Senior System Administrator (Full-Time | San Francisco Bay Area Candidates Only)

Maxonic Inc.; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxonic Inc. in Fremont, CA is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to maintain Linux server infrastructures, perform upgrades, and optimize performance. Onsite role with local candidates only.

The ideal candidate brings 3+ years in Linux systems administration, strong scripting, virtualization, and cloud experience, along with solid networking and monitoring knowledge. Collaboration with InfoSec is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Linux administration and resource utilization monitoring.
• 3+ years of experience in systems administration with a strong focus on Linux environments.
• Proficiency in shell scripting and automation tools.
• Experience with virtualization technologies.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Minimum 4-year college degree in MIS, CS, or equivalent discipline.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain Linux server infrastructures (physical and virtual), focusing on scalability, reliability, and security.
• Perform systems maintenance and upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations.
• Monitor server performance, ensure system availability and reliability, and provide optimization recommendations.
• Troubleshoot server infrastructure problems, outages, and ensure rapid resolution of system incidents.
• Manage and support Public Clouds security, compute and storage services like virtual machines, Kubernetes, DB, storage, etc.
• Partner with the InfoSec team to ensure Security best practices are enforced in an effective and scalable manner.

Skills

Linux administration

Shell scripting

Automation

Networking concepts

Monitoring concepts/tools

Cloud platforms

Problem solving

Communication skills

Documentation skills

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS or related field

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

VMware

KVM

Nagios

Zabbix

Prometheus

Job description

Job Title: Senior Systems Administrator (Linux, SaaS, Automation)

Job Location: Fremont, CA

Work Schedule: Onsite 5 days a week

This position is open to local candidates only. Candidates requiring relocation will not be considered.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain various Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.) server infrastructures (physical and virtual), focusing on scalability, reliability, and security.
• Perform systems maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations.
• Monitor server performance, ensure system availability and reliability, and provide optimization recommendations.
• Troubleshoot server infrastructure problems, outages, and ensure rapid resolution of system incidents.
• Manage and support Public Clouds associated security, compute and storage services like virtual machines, kubernetes, db, storage, etc.
• Partner with the InfoSec team to ensure Security best practices are enforced in an effective and scalable manner.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Linux administration and application resource utilization monitoring.
• 3+ years of experience in systems administration with a strong focus on Linux environments.
• Proficiency in shell scripting and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, KVM).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, firewalls).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• Minimum 4-year college degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline.