Hybrid Systems Admin for Research AI & Apps

Verista, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Savings Account

Company-paid disability insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

Verista, Inc. in Cambridge, MA seeks a hands-on Systems Administration SME to ensure secure, reliable operation of cloud-hosted research applications, agentic AI systems, and scientific SaaS platforms.

The role spans cloud infrastructure, containers, AI models, MCP servers, APIs, and vendor services, partnering with scientists, IT, cybersecurity, and data teams. The senior administrator will manage Cloud Run, IAM, registries, domain/DNS, TLS, and IAP, while maintaining separation of development,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field
• 8+ years administering production systems in cloud environments
• 5+ years with Linux, containers and orchestration such as Cloud Run or Kubernetes
• Familiarity with IAM, SSO, OAuth, CI/CD, IaC, monitoring, and incident management
• Experience with ServiceNow and Jira for ITSM/work intake
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration
• Knowledge of Google Cloud IAP, Cloud Run, Secret Manager, Artifact Registry, Monitoring, Vertex AI

Responsibilities

• Administer research applications and infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform, AWS, and SaaS environments
• Operate Cloud Run services, containers, registries, domains, DNS, TLS, load balancing, and IAP
• Administer SaaS tenant settings, APIs, audits, licenses, and monitor vendor updates
• Maintain inventories of agents, MCP servers, tools, data sources, credentials, and owners
• Maintain access controls using RBAC and rotate credentials
• Maintain container images, Dockerfiles, registries, and dependencies; manage vulnerabilities
• Maintain logs, metrics, traces, alerts, dashboards, and automated health checks
• Create runbooks and support incident triage, RCA, backup, and DR; manage incidents via ServiceNow and Jira
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code configs; assist transition of prototypes to production
• Apply enterprise security and risk standards; support architecture reviews and audits

Skills

Linux

Containers

Python

Networking

IAM

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, technology, or a related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Verista, Inc. in Cambridge, MA seeks a hands-on Systems Administration SME to ensure secure, reliable operation of cloud-hosted research applications, agentic AI systems, and scientific SaaS platforms.

The role spans cloud infrastructure, containers, AI models, MCP servers, APIs, and vendor services, partnering with scientists, IT, cybersecurity, and data teams. The senior administrator will manage Cloud Run, IAM, registries, domain/DNS, TLS, and IAP, while maintaining separation of development,