Senior Linux System Engineer

Xtremepush — United States · Posted ~4 hours ago

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Skills

Linux AWS Cloud infrastructure System administration Production infrastructure High availability systems Cloud Kubernetes

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior infrastructure role focused on designing, maintaining, and improving highly available systems. The position requires strong Linux expertise, cloud experience, problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate technical solutions clearly.

Highlights

Opportunity to work on large-scale, secure infrastructure with ownership of cloud improvements, complex technical challenges, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Description

About The Role We're looking for a Senior Linux System Engineer to join our infrastructure team as we scale a fast-growing, high-availability platform trusted by enterprise clients worldwide. You'll help define and implement AWS/cloud best practices, evaluate new approaches, and get hands-on with the implementation and continuous improvement of the systems that keep Xtremepush running securely and reliably at scale. This is a highly collaborative role — you'll work closely with our Operations team internally, and you'll also engage directly with clients and third-party vendors, so comfort communicating technical detail clearly to non-technical and external stakeholders is essential. We're looking for someone proactive and driven, who enjoys getting into the detail of complex, large-scale technical problems and seeing solutions through end to end. Key Responsibilities Work closely with the Operations team to maintain and scale production infrastructureInstall, monitor, and maintain hardware and software across our environmentsWrite scripts to automate jobs and processesOwn the security, stability, and uptime of production, staging, and development environmentsMonitor systems and respond to alerts as they arise day to dayTake part in an on-call rota for priority-1 alerts alongside the rest of the Ops teamMaintain network, server, and storage assets across our cloud environmentsDrive ongoing upgrades and improvements to infrastructure and processesContribute to planning application and infrastructure releases and configuration changesAct as a technical point of contact for internal teams, clients, and third-party vendors — troubleshooting and resolving complex issues with clarity and confidence Our Stack AWS (EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront, and more), LEMP stack, PowerMTA, pfSense, Zabbix, Grafana, Proxmox, Graylog, Datadog, Edgescan, ClickHouse This is a hybrid role. Your Experience And Qualifications 7+ years' experience in Linux system administration supporting a production environment (Debian or derivatives a plus)Scripting ability in at least one language (Bash, Python, or PHP)Solid understanding of the LAMP/LEMP stackExperience with networking and security conceptsExperience deploying and debugging complex applicationsMySQL database administration experienceExperience managing mail servers (PowerMTA), mail deliverability, and troubleshootingExperience with cloud-based services and virtualisationConfidence engaging directly with clients — able to explain technical issues and solutions clearly to a non-technical audience Location This is a hybrid role based in North America. About Us Headquartered in Ireland with offices in the UK and US, Xtremepush is an Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform powered by a built-in CDP. It enables high-velocity companies to build, grow, and retain strong customer relationships through personalised, relevant, and timely communication. With a true single customer view at its core, Xtremepush provides actionable customer intelligence that drives engagement, conversion, and revenue across all channels, while putting customer retention first. At Xtremepush, we believe that diversity adds incredible value to our teams, our products, and our culture. We don’t just accept differences, we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.