System Administrator

Who are we?

BlueOptima is the only company providing reliable, objective software development productivity metrics.

The technology has been implemented by some of the world’s largest organizations including insurance companies, telecoms and seven of the world’s top ten Universal Banks.

BlueOptima is a Private Limited company, incorporated in 2007 and based in London.

BlueOptima is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Whom are we looking for?

We are hiring for a System Administrator to join our growing company and be a part of our success story. We are looking for a talented System Administrator with deep experience in AWS and managing large number of Linux servers used for hosting purposes, to join our research and development team in India.

What does the role involve?

Manage AWS services used, covering following (but not limited to)

ec2 instances and network configurations

IAM policies.

Security perimeter on ec2, s3 and VPC

Design, install, configure, and maintain PostgreSQL database clusters.

Respond to and resolve database access, performance, and other issues.

Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize database usage.

Ability to work non-peak hours when needed and for deployment and other configuration changes which might affect service availability.

Using tools like Puppet and Terraform for application deployment and management.

Maintaining monitoring tools, e.g. Cacti.

Configuring and Maintaining ELK server for log aggregation and alerting.

Maintaining VPN and NIDS services running in VPC

The role is based in India.

Why work for us?

Compensation is higher than market salary

Stimulating challenges that fully use your skills, e.g. real-world technical problems to which solution cannot simply be found on the internet

Working alongside other passionate, talented engineers

Hardware of your choice (e.g. Macbook Pro or Dell XPS)

Our fast-growing company offers the potential for rapid career progression

More about working at BlueOptima

Required Skills

B.Sc. in Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical degree; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Shell, etc.

Experience with ELK or Splunk. With strong understanding of both structured and unstructured data.

Experience with using automation tools like Puppet and Terraform.

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Good understanding on Networking and packet capturing and analysis

Ability to troubleshoot problems remotely and VPN/network connectivity issues from different OS environments