Empyrean · 20 hours ago
Enterprise Linux System Administrator
Houston, TX
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Daily maintenance of our Linux environment, which includes additional server builds, upgrades, and patching.
Performance tuning and ensuring high availability of infrastructure.
Design and develop infrastructure monitoring and reporting tools.
Develop and maintain configuration management solutions.
Develop test automation frameworks in collaboration with rest of the team.
Create tools to help teams make the most out of the available infrastructure.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualification
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Required
Experience with Linux server builds, maintenance, administration, and patching.
Experience with Linux servers in virtualized and Cloud environments
Experience with AWS and Linux web servers
Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, MySQL.
Installation, configuration, and maintenance of Let's Encrypt management.
Creation and maintenance of Ansible scripts for automation.
Experience with installation, configuration, and maintenance of the DNS service, on premise and AWS R53.
Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc.
Administration and maintenance of HAProxy configurations.
Maintenance and monitoring of FTP (SFTP) services.
Installation, configuration, and maintenance of multiple Postfix Smarthost email servers.
Maintenance, configuration, and monitoring of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) application.
Maintenance of cloud-hosted status sites on Linode.
Monitoring and maintenance of scheduled cron jobs.
Familiarity with the fundamentals of Linux scripting languages
Strong grasp on configuration management tools
Familiarity with load balancing, firewalls
Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring tools such as ELK, Zabbix, ELMA, Prometheus, Grafana.
Ability to build and monitor services on production servers
Knowledge of servers and switches
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills
Able to work independently or as a member of the team.
Creative thinking and ability to ‘think outside the box’
Well organized, attentive to details, and able to meet demanding deadlines
7+ years as a Linux Systems Administrator
Experience with Apache, Litespeed, CentOS, Ubuntu, Cacti, DNS, hosted services, MySQL, R1soft, WordPress, cPanel, ELK, Zabbix, Ansible, HA Proxy
Background in IT or on a Data Center teams
System Monitoring and Automation
Good knowledge of network design – Working with Firewalls, DNS, Load Balancers
Strong sense for security – both internally and on the hosting systems
Advanced Linux System Administration, Configuration, and System Security
Advanced systems troubleshooting skills
Participate in the on-call rotation.
Preferred
Prefer some programming experience (particularly Perl, PHP, HTML, MySQL)
Prior experience in software as service architectures (SaaS)
Strong preference to Houston area because of the Datacenter location.
Company
Empyrean
Established in 2006, Empyrean is a leading technology SaaS company empowering organizations with innovative technology and a service-first approach that accelerates employers’ benefits and employee retention strategies.
501-1,000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$52.99MKey Investors
FTV Capital
2019-11-25Acquired· undefined
2015-04-10Series Unknown· $10M
2013-02-27Series Unknown· $41.19M
Leadership Team
Kelly Clark
Chief Information & Technology Officer
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