Database & Linux Systems Administrator

Full-time - Mid Level

Atlanta, GA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

As a Linux System Engineer at OxBlue, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the performance, availability, and scalability of our systems. You'll work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to enhance and optimize our network and infrastructure, while automating system configurations and supporting a large-scale environment.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with other engineering teams to identify systems requirements
• Maintain MySQL HA (source/replica replication, optimization and tuning)
• Define and implement event triggers that will alert on potential database issues
• Automate deploying and updating network and system configurations (Puppet/Foreman)
• Support CDNs, caching proxies and manage multi-site distribution networks
• Maintain current understanding of AWS cloud administration and standards
• Assess utilization trends, design and implement recommendations to scale architecture
• Optimize, tune and replicate multi-sites of extremely large data stores (think petabytes)
• Maintain and monitor centralized logging and monitoring software

Requirements

• BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience
• High degree of proficiency in Linux and Database administration
• 5 or more years of experience in a large-scale networked Linux environment
• Security-focused system administration mindset
• Advanced CentOS/Rocky Linux/RHEL engineering on the LAMP stack
• Ability to install, configure and maintain Apache and MySQL
• Experience building deployment and automated tools using Bash and Puppet
• Strong knowledge of network technologies: IP Tables, NFS, DNS, FTP, Rsync
• Experience with network security and performance tuning (Kernel and TCP parameters)
• Excellent communication and project planning skills; must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Must be a self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of AWS services such as IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, Elasticsearch
• Networking experience with Fortinet hardware (updating ACLs, VPN, monitor traffic)
• Security audit experience and familiarity with IDS / penetration testing
• Experience with Splunk and highly customized Grafana / Prometheus / Loki

Benefits

• Health insurance paid 100% for employee and 50% for family
• Dental insurance paid 100% for employee
• 401k with company match
• A fun work environment: casual dress, free snacks, complimentary massages and great parties
• Investment in your professional development with internal promotions, continuing education and tuition reimbursement
• Paid sabbatical program: 4 weeks every 5 years
• An award-winning culture recognized for its high level of employee satisfaction
• Long-term disability paid 100% for employee
• Life/AD&D
• Paid parental leave