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Hydra Host · 5 months ago

Bare Metal Infrastructure Engineer at Hydra Host

Miami, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$140K/yr - $160K/yr

Hydra Host is building Brokkr, an ambitious bare metal management and marketplace platform. They are seeking an experienced Bare Metal Engineer to design, implement, and maintain their infrastructure and systems to support scalable and robust operations.

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Responsibilities

Install and integrate Hydra’s Brokkr software with new datacenters and onboarded servers

Maintain integrated datacenter and inventory, respond to L2 and L3 requests and alerts, and improve monitoring and other supporting infrastructure

Monitor system performance and uptimes, ensuring the highest level of systems and infrastructure availability

Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, application software, and system management tools

Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies

Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower human intervention time on any tasks

Participate in the design of information and operational support systems

Qualification

UNIX/Linux administrationApplication stack tuningVirtualizationContainerizationMonitoring systemsAutomation softwareScripting skillsNetworking knowledgeCloud services experienceRelevant certificationsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject. Equivalent experience accepted

Proven working experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting UNIX/Linux-based environments

Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks (e.g., Apache, MySQL, NGINX)

Experience with virtualization and containerization (e.g., QEMU/KVM, Docker)

Experience with monitoring systems (e.g., Nagios, Zabbix)

Experience with automation software (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible)

Solid scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python)

Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP)

Preferred

Certification in relevant fields (e.g., Linux Certifications, Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - MCSE) are a plus

Experience with cloud services (AWS, Microsoft Azure) is a plus

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure is a must

Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate and be proactive in asking questions is a must