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.
We are looking for a full-time and highly self-motivated professional to join our IT Infrastructure team as a Senior System Administrator. In this critical role, you will work within our Business Systems 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.
Technical Skills :
4+ years of experience working as a Systems Administrator in a Linux environment.
1+ years of experience with cloud, containerization, and virtualization technologies such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Docker.
Solid knowledge of network design, configuration, and support firewalls.
Experience monitoring and managing applications and scripts, using tools such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.
Solid knowledge of information security issues and best practices.
Solid knowledge of Shell Scripting (Korn Shell, Bourne Shell, Bash, sed, and awk) or similar.
Experience in Atlassian suite administration (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo).
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.
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills to identify and quickly resolve/mitigate issues using a variety of processes and tools.
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, and effectively make judgments in prioritizing and time allocation in a fast-paced environment.
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.
Role and Responsibilities :
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.
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.