Senior Systems Administrator

Veeva Systems; Singapore; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the life sciences industry is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator to manage customer-facing production infrastructure. The role involves monitoring Linux environments, building AWS infrastructure, and collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of experience in Unix/Linux administration and a strong background in network security.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in Unix/Linux administration in a production environment.
• Knowledge of OS and network security.
• Experience with monitoring and log management software.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain the Production Linux environment.
• Assist in building new infrastructure in AWS.
• Investigate and resolve production issues.

Skills

Unix/Linux administration

System automation programming

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Network security

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering

Tools

AWS

Ansible

Terraform

Apache

MySQL

Job description

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming apublic benefit corporation(PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

As aWork Anywherecompany, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.

Join us intransforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Veeva Systems is looking for a bright, driven, self-motivated Senior Linux Systems Administrator focused on our customer-facing production infrastructure. This is a hands-on position and will work closely with the Operations, Engineering, and Support teams. You must be a strong team player who thrives working with speed in a fluid entrepreneurial environment.

If you have at least 8 years experience supporting a large number of RedHat Linux or similar servers in Production IT or customer facing SaaS environment, we want to hear from you!

What You’ll Do

• Monitor and maintain the Production Linux environment consisting of many Servers.
• Assist in the build-out of new infrastructure in AWS
• Investigate and resolve production issues.
• Collaboratively work with Operations and Engineering teams to implement changes/enhancements to production architecture, including new servers and updates to existing infrastructure/configuration.
• Investigate new technologies
• Develop, maintain, and improve internal tools for server monitoring and maintenance
• Share on-call responsibilities night and weekend,d and support work as needed.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years Unix/Linux administration/Support/maintenance experience a production environment preferably Red Hat or Amazon Linux
• Knowledge of OS and network security (firewall and system hardening)
• Advanced systems and automation programming skills
• Demonstrated capacity for analytical thinking and rapid problem solving in a fast-paced environment
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities
• Need to be physically located in the Pacific, Mountain or Hawaii time zone

Nice to Have

• Software as a service [SaaS]
• Experience developing ansible and/or Terraform scripting.
• Experience building, supporting, troubleshooting multi-tier, high- volume, production web installations (Load balanced server pools, App/DB, tier, etc.)
• Apache/tomcat/Nginx installation configuration and troubleshooting Networking.
• Release automation, rollback, and configuration management
• Experience with monitoring and log management software
• Implementation/authoring of operational procedures
• My SQL administration

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Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.