Senior System Administrator

Position:
Senior System Administrator

Company:
Not specified

Location:
Europe (remote)

Employment type:
Full time

Short Summary:
The company provides VPS and dedicated server hosting for FX brokers and traders. We are looking for a reliable, hands-on Senior Systems Administrator who can support customer-facing infrastructure and contribute to technical improvement projects.

Responsibilities:
- Administer and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers.
- Support Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware environments.
- Diagnose issues with Dell and Supermicro servers.
- Resolve customer incidents involving VPS, dedicated servers, virtualisation, and connectivity.
- Maintain Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, backups, and monitoring.
- Support data centre infrastructure, storage, and networking.
- Participate in upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure improvement projects.
- Maintain clear technical documentation and follow change-management procedures.

Requirement:
- 7+ years of systems, infrastructure, or data-centre experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with: Windows Server and Linux; Hyper-V and VMware; Dell and/or Supermicro servers; Server and virtualisation troubleshooting.
- Experience in data centres, hosting, managed services, or another 24/7 infrastructure environment.
- Good understanding of networking, storage, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Strong spoken and written English.
- Reliable, organised, and comfortable taking ownership of issues through resolution.
- Nice to have VPS, dedicated hosting, or IaaS experience.
- iDRAC, IPMI, SAN/NAS or Veeam.
- PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Ansible.
- Experience in fintech, trading, telecom, broadcast, or other mission-critical environments.

Benefits:
- Engagement as an independent contractor.
- Approximately 10–15 hours per week.
- Remote, primarily during European business hours.
- Rotating on-call coverage by agreement.