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Senior DevOps / SRE – System Administrator

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WORK TYPE
remote
JOB TYPE
full-time
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About the role

Role Overview

Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer position covering night shifts and weekends with direct responsibility for operational continuity of cloud and on-premise infrastructure in real production environments. This is a highly technical senior-level role designed for professionals with solid experience in critical operations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain uptime and SLAs during night and weekend shifts
  • Resolve critical production incidents autonomously
  • Monitor infrastructure and cloud services proactively
  • Manage and resolve critical incidents during night shifts
  • Provide continuity for technical tasks and projects initiated by other teams
  • Maintain and supervise CI/CD pipelines
  • Administer Linux systems at advanced level
  • Manage Docker containers and Kubernetes orchestration
  • Administer cloud environments (AWS and/or Azure)
  • Work with virtualization (KVM / VMware)
  • Manage networking, storage and security policies
  • Apply DevOps best practices, automation and observability
  • Document and communicate clearly for shift handovers
  • Prevent business interruptions and maintain service continuity

Required Experience

  • Minimum 5 years in Linux system administration (ideally 8+)
  • Experience in cloud environments, data centers and critical operations
  • Real DevOps / SRE experience with full autonomy
  • Solid knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD
  • Background in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related fields

Technical Environment

  • Multi-client and multi-cloud infrastructure
  • Linux (advanced administration)
  • AWS and/or Azure
  • Docker & Kubernetes
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI or others)
  • Virtualization (VMware, KVM)
  • Networking, storage and security policies
  • Real production infrastructure (not laboratory environment)

Valued Skills

  • High autonomy and independent work capability
  • Experience resolving critical incidents
  • Ability to prioritize under pressure
  • Organized and clear communication between shifts
  • Multidisciplinary perspective (cloud and on-premise)
  • Cloud / DevOps certifications (valued but not replacing experience)

Important Note: This is not a basic support role. This is not L1/L2 support. This is an operations, decision-making and real responsibility role requiring autonomous work and technical decision-making during shifts.

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Senior DevOps / SRE – System Administrator at Distro — Remote