Linux/cloud Systems Administrator - Vancouver, Canada - Miraterra

Description

Salary:

FULL-TIME POSITION

OVERVIEW
At Miraterra, we believe that soil health is crucial for mitigating climate change, increasing biodiversity and ensuring food security.

We are a cleantech company using novel sensor technology, machine learning, and computational chemistry to generate soil insight and give farmers and agronomists the power to improve their soil health through data-driven decisions.

This is the purpose that unifies and drives us and we are looking for brilliant and kind people who can join us in this mission.

We are a team of welcoming and intelligent scientists, engineers and business people who are focused on taking breakthrough products into the market.

Miraterra existed for a couple years as a division in a larger corporation, Terramera, but is now spun out as a completely new company.

YOUR ROLE AT MIRATERRA

We are seeking an intermediate Linux/Cloud Systems Administrator to provide support for our on-prem, data center, and GCP environments, and be a critical part of our growth.

You will work with a small IT team where we freely share ideas, jokes, and technical know-how, and be a critical part of projects, such as building new workflows for machine learning workloads incorporating raspberry pis, climate controlled growth chambers, and robotics sensors.

As we are a small team in a technically focused startup, this role will offer exposure to every aspect of our infrastructure and you will be a key contributor in designing our future.

We have a lot of opportunities for technical growth, a supportive and knowledgeable team for you to work with, and an inclusive and kind work culture to be a part of.

If you enjoy collaborating with smart and happy people, and have a passion for working with open source tools and portable solutions, we want to work with you.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Reporting to the Director of IT, you will work alongside two DevOps Engineers, the Systems Administrator, and work closely with a Sr.

(Linux) Systems Specialist. Your projects will involve collaboration with a diversity of teams, including Machine Learning, Computational Chemistry, Mechatronics, and lab scientists.


IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL

• Build, manage and deploy virtual machines (KVM, Proxmox)
• Manage and enhance our Raspberry Pi environment
• Migrate departments from an existing ZFS file system to a new ceph infrastructure
• Manage and enhance our NextCloud infrastructure
• Automate our onprem system builds using Ansible and Puppet
• Manage backups of Linux systems to a centralized repository
• Configure and maintain cloud storage for backups and archiving
• Provide log management and rotation as part of the backup scheme
• Build and support containerization of services for multiple teams and within the kubernetes infrastructure
• Troubleshoot the environment with the team
• Projects as needed under direction of Sr Systems Specialist and IT Director
• Provide support escalation for level 3 open source based helpdesk tickets
• Create and QC documentation and tickets with Confluence and Jira

WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Someone who is fascinated by technology, loves open source tools and the community that supports them, and is enthusiastic to work at any level within the infrastructure, when needed.
• Experience with change management systems (Ansible, Puppet, Salt, Chef, etc)
• 3+ years experience working with Linux and open source projects
• Cloud administration experience preferably with GCP
• Proven ability to prioritize independently, but also know when to escalate. Understanding of LAN/WAN networking.
  WE VALUE, BUT DON'T REQUIRE
• Data Engineering experience
• Kubernetes experience
• Python experience
• Ceph RADOS experience
• High speed networking and networking hardware standards
• Experience with bare metal servers

LOCATION

• 80% or more remote with periodic visits to our headquarters and data center in Vancouver, B.C.

JOB TYPE

• Full time, Permanent