Senior Linux System Administrator

🕒 August 7

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $80k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⌨️ Systems Administrator

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Vultr is a cloud infrastructure provider offering a wide range of services including compute instances, storage, managed databases, and GPU clusters. The company focuses on providing high-performance and accessible cloud solutions, leveraging both AMD and NVIDIA technologies to power applications in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and general workloads. Vultr offers services that are designed to be simpler and more cost-effective than major competitors like AWS, GCP, and Azure, with global data center locations to support diverse deployment needs.

📋 Description

• Mentor and train Junior System Administrators and System Administrators to develop technical expertise and operational best practices • Lead technical projects from planning through implementation, ensuring timely and successful delivery • Manage incident response activities for escalated issues, coordinating resolution and communication as needed • Perform the setup, configuration, and ongoing management of internal infrastructure virtual machines (VMs) and services • Plan, stage, and deploy platform upgrades and updates across the server fleet • Provision and configure software on new nodes to support production and development environments • Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for platform and customer-reported issues • Install, configure, and commission servers by deploying required operating systems, software, and services

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience administering enterprise Linux environments (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, or similar) • Advanced knowledge of Linux system administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security best practices • Proficiency in Bash, Python, or other scripting languages used for automation and infrastructure management • Experience deploying and managing virtualization platforms and containerized workloads, including Kubernetes and Libvirt • Familiarity with networking technologies, including routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, and DNS • Experience configuring and supporting web servers, databases, caching solutions, and distributed storage platforms such as Ceph • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex platform and customer-facing issues • Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills with the ability to collaborate across technical teams • Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future • Must be located in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental and vision plans • 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting • Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year • 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan • Increased PTO at 3 year and 10 year anniversary • 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years • Anniversary Bonus each year • $500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year • Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month • Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month • Company paid Wellable subscription

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