Senior Linux System Administrator

The role

The Senior Linux Administrator will mentor junior staff and lead technical projects. This role involves managing internal infrastructure, deploying platform upgrades, and performing advanced troubleshooting for platform and customer issues.

What you will do

• Mentor and train Junior System Administrators and System Administrators.
• Lead technical projects from planning through implementation.
• Manage incident response activities for escalated issues.
• Perform the setup, configuration, and ongoing management of internal infrastructure virtual machines 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.

Required qualifications

• 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.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of Cumulus Linux, PHP routing, and related infrastructure technologies

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

Before you apply

• Vultr will not conduct a background check until after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted.

About the company

Vultr is a cloud infrastructure company with 33 global cloud data center locations. It provides Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions.