Linux System Administrator

Our US HQ’d client is a leading global SaaS software provider, and a global sector lead in its industry, with over 1300 employees spread over offices in the US; UK; Netherlands; Spain; Germany; and Australia.

They are a remote-first organization and over 38% of employees reside outside the United States.

Through their incredible suite of products and services, they have achieved phenomenal company growth over the last 15 years, and consistently offers new opportunities for their talent to advance. 29% of the global workforce gets promoted or moves into a new role every year!

This phenomenal SaaS firm who we have worked with for over 13 years, is large enough to provide immense opportunity, but small enough to maintain the energy of a start up. It is consistently ranked as a great place to work for their strong culture, teaming with authenticity, and rewarding career opportunities!

We are now hiring for a Linux System Administrator

Location: Australia (Remote role – although APAC HQ is Sydney)

Salary : Circa $100K+ Fixed (Flexible based on experience) + Super + Uncapped Paid Holiday entitlement + Amazing Benefits package and working culture

About the role

We are looking for a problem-solving systems focused technologist to become our next Systems Administrator II.   In this role, you will be responsible for managing and operating products and solutions for the production environment, while ensuring 24/7 availability. The position requires proven technical experience along with a positive attitude.

A typical day as SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR will include:

• Monitoring and maintaining all production system equipment and services.
• Ensuring 24/7 availability of the all production application environments. This will include weekend on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis.
• Documenting technical environments, processes and procedures.
• Providing direct support to Software Development, Quality Engineering, Customer Support, Professional Services and third party vendors as needed to resolve production problems.
• Maintaining network and systems configurations globally across numerous data centers.
• Developing system analysis and reporting tools and tools for task automation.
• Participating in the planning and execution of new product deployment and enhancement projects, ensuring preparedness in servicing the product.

This SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR role might be for you if:

• You have experience with systems administration, as well as hardware and software troubleshooting.
• You have strong Linux skills (Redhat/CentOS, Debian).
• You have Windows server administration skills.
• You have experience with Java-based applications running within Wildfly/Tomcat.
• You have proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Powershell, Bash.
• You have previous experience in a SaaS and/or high volume website environment preferred .
• You have experience in automation and managing large server environments.
• You have previous oncall experience

Bonus Points for:

• LDAP/Kerberos authentication against Microsoft Active Directory.
• SAN and NAS technologies (iSCSI, FCP, CIFS, NFS, etc).
• Open Source Project experience.
• Puppet/CFEngine

What we offer...

• Pension
• EAP
• Commuting Reimbursements
• Unlimited Vacation
• Full Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Quarterly paid volunteer days
• Lucrative Employee Referral Program (eligible for prior to your first day)
• Career development opportunities up/across the global team.