Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary: $60K - $75K annually
Metal Toad is an award-winning AWS Consulting Partner and AWS Managed Services provider company based in the USA. We help our customers with their cloud adoption by providing architecture, migration, optimization, machine learning, and even 24x7 support. We are a professional services firm providing services in software engineering and the cloud. We do Technical consulting, Programming & Quality Assurance, DevOps, Applications, UX, Product management, and Project management.
Metal Toad is a fully remote organization with all employees having the option to work from home. The candidate must be able to work between 8 AM and 5 PM Pacific Time (PST) from Monday through Friday.
This position is open for USA residents only.
Job Description
The System Administrator position at Metal Toad requires experience in maintaining infrastructure for high-availability, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. You will be part of a talented team that works on mission-critical applications.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Planning
- Documenting complete cloud hosting systems, including capacity planning, software and instance type selection, allocation, and network design.
- Building systems by executing installation, configuration, and testing of cloud resources.
- Using automation and configuration management to ensure repeatability and traceability of changes.
Managed Services
- Troubleshooting system hardware, software, networks, and operating systems.
- Protecting integrity and security of systems by implementing access controls and monitoring tools and providing written evaluations and recommendations for ongoing improvement.
- Maintaining system performance through system monitoring and analysis and performance tuning.
- Maintaining internal systems and customer deployment documentation.
- Being part of a 24x7 on-call rotation (approx. one week on call, one week on backup per month).
- Responding to support tickets and incidents in a timely manner that corresponds to SLA commitments.
Learning
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Read and agree to our Corporate Values Statement.
- Believe in the company mission:to help people.
- 2+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Additional experience with other cloud providers is a bonus.
- Familiar with Linux and/or Windows System administration.
- Scripting language experience (Python and Shell preferred).
- Deep knowledge of TCP/IP and HTTP protocols.
- Experience with web accelerators, load balancers, reverse proxies, and CDNs.
- Problem solver and willing to work in an agile/fast-paced environment.
- Customer-oriented with good communication skills.
- Willing to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation with approximately one shift per month compensated.
- Possessing or being willing to achieve in the first two weeks the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certificate (Metal Toad sponsors the test).
Benefits
At Metal Toad, we value our employees and strive to provide a supportive and rewarding work environment. Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health and Dependent Care FSA
- Health Savings Account
- 401k
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Additional supplemental benefits, such as life insurance, critical illness coverage, and legal services, are also available.
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