Linux System Administrator (DevOps)

For over 25 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. Global Relay delivers enterprise services to 23,000 customers in 90 countries, including 22 of the top 25 global banks. Our infrastructure teams provide fantastic opportunities to System Administrators who are passionate about maintaining reliable Linux systems with a strong interest in automation, performance and security. We are looking for someone who is motivated to automate 'on-prem' only solutions including Linux based OS Updates, configuration management and custom based implementations created by our talented developers.

• Deploy, update, and monitor Linux systems
• Collaborate with development teams to reduce TOIL related to bespoke application deployments and associated tooling
• Support multiple on-premise environments
• Collaborate with application support teams to share and document knowledge and operational run books
• Assist with urgent issues including on being part of an on-call rota to provide 2nd level troubleshooting support when required
• "We are looking for someone who is willing to grow in the role and extend their skill set as our Information Archive solution continues to evolve to meet our future architectural goals to exceed customer expectations

Minimum 3 years of experience as a Linux system administrator of bare metal, VM and orchestrated deployments

Enjoys automating away manual tasks using scripting (Bash, Python, etc.) and configuration management tools such as Ansible

A desire to dig deep to troubleshoot, debug and decouple the layers that comprise automated deployments and configuration management

Experience in troubleshooting networking issues.

Experience working in Agile based teams.

Effortlessly self-motivates while working on team-based projects

Scripting (Bash, Python, etc.)

Automation and Configuration Management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Fabric, etc.)

Experience researching and advising on new technology implementations

SQL administration (Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.)

Networking experience (DNS, VLANs, etc.)

Experience with web servers and load balancers (Apache, Nginx, HAProxy, etc.)

Monitoring and logging infrastructure (Zabbix, Splunk, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.)

Proficiency in Jenkins and Jenkins Pipelines developed in Groovy running on a Linux foundation

Experience with object oriented languages (Java, C# etc)

Experience with performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning for Database clusters (eg. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees' work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program, including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days, which increase based on tenure. Paid sick days, maternity/parental enhancement program, bonus, and an RRSP contribution matching program.

For Vancouver-based employees, we provide a subsidized meal program, courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

90,000—$130,000 CAD

You’ll receive the mentoring, coaching, and support you need to reach your career goals. Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

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