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Linux Systems Administrator

Added 2 months ago

Description

The role

Nebius operates complex, mission-critical infrastructure environments. As a Systems Administrator, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and integrating Linux-based systems that support our production platforms. This role sits at the intersection of systems, networking, and automation, with a strong focus on diagnosing issues and keeping services reliable. 

You will work closely with infrastructure, networking, and data center teams, and will occasionally travel to data centers to support hands-on troubleshooting and systems integration when needed.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Administer, monitor, and maintain Linux-based systems in productionb environments
  • Debug and resolve system, service, and network-related issues
  • Operate and support core network services such as DNS, DHCP, NTP, and related infrastructure services
  • Perform systems integration across hardware, operating systems, and internal platforms
  • Build and maintain automation for routine operational tasks
  • Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident follow-up
  • Work with data center and hardware teams during deployments and maintenance
  • Document systems, procedures, and operational runbooks
  • Participate in on-call or operational support rotations as required

What we expect you to have:

  • Professional experience as a systems administrator or in a similar operations role
  • Strong hands-on experience with Linux systems and troubleshooting
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and common network services
  • Proven ability to debug complex issues spanning systems and networks
  • Experience with systems integration and operational tooling
  • Comfort working in production environments with a high ownership mindset
  • Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

It will be an added bonus if you have:

  • Programming or scripting experience (Python preferred)
  • Experience with automation tools or configuration management systems
  • Familiarity with data center operations or on-site infrastructure
  • Experience supporting large-scale or distributed systems
  • Exposure to cloud or hybrid infrastructure environments

Working conditions:

  • Primarily remote or office-based role, depending on location
  • Occasional travel to data centers may be required, especially if not located near one
  • Collaboration with globally distributed engineering and operations teams

Key employee benefits:

  • Health insurance: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families
  • 401(k) plan: up to 4% company match with immediate vesting
  • Parental leave: 20 weeks paid for primary caregivers, 12 weeks for secondary caregivers
  • Remote work reimbursement: up to $85/month for mobile and internet
  • Disability & life insurance: company-paid short-term, long-term, and life insurance coverage

Compensation

  • We offer competitive salaries, ranging from $100k- $140k base + quarterly performance bonuses.

Join Nebius and help operate the systems that power next-generation AI
infrastructure.

Company

Nebius provides an AI-focused cloud platform enabling scalable GPU clusters (from single GPU to thousands of NVIDIA GPUs) with pre-configured drivers, InfiniBand networking, and orchestrators like Kubernetes or Slurm. It offers fully managed services (MLflow, PostgreSQL, Apache Spark), cloud-native tooling (Terraform, API, CLI), ready-to-go solutions, and expert support. Nebius also runs data centers and is active in AI research collaborations and open-source AI ecosystem examples (vLLM, CRISPR-GPT references) and has partnerships with NVIDIA as Reference Platform Cloud Partner.

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