Linux Systems Specialist - Sr.
About The Position
Crafty Penguins is seeking a full-time Linux Systems Specialist - Senior to join their growing team and serve their expanding customer base. This role involves creatively solving technical problems while developing and maintaining strong customer relationships. Adaptability and a willingness to learn are essential. Crafty Penguins is a Linux, Open Source, DevOps, and Kubernetes consulting company that assists clients across various industries with server support, infrastructure design, cloud management, data backups, network security, and disaster recovery. The company culture values trust, a big-picture perspective, embracing challenges, and continuous improvement. This position is fully remote, though the company is based in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge of Linux-based operating systems
- Advanced knowledge of Networking
- Experience using various cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCloud, Digital Ocean)
- Debugging problems with Unix based operating systems and IP based networking at a very low level.
- No problems working in either RHEL or Debian based linux distributions
- Good knowledge and experience with: Debugging container based workloads, and their runtime tooling (LXC/D, Docker, Podman)
- Good knowledge and experience with: Container orchestration systems (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, etc.)
- Good knowledge and experience with: Linux based hypervisor systems and related tooling (KVM, Xen/XCP-ng, Proxmox, etc.)
- Good scripting skills with Bash and Python
- 5+ years experience doing the items above
Nice To Haves
- Worked at a company that does Linux consulting, or done this as a contractor
- Used a ticketing system like ConnectWise or some other tool to manage tickets and track time
- Performance tuning, debugging, and clustering of Linux based Database Systems (MySQL, Postgresql, SQLite) and SQL in general
- High level networking skills - Campus / Enterprise networking, VLANS, VPNS, Managed switches, Overlay networks, Dynamic routing protocols.
- Software development experience in various languages
- Certifications on our platforms and products (AWS, Azure, K8S, RHEL, and the like)
- 2-year technical diploma (CIS or CS) or greater
Responsibilities
- Communicate and handle client requests
- Handling client system alerts
- Conducting client system patching and health checks
- Performing deployments via our Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
- Onboard new clients and create roadmaps for improving their infrastructure
- Time tracking for all hours worked
Benefits
- flexible work schedule
- fully remote
- paid dedicated server to tinker and play with
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
