Senior System Administrator - LAMP

Software International; Old Toronto; Remote; USD 80,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior System Administrator to oversee the management and support of large-scale production websites and networks. This role involves working closely with development teams, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring the security and efficiency of systems. You will be at the forefront of technology, implementing innovative solutions while collaborating with a dynamic team. If you have a passion for technology and a knack for problem-solving, this opportunity will allow you to make a significant impact in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with LAMP stack and web server support.
• Minimum 2+ years in a leadership role within tech organizations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support a large distributed LAMP environment.
• Analyze risks and recommend changes for system security.

Skills

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)

Management/Leadership

Web Server Support

SAN (NFS and iSCSI)

ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash)

TCP/IP (BGP and OSPF)

Linux Systems Administration

Advanced Network Administration

Problem Solving

Documentation and Organization

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

OpenStack

oVirt

RHEV

Job description

About the job Senior System Administrator - LAMP

Software International (SI) supplies technical talent to Fortune 100/500/1000 companies in Canada. We currently have a long-term, renewable contract as a Systems Team Lead with our IT consulting client that primarily supports North American clients on various website and backend infrastructure services.

Role(s) Required: Senior System Administrator

Location: Remote (anywhere in Canada/USA/South America, but must be able to work on EST with the Canadian team)

Required Start Date: ASAP

Required End Date: 12 months + renewable every year

Type: Contract

Total Hours Approved Per Role: 40h/week

Rate: $39 - $41/hr C2C (approx $80,000 - $84,000/year)

Client Location: US/Canada

Summary:

Reporting directly to the System Team Lead, this Senior System Administrator is responsible for the overall technical management, operations, ongoing maintenance, and support of our large-scale production websites and networks.

Role:

1. Management and support of LAMP environment
2. Maintain vendor relationships, as required, for technical infrastructure of office and website systems.
3. Work directly with the Development Team Leads and Project Management in managing projects for the website and provide final sign-off/approval for release to production.
4. Working directly with Senior Management, participate in planning and project discussions for various websites.
5. Analyze and assess areas of risk to systems and recommend/implement changes as appropriate to the business.
6. Continuously assess network and systems security, ensuring a high level of systems data security is maintained overall. Report concerns directly to the CTO.
7. Perform systems and network architectural design for the sites network, including capacity planning, hardware, infrastructure, software integration, OS and software performance tuning.
8. Act as single point of escalation of production issues, interfacing with required resources to see issues are resolved in a timely manner.
9. Effectively manage risk, including monitoring, system redundancy, and backups based on business requirements and acceptable risk.
10. Provide technical assistance and consultation as required to all areas of the company, including Project Management, Sales, Quality Assurance, Accounting, Customer Service, Development, and Systems departments.
11. Perform special tasks and projects company-wide, as assigned by the Team Lead.

Responsibilities:

1. Managing a large, distributed LAMP environment
2. Facilitate problem solving and collaboration, ensure discussions and make decisions that lead toward closure, intervene when necessary to aid the team in resolving issues.
3. Be part of on-call rotation (12pm - 8pm EST, 1-week duration every 4 weeks).
4. Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

1. 5+ years of experience with LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
2. Minimum of 2+ years of management/leadership experience in a technology-oriented organization required.
3. Must be well-versed in supporting web servers
4. Strong background with storage SAN (NFS and iSCSI)
5. Well-versed with ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash)
6. Adding/removing nodes, expanding clusters, rebuilding clusters, using InfluxDB
7. TCP/IP knowledge BGP and OSPF
8. Hands-on experience working with Linux in a Systems Administrative role
9. Hands-on experience working with Advanced Network Administrative role including routing, switching, and security
10. Exceptional problem determination and creative problem-solving skills
11. Strong written and verbal skills
12. Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle
13. Strong documentation and organizational practices
14. Extensive experience with many of these:
15. MySQL, maintenance and troubleshooting
16. LAN/WAN/VPN setup and troubleshooting
17. Linux-based and other firewall technology
18. Cloud technologies (OpenStack, oVirt, RHEV or similar)
19. Baremetal hardware, SAN, Switching, and Load-balancing
20. Backup technologies
21. Systems security
22. Automation systems (Ansible, Puppet or equivalent)
23. Expertise with multiple Web technologies including but not limited to: