Linux infrastructure across data center and cloud environments. • Manage the full OS lifecycle, including installation, deployment (Kickstart, VMs, containers, bare metal, Solaris Zones), patching, and upgrades. • Support and maintain standard Linux services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NFS, Samba, RAID, LVM). • Deploy and support web servers, web proxies, version control, and other third-party open-source applications. • Drive automation for infrastructure deployment, configuration, and operations using scripting (Bash, Pythian) and tools (Ansible). • Troubleshoot and resolve complex server issues (performance, crashes, client-impacting incidents) and deliver detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports. • Implement security best practices, support vulnerability management processes, and protect systems and data. • Lead technical projects from requirements gathering and design through successful completion. • Champion new initiatives, proactive problem solving, and best practices with a strong focus on customer success. • Participate in an on-call rotation in an escalation capacity.

🎯 Requirements

• 8 to 10 years of overall experience in IT infrastructure administration, with at least 5+ years of hands-on experience in Linux. • Strong experience in Linux Server administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, and others). • Experience in bash scripting, automation for task automation, and system administration. • Understanding of core networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, Firewall basics). • Participate in an on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for critical systems. • Proven experience supporting infrastructure within data center hosting environments. • Strong troubleshooting methodology and problem-solving skills. • Excellent communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills. • Ability to work independently as an Individual Contributor and manage tasks effectively. • Relevant certifications (e.g., RHCE, DevOps, or similar) are a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package. • Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity. • Flexibly work remotely from your home, there’s no daily travel requirement to an office! • We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and an annual budget to personalize your work environment! • You will have an annual wellness budget to make yourself a priority (use it on gym memberships, massages, fitness and more). • A generous amount of paid vacation and sick days, as well as a day off to volunteer for your favorite charity. • Hone your skills or learn new ones with our substantial training allowance; participate in professional development days, attend training, become certified, whatever you like!