Sr. Proxmox Virtualization Automation Systems Administrator

Tract Capital Management•Seattle, CO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Proxmox Virtualization Systems Administrator deploys, manages, and maintains Tract Capital’s enterprise virtualization stack, primarily Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) and Proxmox Backup Server (PBS), across corporate and data center environments. The role owns the design, procurement, and deployment of compute and storage hardware and the hypervisor and backup platforms supporting IT and OT systems. It also serves as an escalation point for operational, security, and performance issues involving these platforms. The administrator manages Proxmox clusters and virtualized workloads, backup and disaster recovery, platform performance, capacity, and security. The position develops automation and monitoring, maintains system documentation, supports audits and governance reviews, and collaborates with infrastructure, network, security, and application teams. The position is based in the Denver, Colorado office or Seattle, Washington, with a hybrid work arrangement and occasional travel to data center sites, estimated at 10–20%. The expected base salary range is $130,000–$150,000, plus a discretionary bonus. Tract Capital offers competitive compensation and benefits, including employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program, standard paid holidays, and unlimited PTO. The role may include other related duties to meet the organization’s ongoing needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 3 years of hands-on systems administration experience, including 1–2+ years directly administering Proxmox VE/PBS, or comparable experience with VMware vSphere or Hyper-V and demonstrated ability to transition to Proxmox.
Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server administration, including clustering, high availability, and storage backends such as ZFS, Ceph, and NFS/iSCSI.
Strong Linux (Debian-based) systems administration and command-line proficiency.
Networking fundamentals relevant to virtualization, including VLANs, bridging/bonding, software-defined networking, and firewalling.
Scripting or automation experience with Bash, Python, or Ansible, and familiarity with the Proxmox API.
Knowledge of backup and disaster recovery concepts, including retention, deduplication, encryption, and restore validation.
Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills under time pressure.
Ability to produce clear technical documentation and communicate across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ownership mindset and ability to work autonomously and drive projects to completion with minimal oversight.
Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
Occasional travel to data center sites, estimated at 10–20%.

Nice To Haves

Experience in high-growth, private-equity-backed, or infrastructure/data center environments.
Prior experience supporting enterprise IT or OT infrastructure, data centers, or critical operational systems.

Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and maintain Proxmox VE clusters, including nodes, storage, networking, and high-availability and failover groups.
Provision, migrate, and decommission virtual machines and LXC containers for business, infrastructure, and OT workloads.
Plan and execute firmware, hypervisor, and cluster upgrades, including compatibility validation and rollback planning, while minimizing downtime.
Administer Proxmox Backup Server, including backup scheduling, retention policies, deduplication, storage management, and encryption.
Define and test backup, replication, and disaster recovery procedures; regularly validate restore integrity and participate in disaster recovery exercises to meet RTO/RPO targets.
Maintain documented recovery runbooks.
Monitor cluster health, resource utilization, and storage capacity; right-size and forecast infrastructure growth.
Harden hypervisor and guest configurations through patching, access controls, certificate management, and network segmentation.
Manage Proxmox user roles, permissions, and API access, and integrate centralized identity or authentication where applicable.
Implement and tune monitoring and alerting for the virtualization stack.
Develop scripting and automation to streamline provisioning, patching, and routine maintenance.
Maintain system documentation, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures; support audits and governance reviews.
Partner with infrastructure, network, security, and application teams to plan capacity for systems and projects hosted on the platform.
Provide tiered operational support and act as an escalation point for virtualization and backup incidents.
Evaluate and recommend improvements to the virtualization roadmap, including capacity expansion and tooling.
Design, procure, and deploy compute and storage hardware and the hypervisor and backup platforms supporting IT and OT systems.