Seattle, WA
Remote
Senior
Full Time
17 days ago
💰$ 130,400 - $ 163,000
remote-firstmentorshipinfrastructuresystems administrationsecuritycompliance
Requirements
- •5+ years professional systems administration experience (or equivalent) in production environments.
- •Strong hands-on experience administering Linux, macOS, and Windows desktop/server environments and endpoint management.
- •Experience with large-scale infrastructure upgrades.
- •Familiarity with cloud storage, high-performance computing (HPC) environments, and hybrid on-prem/cloud deployments.
- •Strong knowledge of identity and access management, least-privilege models, and security controls (experience working with security and compliance teams is highly required).
- •Excellent troubleshooting, communications, and documentation skills; comfortable working directly with end users and technical stakeholders in complex environments.
- •Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and mentor less-experienced team members.
What You'll Do
- •Recommend and implement improvements to systems and network configurations; define hardware and software requirements for those changes.
- •Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including hardware, systems software, applications, and configurations.
- •Monitor systems, virtualization hosts, and peripheral devices for performance, reliability, and security; determine when adjustments are required and coordinate with technical support staff and vendors.
- •Troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues; diagnose faults, replace defective components, escalate complex issues appropriately, and research long-term solutions.
- •Design, configure, and implement tests across the IT stack (systems, endpoints), networking, and virtual infrastructure.
- •Manage identity and access tasks: resolve security/access issues and maintain the integrity of access control systems; leverage automation to improve services, and reduce overhead and errors.
- •Develop and maintain clear systems administration documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
- •Provide leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to other administrators and cross-functional project teams.
Nice to Have
- •Familiarity with CI/CD, IaC, SDLC, version control, and automation languages is highly desirable.
- •Experience with leveraging AI tools for scale, and championing and executing AI-forward initiatives, integrations, and tooling is highly desirable.
Benefits
- •Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
- •Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
- •Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
- •16 weeks of paid Parental leave
- •Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month
- •PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
- •Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
- •Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
- •Docker Swag
- •Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
- •Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris
