Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. OTAVA® is an award-winning company that specializes in providing broadband, voice, and IPTV infrastructure solutions. They are seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to architect large-scale infrastructure, lead automation and security initiatives, and mentor junior staff while ensuring high availability and compliance for critical services.
Responsibilities
- Designing and optimizing enterprise server, virtualization, and storage environments and core ISP services for scale and resilience
- Building tools and pipelines (Ansible, Terraform, Python) that standardize deployments and eliminate manual work
- Leading vulnerability management, incident response, compliance (FCC, PCI, SOC 2), and disaster-recovery and business-continuity strategy
- Serving as the top technical escalation point for critical, large-impact incidents
- Mentoring administrators and producing executive-level architecture diagrams, post-mortems, and recommendations
- Architect and oversee enterprise server and infrastructure environments — Windows, Linux, and Unix servers, virtualization platforms, and storage
- Design and improve mission-critical ISP services for high availability and redundancy at large customer scale
- Build advanced automation and orchestration frameworks — tools, pipelines, and processes using Ansible, Terraform, and Python — that standardize deployments and remove manual intervention
- Lead vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance programs (FCC, PCI, SOC 2)
- Guide system hardening and risk mitigation, and design and regularly test disaster-recovery, backup, and failover procedures
- Act as the highest-level technical escalation point and lead large cross-department infrastructure projects with senior network and engineering teams
- Drive adoption of emerging technologies, mentor junior and mid-level administrators, and produce executive-level documentation and reporting
Skills
- 8+ years of server or networking experience
- Expert knowledge of TCP/IP, ISP network architecture, and core protocols — routing, switching, and IP addressing
- Mastery of managing and troubleshooting servers through shell commands and scripting
- Deep automation and orchestration experience (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Python)
- A security-first approach: vulnerability management, intrusion detection, incident handling, and compliance (FCC, PCI, SOC 2)
- Proven ability to architect large-scale systems and lead complex root-cause investigations
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and mentoring engineers
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent experience
- Senior-level certifications: RHCE, Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), Cisco CCNP/CCIE, or VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
- Data-center and ISP-backbone design experience
- A record of setting infrastructure strategy and standards at scale
Benefits
- Group health & dental insurance
- 401(k) program with company match
- Generous PTO program
- Company wellness program
- Employer-paid short- and long-term disability
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