System Administrator
ProxyRack
HighlightsÂ
- đ Flexible HoursÂ
- đĽ Work for a DCerÂ
- đď¸ 15 Days Paid VacationÂ
- đ Work with the FounderÂ
- đ¸ $350 Receive a Referral BonusÂ
- đş Anywhere in the World (Europe ideal)Â
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Who We AreÂ
ProxyRack is a leading residential and data center proxy provider that helps power other SaaS companies to unblock the internet.  We are a successful SaaS that has been around for over 8 years and is currently experiencing a new period of rapid growth. We have huge plans for the next 5 years and we want to get the right people on board to come on the journey. We are a fun, relaxed, and fully remote company, that will offer amazing training, support, and flexibility.Â
What do we do?Â
We are a leading residential and data center proxy provider that helps power other SaaS companies to unblock the internet.  We provide an API to developers who can then access millions of IPs through a single point of connection.Â
What are we looking for?Â
We are looking for a Senior Sysadmin who can help us manage, maintain and scale our growing number of servers.Â
Qualities weâre looking forÂ
- High level knowledge in TCP/IP networkingÂ
- Deep knowledge on how to optimize kernel through sysctlÂ
- Doesnât mind working by themselves â since we are in different timezonesÂ
- Can assign work to themselves once adjusted to the positionÂ
- Will make their own suggestions on how we can improve our systemsÂ
- Excellent problem solver and doesnât need hand-holdingÂ
- Comfortable learning new tools such as Kubernetes, nomad, or whatever we end up usingÂ
- Comfortable taking ideas and briefs then implementing them in their own timeÂ
- Would prefer long term workÂ
- Takes ownership and wants to build something theyâre proud ofÂ
BenefitsÂ
We believe in promoting work/life balance and offer our employees 15 days of paid vacation.  Flexible work hours. You can essentially set and work your own hours as long as the work gets completed.Â
Why work for ProxyRack?Â
- Fully remote teamwork from your bedroom or from a beach, whatever works for youÂ
- Flexible working hoursÂ
- No unnecessary meetings & emailsÂ
- Chance to be a part of a fast-growing companyÂ
- No corporate BS, you can always reach out to our CEO to ask a questionÂ
- Friendly work environmentÂ
What kind of work can you expect?Â
- Taking one of our micro-services and containerizing it and then ensuring high availabilityÂ
- You should be comfortable being on-call some of the time in case of server alertsÂ
- Setting up and deploying our own Nomad or Kubernetes service on bare metal serversÂ
- Creating backup systems for dataÂ
- Ensuring the stability and reliability of our serversÂ
- Serving as a point of contact for support staff seeking higher-level technical assistanceÂ
You willÂ
- Own the core services used by multiple engineering teamsÂ
- Ensure our infrastructure is highly availableÂ
- Diagnose complex issues across various levels of the stackÂ
- Improve the instrumentation and monitoring of our platformÂ
- Continue to evolve and challenge our core infrastructureÂ
- Work closely with our engineers to ensure they have the best toolingÂ
- Improve the reliability of our distributed systemsÂ
- Design and implement impactful architectural changesÂ
- Work in small, nimble teams.Â
Who would you be working with?Â
You would primarily be working with the founder, code engineers, and on occasion the product managers