Senior Linux Systems Engineer | Lead & Mentor (Remote)

Vultr; West Palm Beach (FL); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company

Internet reimbursement

Education reimbursement of up to $2,?5

Gym membership reimbursement

Wellable subscription

Job summary

Vultr is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to manage enterprise Linux environments across global data centers. You will mentor junior staff, lead projects from planning through deployment, and coordinate incident response for complex issues.

Responsibilities include setting up and maintaining VMs and services, upgrading platforms, deploying software across the fleet, and performing root-cause analysis to prevent future incidents.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience administering enterprise Linux environments (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, or similar).
• Advanced knowledge of Linux system administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security best practices.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or other scripting languages used for automation and infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and train Junior System Administrators and System Administrators to develop technical expertise and operational best practices.
• Lead technical projects from planning through implementation, ensuring timely and successful delivery.
• Manage incident response activities for escalated issues, coordinating resolution and communication as needed.
• Perform the setup, configuration, and ongoing management of internal infrastructure virtual machines (VMs) and services.
• Plan, stage, and deploy platform upgrades and updates across the server fleet.
• Provision and configure software on new nodes to support production and development environments.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis for platform and customer-reported issues.
• Install, configure, and commission servers by deploying required operating systems, software, and services.

Skills

Linux administration

Bash / Python scripting

Kubernetes

Libvirt virtualization

Networking basics

Web servers & databases

Ceph storage

Cumulus Linux knowledge

Security best practices

Troubleshooting

Tools

Kubernetes

Libvirt

Ceph

Job description

Vultr is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to manage enterprise Linux environments across global data centers. You will mentor junior staff, lead projects from planning through deployment, and coordinate incident response for complex issues.

Responsibilities include setting up and maintaining VMs and services, upgrading platforms, deploying software across the fleet, and performing root-cause analysis to prevent future incidents.