Senior Systems Administrator

TL;DR

Senior Systems Administrator: Design, administer, harden, and improve compute, storage, virtualization, and networking environments with an accent on operational excellence, security, and scalability for a global remote-first organization. Focus on leading infrastructure modernization projects, monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and mentoring IT team members.

Location: Remote (US-based, Seattle WA). No visa sponsorship.

Salary: $130.4K – $163K (US)

Company

hirify.global empowers developers with tools for building, sharing, and running apps, trusted by millions worldwide in a remote-first organization.

What you will do

• Recommend and implement improvements to systems, networks, hardware, and software configurations.
• Maintain and administer computing environments including Linux, macOS, Windows, virtualization, and peripherals.
• Monitor performance, reliability, and security; troubleshoot and resolve hardware/software issues.
• Design, configure, and implement tests across IT stack, networking, and virtual infrastructure.
• Manage identity and access, security controls, and automation to reduce overhead.
• Develop documentation, runbooks, and procedures; provide leadership and mentorship to team.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional systems administration experience in production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux, macOS, Windows desktop/server and endpoint management.
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure upgrades, cloud storage, HPC, hybrid deployments.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, least-privilege models, security controls; work with security/compliance teams.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, documentation skills; lead cross-functional projects.
• Ability to mentor team members.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with CI/CD, IaC, SDLC, version control, automation languages.
• Experience leveraging AI tools for scale and AI-forward initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first culture with offices in Seattle and Paris; freedom and flexibility to fit work around life.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave, PTO plan, quarterly Whaleness Days, end-of-year break.
• Home office setup, $100/month technology stipend, training stipend for conferences/courses.
• Equity ownership; medical benefits, retirement, holidays vary by country; hirify.global swag.

Hiring process

• First 90 days: Complete compliance/IAM initiatives, own strategic projects, establish runbooks and monitoring.