Akkodis is seeking a Sr Systems Administrator for a Direct-Hire job with a client located in Irvine, CA (Hybrid).
Pay Range:$125,000 to $145,000. The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.
Need local or nearby candidates only!!!
Job Description:
Senior Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer to support and evolve a Linux-based production environment running legacy and modern web application platforms alongside growing DevOps and automation practices. This role blends hands-on systems administration, infrastructure reliability, and platform automation, supporting business-critical applications while enabling continuous improvement and modernization.
What You’ll Do
- Administer and maintain Linux production and corporate systems (RHEL-compatible distributions, including RHEL, Rocky Linux, and CentOS; plus BSD variants).
- Support legacy and modern web application platforms, including Java- and Node-based services, traditional web stacks, and middleware.
- Operate and maintain virtualized and clustered infrastructure (VMware, Proxmox, oVirt, Ceph).
- Automate provisioning, configuration, and maintenance using Ansible, Puppet, and scripting.
- Deploy and support containerized and service-based workloads (Docker; Kubernetes exposure a plus).
- Monitor system health, performance, and availability; troubleshoot and resolve production incidents.
- Own system and network security, including patching, firewalls, certificates, and access controls.
- Work with networking and storage technologies (NGINX, HAProxy, SMB/NFS/iSCSI, VPNs).
- Collaborate with developers to improve deployment pipelines, operational stability, and scalability.
- Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational standards.
- Participate in after-hours/on-call support as needed.
Technology Environment
- OS: Linux (RHEL, Rocky Linux, CentOS), BSD
- Infrastructure: VMware, Proxmox, oVirt, Ceph
- Web & Middleware: Apache, NGINX, Tomcat, Camel, ActiveMQ/Artemis, Karaf
- Datastores: MySQL, MariaDB/Galera, MongoDB, NoSQL platforms
- Automation: Ansible, Puppet, Foreman
- Containers: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes (preferred)
- Monitoring: Zabbix or equivalent
- Networking & Security: HAProxy, iptables/PF, BGP/OSPF, SSL/TLS, VPN
- Hardware: Dell, HP, Supermicro
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience administering Linux production environments, preferably RHEL-compatible systems.
- Strong troubleshooting across systems, networking, storage, and applications.
- Experience supporting legacy and modern web applications in operational environments.
- Scripting experience (Bash or similar).
- Familiarity with DevOps practices: automation, monitoring, CI/CD awareness.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams.
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, and comfortable owning production systems.
Nice to Have
- Kubernetes or cloud-native experience.
- High-availability or clustered database experience.
- Linux, networking, or virtualization certifications.
If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis, or any questions, please contact Anirudh Srivastava at 610-227-6773 or anirudh.srivastava@akkodisgroup.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Benefits offerings include but are not limited to:
· 401(k) with match
· Medical insurance
· Dental Insurance
· Vision assistance
· Paid Holidays Off
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- The California Fair Chance Act
- Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
- Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
- San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
