Principal Systems Administrator

Join Avetta as a Principal Systems Administrator!

Location: Sydney or Newcastle, Australia (On-site)

Avetta is looking for a Principal Systems Administrator to shape the strategy and ensure the uptime and reliability of our global, customer-facing infrastructure. This role plays a critical part in optimizing performance, maintaining high availability, and delivering scalable solutions. If you’re passionate about cloud-based infrastructure, automation, and keeping systems stable at scale, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate Infrastructure: Design and implement secure, scalable, and predictable infrastructure solutions.
• Environment Management: Oversee and support both production and development environments.
• CI/CD Systems: Implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Git.
• Infrastructure Automation: Manage large-scale environments via tools like SaltStack and Terraform.
• Linux/Unix Administration: Ensure high system availability and optimize performance.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Administer enterprise-level backups and disaster recovery protocols, including encryption.
• Networking & Microservices: Administer DNS, NAT, internet gateways, and maintain microservices architectures.
• API Design: Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and HTTP protocols.
• 24/7 Production Support: Act as a first responder to resolve critical production issues on a global SaaS platform.
• Monitoring & Optimization: Automate real-time monitoring systems to maintain 99.95% uptime.
• Cost Optimization: Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through automation and infrastructure reuse.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Utilize Docker and Kubernetes to support scalable, shared infrastructure.
• Innovation: Continuously explore and propose new technologies to enhance infrastructure, security, and performance.
• Leadership: Guide and mentor, a team of Engineers to achieve operational goals.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Certifications in cloud technologies (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Cloud DevOps Engineer, Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert).
• 7+ years of experience in a Senior Systems Administrator role with hands-on experience with expertise in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• 5+ years of experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership or technical lead role, overseeing teams of up to 5 members.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and Go.
• Expertise in container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and networking tools (HAProxy, ALB).
• Strong knowledge of automation/configuration tools like SaltStack and Terraform.
• Proven ability to manage teams and lead initiatives.

Key Metrics

• Infrastructure Deployment: Automate infrastructure provisioning within hours.
• Response Time: Ensure timely resolution of internal requests.
• Uptime: Maintain a 99.95% uptime across all systems.
• Cost Efficiency: Continuously drive cost reductions in infrastructure.
• Innovation: Regularly propose and implement improvements to processes and technologies.

Join Avetta and be part of a team that powers infrastructure at scale!