Linux Systems Engineer | Hybrid Infra

Chordify; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 39,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Pension scheme

Daily free lunch, snacks, and drinks

Commuting expenses reimbursed

Lease bike program

Music-related budget

International team of music lovers

After-work activities

Make music during work

Public holiday swaps

OpenUp mental health

Job summary

Chordify is seeking a Linux System Administrator to join the Digital Infrastructure team in the Netherlands. You will maintain and improve Linux servers, storage, backups, networking, and deployment processes, with a focus on reliability and security.

You will work from Utrecht or Groningen, with the option for some remote work, and contribute to CI/CD and self-hosted services while driving infrastructure projects forward.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux system administration, infrastructure, DevOps, SysOps, platform engineering, or systems engineering.
• Experience with Linux servers, including configuration, storage, permissions, backups, and troubleshooting.
• Understand networking, services, databases, caching, load balancing, storage, backups, and how these parts work together in a larger system.
• Design, build, maintain, improve, and debug systems made up of multiple cooperating machines.
• Be careful, precise, and aware that infrastructure work can have serious consequences.
• Take ownership of complex work and break it down into practical steps.
• Communicate clearly and explain what you are doing, what you are aiming for, and where input is needed.
• Be constructive, proactive, and willing to ask questions or for help when needed.
• Mindful of security trade-offs and cybersecurity considerations.
• Comfortable carrying serious responsibility, especially when urgent infrastructure issues arise.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve Linux servers, services, databases, storage, backups, networking, and deployment processes.
• Set up and maintain services for colleagues, such as CI/CD or other self-hosted services.
• Design new and improve existing processes in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Work on infrastructure projects that advance the team, not only maintain the status quo.
• Help professionalize parts of the infrastructure while staying practical about feasibility.
• Collaborate with other server admins, spot inefficiencies, debug errors, investigate mysteries, and propose improvements.
• Use version-controlled configuration management to test and deploy changes.
• Keep cybersecurity, reliability, and maintainability in mind at all times.
• Give and receive constructive feedback and help turn complex needs into actionable steps.
• Support colleagues by explaining technical topics clearly.

Skills

Linux system administration

Infrastructure

DevOps

SysOps

Networking

Security awareness

Owner of complex work

Clear communication

Problem solving

Tools

Puppet

MariaDB

HAProxy

ProxySQL

Redis

Docker

Nginx

Nagios

WireGuard

Object storage

Job description

Chordify is seeking a Linux System Administrator to join the Digital Infrastructure team in the Netherlands. You will maintain and improve Linux servers, storage, backups, networking, and deployment processes, with a focus on reliability and security.

You will work from Utrecht or Groningen, with the option for some remote work, and contribute to CI/CD and self-hosted services while driving infrastructure projects forward.