Linux Systems Administrator

Located in Seattle or Santa Barbara

Salary: $90K – $120K

Overview:

Are you passionate about building products that solve real world problems? Do you have a flair for innovation and designing products from the ground up? Our client is expanding their R&D team in Scottsdale to build products and services that will change the way law enforcement, the military and governments manage conflict resolution – from immediate use of force to post-conflict legal resolution. Work in a dynamic R&D environment in which you’ll use your passion, technical expertise and strong problem solving skills to design and develop embedded software solutions from concept to production, resulting in the “best in class” product designs.

You’ll use your passion, technical expertise and strong problem solving skills to develop and oversee the infrastructure for our platform, enhance our existing core services and support key components of our product roadmap.

If you are a creative, enthusiastic, energetic, highly motivated, and intelligent systems administrator who’s eager to work in a fast-paced environment, we’d like to meet you!

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
• Manage cloud-based infrastructure system
• Develop custom tools to automate the IT infrastructure
• Configuration management
• Maintain peripheral services and software
• Work within a team environment to achieve organization goals
• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of problems and user requests
• Perform standard administration tasks (packaging, OS installs, patch management)

Required experience:
4 year BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent. 3+ years of experience in systems administration. Ability to scale customer-facing systems in a hybrid environment (Windows, Linux). Expertise in scripting (Bash, Powershell) and automation of key administrative processes. Understanding of data security processes and risks. Excellent communication and team skills.

Desired experience:
Experience with data center management (Amazon). Exposure to Windows system administration and software development. Comfortable with AWS (amazon web services). Familiarity with at least one of the following languages: Ruby, Perl, Python, PHP.