Scale Computing builds edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged infrastructure that keeps critical applications running wherever our customers operate, from data centers to thousands of remote sites. We make IT simpler, more resilient, and easier to manage at scale, and we hold ourselves to the same standard internally.
About the role
Were hiring a Senior Cloud Systems Administrator to be part of the team managing the reliability, security, and performance of the infrastructure our teams depend on every day. Youll join the team managing our cloud and virtualization environments, lead infrastructure projects end to end, and participate in the on-call for after hours escalations. This role reports to the VP of Platform Infrastructure and partners closely with IT, Security, Engineering, and Support. This role is based in Austin, TX or Indianapolis, IN.
What youll do
- Administration and deployments in our cloud and data center environments
- Administer, patch, and maintain cloud services and Linux servers across on-premises, virtualized, and cloud environments
- Administer virtualization and hyperconverged infrastructure, including capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle upgrades
- Help to implement and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans
- Monitor systems and respond to incidents, participating in root-cause analysis and preventing repeat issues
- Automate repetitive tasks and configuration using Ansible, Terraform, Cloudformation and other tools
- Partner with Security on vulnerability remediation, hardening, audit evidence, and compliance requirements
- Participate in infrastructure projects such as migrations, platform upgrades, and new tool rollouts from scoping through delivery
- Maintain clear documentation, runbooks, and network and system diagrams
- Mentor junior administrators
- Participate in a shared on-call rotation and occasional after-hours maintenance windows