System Administrator, DevOps and Infrastructure NEW

Job summary

The System Administrator, DevOps and Infrastructure performs day-to-day administration of SGL’s infrastructure through maintaining, upgrading, managing and troubleshooting software, hardware and networks.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Postsecondary Degree or Diploma in computer science, related field, or combined education and experience
• Experience with Linux system administration and on-premises infrastructure management
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling, version control systems, GitOps workflows, and DevOps practices
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform/OpenTofu
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Vector)
• Knowledge of networking concepts, directory services (LDAP, Active Directory, OIDC/SAML), database systems (MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL), and distributed storage (Ceph)
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere and Proxmox VE
• Proficiency in Go, with additional experience in Python, TypeScript, and shell scripting
• Experience building and maintaining custom container images and CI/CD pipeline templates
• Experience with identity and access management, including OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP proxying, and SSO integrations
• Knowledge of secrets management solutions such as HashiCorp Vault
• Ability to obtain secret security clearance
• Ability to produce thorough and effective technical documentation
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and communications skills
• Ability to solve problems quickly and automate processes
• Ability to establish priorities and multitask in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Analyze, assess, and document on-premises physical server infrastructure requirements
• Oversee hardware and software installations, system monitoring, and preventive maintenance
• Design and implement log management and observability pipelines using Rsyslog, Loki, Vector, and Grafana
• Develop information systems policies and procedures for IT operations, including backup workflows, disk utilization, and network share management across Windows and Linux environments
• Assess and monitor infrastructure health metrics by developing system monitoring agents and integrating with directory services
• Evaluate, deploy, and manage containerized services using Docker
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab
• Analyze requirements and design bare-metal Kubernetes clusters, including distributed storage (Ceph), networking, and load balancing solutions
• Assess existing workloads and provide recommendations for migration and consolidation onto container orchestration platforms
• Implement monitoring, auto-scaling, and failover mechanisms for high-availability and business continuity
• Author infrastructure-as-code using Terraform/OpenTofu and Talos Linux for provisioning and managing Kubernetes cluster nodes
• Develop and maintain identity and access management integrations
• Build centralized IT management platforms/internal tooling (e.g., inventory, archiving, media management systems) as containerized microservices deployed on Kubernetes
• Design and operate access control reconciliation loops that enforce ACL state across systems based on authoritative directory sources
• Develop automation for employee on-boarding and off-boarding workflows
• Manage virtualization platforms including VMware vSphere and Proxmox VE for workload virtualization, VM provisioning, and resource allocation
• Create custom container images for enterprise mail and groupware platforms, integrating CalDAV/CardDAV, LDAP authentication, and mail server monitoring
• Maintain records and documentation
• Provide project status reports
• Comply with company safety precautions and policies, including reporting hazards and incidents

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Degrees

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Security clearance

Relocation