Summary
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Join a technical team responsible for reliable, mission-critical infrastructure. You will administer primarily Windows and also Linux servers, operate production environments, troubleshoot issues, manage backups and recovery, and improve infrastructure through automation and configuration management. Experience with CI/CD, networking, Git-based workflows, and infrastructure tooling is expected, with familiarity with Ansible and Jenkins being advantageous.
Highlights
Hands-on role supporting mission-critical production infrastructure, with opportunities to work across automation, CI/CD, networking, monitoring, and system reliability.
Description
Flex Databases team is looking for a DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer who can approach infrastructure with intelligence and pragmatism.
We have operational systems, mission-critical services, and a ton of interesting challenges.
What we're looking for:
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure administration, DevOps, or a similar technical role.
• Strong practical experience with Windows (the most important) and Linux (less crucial) server administration.
• Experience with production infrastructure operations, including monitoring, troubleshooting, patching, backup, and recovery.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals, DNS, SSL/TLS, firewalls, and related infrastructure technologies.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management; Ansible experience is preferred.
• Practical experience with CI/CD tools and processes; Jenkins experience is preferred.
• Good knowledge of Git and TFS; experience with GitLab and TFS is preferred.
• Experience with at least one public cloud platform; AWS experience is preferred.
• Experience supporting and administering production database systems (installation, configuration, backup, recovery, monitoring, and troubleshooting).
Experience with Firebird is a strong advantage; experience with other relational databases (e.g.
Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) is also acceptable.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.
• Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and application-related issues.
• Ability to work with existing and legacy systems and improve them incrementally without introducing unnecessary operational risk.
• Good written and spoken English.
Professional Skills:
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Practical, hands-on approach to infrastructure operations.
• Comfortable combining day-to-day infrastructure work with DevOps engineering tasks.
• Willingness to support existing systems rather than focusing exclusively on new technologies.
• Ability to understand an existing system before proposing significant changes.
• Ability to identify repetitive manual work and automate it where appropriate.
• Pragmatic approach to technology selection and infrastructure improvements.
• Ability to introduce improvements gradually, with appropriate assessment of operational risks.
• Ability to collaborate with system administrators, developers, QA engineers, and software architects.
Why join us:
Fully remote & international teamOpportunity to work in a fast-growing company with impact on global clinical researchSupportive culture that values responsibility, flexibility, and qualityAnnual leave (depends on contract type)Bank holidays (depends on contract type)Sick days fully paid by the company (depends on contract type)
How we work:
We care more about the things you do rather than your set working hours.
We have flexible start hours from 8:00 to 11:00.
It is important to participate in meetings with clients and (fixed) team meetings.We value respect, transparency, proactivity, openness, and a positive approach.
We do care about our team’s mental health and happiness.
This is why we follow an open-door policy and accept constructive feedback from both sides.We believe in teamwork with our clients and employees and build long-lasting trusted relationships.
