Senior Linux System Administrator/SRE

Permanent contract

Scaleway 🌐

SRE - Virtualization 💻

About Scaleway

Founded in 1999, Scaleway is the cloud subsidiary of Iliad Group, a leading European telecommunications company.
Mission: Foster a more responsible digital industry by helping developers and businesses create, deploy, and adapt applications to any infrastructure.
25,000+ customers choose Scaleway for its multi-AZ redundancy, seamless user experience, carbon-neutral datacenters, and native multi-cloud management tools.
Products include fully managed solutions for bare metal, containerization, and serverless architectures, offering a responsible choice in cloud computing.
Join a dynamic team of nearly 600 diverse professionals in a stimulating international environment that combines technical excellence, creativity, and collaboration.

About the Job

Ensure reliable delivery of virtual machines and bare metal servers to users worldwide.
Collaborate with Engineering Manager Emerick Mounoury.
Strong background in Python development and system administration, with DevOps experience and SRE practices.
Systems and monitoring tools are constantly evolving, requiring adaptability.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience in system programming using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot production system failures.
Positive mindset and desire to work collaboratively.
Passion for automation and incremental tooling improvements.
Experience with Linux systems (Ubuntu server) and virtualization (QEMU/KVM).
Good understanding of computer networks (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, IPv6, firewall, BGP, network virtualization).
Good command of English.

Preferred Qualifications

Responsibilities

Create/optimize tools & documentation to identify, diagnose, and solve production incidents, automating as much as possible.
Troubleshoot high-impact issues by collaborating with multiple Engineering teams (Storage, Network, Hardware).
Take on-call responsibilities, mitigate production issues, and respond to customers in real time.
Ensure high-quality service for customers using observability and monitoring technologies.
Manage the life cycle of hypervisors in production and participate in the fleet-wide migration plan.
Empower teammates to swiftly integrate and deploy software components across the virtualization system.
Implement best stability, resiliency, scalability, security, and performance practices across the virtualization system.

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