AppFire Technology Looking for Principal System Administrator at Hyderabad, Telangana Full Time

We are Appfire, the largest global provider of award-winning Atlassian apps! Our portfolio of trusted product brands includes more than 100 purpose-built apps loved by thousands of teams and millions of users worldwide.

Amplified by our partnership and strategic investment from private equity powerhouse Silversmith Capital Partners, a recent surge of marquee brand acquisitions, and an additional $100M investment from TA Associates, Appfire is uniquely poised to accelerate our leadership position within the billion-dollar Atlassian app market.

Come be a part of our Appfire family for this amazing journey! Learn more at appfire.com.

Job Purpose and Overview :
We are looking for a full-time and highly self-motivated professional to join our team as a Principal System Administrator. In this critical role, you will work within a corporate team that builds, supports, and extends our company’s infrastructure, allowing you ample opportunity to gain valuable insight into the company as a whole, broaden your skills, and grow your career. The infrastructure you will support includes servers, networks, systems installed on physical servers, and virtual/cloud systems.

Working closely with our IT Infrastructure Architect and Information Security team, you will use your deep technical expertise in Linux, TCP/IP networking, storage, virtualization, and cloud to evaluate, support, deploy, and administer the tools and automation that will improve our efficiency, security, and scalability.

You will work with a wide variety of technologies, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Chef, DigitalOcean, CI/CD, BetterCloud, Google Workspace, OneTrust, and more.

Your Responsibilities In This Role

Monitor systems to ensure reliability by reviewing error logs, conducting regular tests of system speed and reliability, and following up on any issues reported.

Establish procedures and controls to enforce security and asset management, including firewalls, permissioning, user management, and more.

Use and develop Ansible, Chef, and shell scripts to help manage supported systems.

Participate in the evaluation, selection, and deployment of new corporate tools.

Monitor and tune systems to achieve optimum performance levels.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge with respect to state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and systems.

Maintain availability via email, telephone, or any device that may be assigned in order to provide timely on-call support for system alerts and escalated off-hours issues.

Ensure that all platform documentation is well managed and regularly updated to reflect the changes deployed.

Technical Skills

5+ years of experience working as a Systems or Network Administrator.

2+ years experience with cloud technologies such as AWS.

2+ years experience administering one or more enterprise-level Linux operating environments.

Experience monitoring applications and scripts.

Shell Scripting (using Korn Shell, Bourne Shell, Bash, sed, and awk) or similar.

Solid knowledge of information security issues and best practices.

Solid knowledge of network design, configuration, and support firewalls.

Experience and strong understanding of containers (Docker) and virtualization (VMware).

Experience with tools such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible for automated deployment and systems configuration management.

Experience in Atlassian suite administration (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo).

Experience in MySQL, Oracle, or other database systems.

Soft Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

B.E/B.Tech in EE, EECS, CS, MIS, or a comparable discipline.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Ability to break down complex tasks into executable, sequential, and measurable steps.

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills to identify and quickly resolve/mitigate issues.

Ability to deal with changes and adapt to a changing environment.

Excellent time management, prioritization, collaboration, and organizational skills.

Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, and effectively make judgments in prioritizing and time allocation in a fast-paced environment.

Creative problem solver with an ability to accomplish goals through a variety of processes and tools.

Ability to exchange information with technical and non-technical individuals in a clear and concise manner.

Soft Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

B.E/B.Tech in EE, EECS, CS, MIS, or a comparable discipline.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Ability to break down complex tasks into executable, sequential, and measurable steps.

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills to identify and quickly resolve/mitigate issues.

Ability to deal with changes and adapt to a changing environment.

Excellent time management, prioritization, collaboration, and organizational skills.

Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, and effectively make judgments in prioritizing and time allocation in a fast-paced environment.

Creative problem solver with an ability to accomplish goals through a variety of processes and tools.

Ability to exchange information with technical and non-technical individuals in a clear and concise manner.

Other Useful Knowledge

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification.

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.

VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) certification.

Experience in working with the ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 standards

Why a Career at Appfire?

Appfire is a global team of awesome humans working to help makers all over the world. We believe that bold ideas light the way for makers – just like us! Our culture embraces YOUR unique skills, while providing a collaborative, diverse environment that thrives on change and growth for the entire Appfire team! At Appfire, innovators are welcome!

We’ve Got You Covered

As part of the Appfire team, in addition to a competitive full time salary with all the standard corporate benefits like health insurance, parental leave, a crèche benefit, and a generous vacation policy. You will also have access to a comprehensive library of thousands of training videos to help you grow your business and technical skills.