Senior System Administrator, SysOps Engineer

Summary

Join TechBiz Global, a leading recruitment and software development company, as a Senior System Operations & System Administrator in a remote role. You will manage and maintain hosting infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and security. Responsibilities include optimizing configurations, automating tasks, enhancing security, and developing new infrastructure approaches. This role requires at least 3 years of senior system administration experience in a web/cloud hosting company, advanced Linux/Unix administration skills, and proficiency in various technologies. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills. TechBiz Global offers a competitive salary, remote work with a flexible schedule, career growth opportunities, and participation in international projects.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience as a senior System Administrator
• Previous work experience in a web/cloud hosting company is a must
• Advanced Linux / Unix Administration
• Configuration Management Tools (preferable: Puppet, any other like Ansible, or Chef is OK)
• Virtualization and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Experience with monitoring and logging solutions like Nagios, Prometheus, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or similar tools to monitor system health and diagnose issues
• Knowledge of security best practices, including securing servers and applications, managing firewalls and intrusion detection systems, and conducting security audits
• Experience with cPanel Shared Hosting administration
• Experience with Plesk Shared Hosting administration
• Networking Knowledge
• Understanding of network protocols (TCP / IP, HTTP / HTTPS, DNS, SSH, FTP) and network security practices
• Database Administration. Familiarity with database management, preferable: SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Scripting and Automation proficiency (Bash, Python) to automate operations
• Disaster Recovery and Backup Solutions
• Proficiency in English , sufficient for reading technical documentation and communicating with the team
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Fully independent, working from home, with can do it-attitude

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain our hosting infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and security of our web services
• Optimize configurations for stability, speed, and manageability
• Automate manual tasks to improve efficiency and reliability
• Enhance security measures and implement best practices
• Research, design, and develop new approaches to improve infrastructure
• Document research findings and share knowledge across teams
• Actively contribute to building new hosting infrastructure for upcoming products
• Engage in technical and soft process improvements to enhance team efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CloudLinux OS (LVE, CageFS, PHP Selector, etc.)
• Cloud Services Proficiency (any of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Containerization and Orchestration (any of Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm)
• CI / CD Pipeline Creation and Management (any of Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI)
• DevOps Understanding
• Proficiency in additional languages

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Remote work with a flexible schedule (UAE time)
• Career growth with access to training and also travel along with the CEO to key industry events to source new products
• International team and participation in well known brand projects in our region