Systems Administrator

ContractRemote
ptvia Workable ATSPosted May 8, 2024
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Technical skills

PythonPHPSQLAWSDockerKubernetesCloud platformsDevOpsNetworking

About this role

We are currently looking for a talented and ambitious Systems Administrator to join our

Infrastructure Team. As part of the Infrastructure Team you will get the chance to work with a

wide array of cutting-edge technologies and help maintain our customers' platforms. We work

with some of the largest publishers across Europe and operate in a high traffic environment,

handling 100's millions of page impressions each month.

Requirements

  • Build, install, configure, upgrade & maintain both physical and virtual infrastructure.
  • Ensuring that our systems are consistently delivered quickly and with high availability.
  • Working with the development team to design fast, scalable systems.
  • Scripting/automation

skills

  • BASH/sh, PHP, Python, Perl etc.
  • Removing performance bottlenecks from current systems.
  • Apply and update system upgrades, firmware and infrastructure changes.
  • Proactively monitor and manage the health and configuration of the system. Takes corrective
  • actions based upon Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Must be available to work outside of normal business hours to fulfil production and project
  • needs, provide 24x7 on-call support on a rotating basis.

Requirements

  • You must have 3+ years experience administering Linux/UNIX systems.
  • Familiarity with the various cloud computing platforms, Amazon AWS, DigitalOcean and
  • Linode etc.
  • Understanding of container technologies: containers (Docker, podman, LXC), Kubernetes
  • Understanding of the PHP language, how best to set up and configure.
  • DevOps experience is desirable.
  • Networking tools/technologies: HAProxy, ingress (containers), routing, firewall (iptables or
  • nftables).
  • You must understand TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP and DNS well enough to debug common
  • problems.
  • We work with a variety of different systems and customers, where creative problem solving is
  • an important skill to have.
  • We use Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Redis, and Varnish extensively. If you have experience working
  • with any of these platforms, it's a distinct advantage.
  • Ability to adapt to new technologies.
  • You will be working with several groups of developers so you must have excellent
  • communication and time-management skills.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary package, contingent on experience.
  • Fully remote work available.
  • English lessons provided.

If you have a Github account, have contributed to open source projects, have a personal project

of which you're particularly proud or are currently getting neck-deep in a new tech about which

you're really excited, tell us all about it in your cover letter!

Before you apply

  • 1Which parts of your CV prove experience with Python, PHP, and SQL?
  • 2Which recent work examples would make your application stronger for this role?
  • 3What details from the original source listing should you confirm before applying?