Senior Linux System Engineer

Xtremepush Limited; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Xtremepush Limited is seeking a Senior Linux System Engineer to join our infrastructure team as we scale a high-availability platform for enterprise clients. You will own automation, security, and reliability across AWS/cloud environments, working with operations, clients, and vendors.

The role is remote-based in North America with a strong emphasis on end-to-end problem solving, on-call readiness, and proactive infrastructure improvements. Expertise in Linux, scripting, and MySQL is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Linux system administration in production
• Scripting in Bash, Python, or PHP
• Strong understanding of LEMP/LAMP stack
• Experience with networking and security concepts
• Experience deploying and debugging complex applications
• MySQL database administration experience
• Experience managing mail servers and deliverability (PowerMTA)
• Cloud-based services and virtualization experience
• Able to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Maintain and scale production infrastructure with Operations
• Install, monitor, and maintain hardware and software
• Write scripts to automate jobs and processes
• Own security, stability, and uptime of environments
• Monitor systems and respond to alerts daily
• Participate in on-call rotation for priority-1 alerts
• Maintain network, server, and storage assets across cloud environments
• Drive upgrades and improvements to infrastructure and processes
• Contribute to planning releases and configuration changes
• Act as technical contact for internal teams, clients, and vendors

Skills

Linux admin

Scripting

LEMP stack

Networking concepts

MySQL admin

PowerMTA

Cloud/Virtualization

Client communication

Tools

Zabbix

Grafana

Proxmox

Graylog

Datadog

Edgescan

ClickHouse

pfSense

PowerMTA

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Linux System Engineer to join our infrastructure team as we scale a fast-growing, high-availability platform trusted by enterprise clients worldwide. You'll help define and implement AWS/cloud best practices, evaluate new approaches, and get hands-on with the implementation and continuous improvement of the systems that keep Xtremepush running securely and reliably at scale.

This is a highly collaborative role — you'll work closely with our Operations team internally, and you'll also engage directly with clients and third-party vendors, so comfort communicating technical detail clearly to non-technical and external stakeholders is essential.

We're looking for someone proactive and driven, who enjoys getting into the detail of complex, large-scale technical problems and seeing solutions through end to end.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Operations team to maintain and scale production infrastructure
• Install, monitor, and maintain hardware and software across our environments
• Write scripts to automate jobs and processes
• Own the security, stability, and uptime of production, staging, and development environments
• Monitor systems and respond to alerts as they arise day to day
• Take part in an on-call rota for priority-1 alerts alongside the rest of the Ops team
• Maintain network, server, and storage assets across our cloud environments
• Drive ongoing upgrades and improvements to infrastructure and processes
• Contribute to planning application and infrastructure releases and configuration changes
• Act as a technical point of contact for internal teams, clients, and third-party vendors — troubleshooting and resolving complex issues with clarity and confidence

Our Stack

AWS (EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront, and more), LEMP stack, PowerMTA, pfSense, Zabbix, Grafana, Proxmox, Graylog, Datadog, Edgescan, ClickHouse

This is a hybrid role. #LI-Remote

Your Experience and Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in Linux system administration supporting a production environment (Debian or derivatives a plus)
• Scripting ability in at least one language (Bash, Python, or PHP)
• Solid understanding of the LAMP/LEMP stack
• Experience with networking and security concepts
• Experience deploying and debugging complex applications
• MySQL database administration experience
• Experience managing mail servers (PowerMTA), mail deliverability, and troubleshooting
• Experience with cloud-based services and virtualisation
• Confidence engaging directly with clients — able to explain technical issues and solutions clearly to a non-technical audience

Location

This is a Remote role based in North America. #LI-Remote