What are the responsibilities and job description for the Database & Linux System Administrator position at OxBlue?
Database & Linux System Administrator
Location: Atlanta, GA,
Department: Development
Type: Full Time, Hybrid
Min. Experience: 5 years
Job Description:
As a Linux System Engineer at OxBlue, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the performance, availability, and scalability of our systems. You'll work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to enhance and optimize our network and infrastructure, while automating system configurations and supporting a large-scale environment.
Company Description:
OxBlue, part of Hexagon, is a leading global provider of construction time-lapse and live streaming video camera services. Since 2001, OxBlue’s helped owners, general contractors and industry professionals capture, understand and share construction progress with ease. Using high-definition cameras, artificial intelligence features and an easily accessible interface, OxBlue provides effortless access to real-time accurate and actionable data. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, we’ve helped more than 5,900 clients across 45 countries manage, monitor and market success on the jobsite.
You will:
- Work closely with other engineering teams to identify systems requirements
- Maintain MySQL HA (source/replica replication, optimization and tuning)
- Define and implement event triggers that will alert on potential database issues
- Automate deploying and updating network and system configurations (Puppet/Foreman)
- Support CDNs, caching proxies and manage multi-site distribution networks
- Maintain current understanding of AWS cloud administration and standards
- Assess utilization trends, design and implement recommendations to scale architecture
- Optimize, tune and replicate multi-sites of extremely large data stores (think petabytes)
- Maintain and monitor centralized logging and monitoring software
You have:
- BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience
- High degree of proficiency in Linux and Database administration
- 5 or more years of experience in a large-scale networked Linux environment
- Security-focused system administration mindset
- Advanced CentOS/Rocky Linux/RHEL engineering on the LAMP stack
- Ability to install, configure and maintain Apache and MySQL
- Experience building deployment and automated tools using Bash and Puppet
- Strong knowledge of network technologies: IP Tables, NFS, DNS, FTP, Rsync
- Experience with network security and performance tuning (Kernel and TCP parameters)
- Excellent communication and project planning skills; must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Must be a self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills
Bonus points for:
- Knowledge of AWS services such as IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, Elasticsearch,
- Networking experience with Fortinet hardware (updating ACLs, VPN, monitor traffic)
- Security audit experience and familiarity with IDS / penetration testing
- Experience with Splunk and highly customized Grafana / Prometheus / Loki
Our perks:
- Health insurance paid 100% for employee and 50% for family
- Dental insurance paid 100% for employee
- 401k with company match
- A fun work environment: casual dress, free snacks, complimentary massages and great parties
- Investment in your professional development with internal promotions, continuing education and tuition reimbursement
- Paid sabbatical program: 4 weeks every 5 years
- An award-winning culture recognized for its high level of employee satisfaction
- Long-term disability paid 100% for employee
- Life/AD&D
- Paid parental leave
The above summary of benefits is subject to change, is for informational purposes only, and does not create any contract rights to benefits.
If you have what it takes and are looking for a company committed to the success of its clients and its people, we want to hear from you.
Diversity and inclusion are important to OxBlue. We value the diversity of thought that comes from people of various backgrounds. Our continuous improvement and ability to serve our customers depend on creating a workplace that brings out the best in everyone. That’s why we are committed to continuing to create an atmosphere of positivity, happiness, and inclusion.
OxBlue is most successful when we capitalize on opportunity and culture, and we’ve come to realize both are essential to innovation and our shared experience. We believe we are at our best when we’re together, collaborating under one roof, but we also recognize the need for flexibility. Depending on their role, employees may work remotely up to 2 days per week once onboarding is complete.
