Sr Systems Administrator

Akkodis is seeking a Sr Systems Administrator for a Direct-Hire job with a client located in Irvine, CA (Hybrid).

Pay Range: $125,000 to $145,000
. The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Need local or nearby candidates only!!!

Senior Systems Administrator / Dev Ops Engineer to support and evolve a Linux-based production environment running legacy and modern web application platforms alongside growing Dev Ops and automation practices. This role blends hands‑on systems administration, infrastructure reliability, and platform automation, supporting business‑critical applications while enabling continuous improvement and modernization.

• Administer and maintain Linux production and corporate systems (RHEL‑compatible distributions, including RHEL, Rocky Linux, and CentOS; plus BSD variants).
• Support legacy and modern web application platforms, including Java‑ and Node‑based services, traditional web stacks, and middleware.
• Operate and maintain virtualized and clustered infrastructure (VMware, Proxmox, oVirt, Ceph).
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and maintenance using Ansible, Puppet, and scripting.
• Deploy and support containerized and service‑based workloads (Docker; Kubernetes exposure a plus).
• Monitor system health, performance, and availability; troubleshoot and resolve production incidents.
• Own system and network security, including patching, firewalls, certificates, and access controls.
• Work with networking and storage technologies (NGINX, HAProxy, SMB/NFS/iSCSI, VPNs).
• Collaborate with developers to improve deployment pipelines, operational stability, and scalability.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational standards.
• Participate in after‑hours/on‑call support as needed.

• Automation: Ansible, Puppet, Foreman
• Monitoring: Zabbix or equivalent
• Networking & Security: HAProxy, iptables/PF, BGP/OSPF, SSL/TLS, VPN

• 5+ years of experience administering Linux production environments, preferably RHEL‑compatible systems.
• Strong troubleshooting across systems, networking, storage, and applications.
• Experience supporting legacy and modern web applications in operational environments.
• Scripting experience (Bash or similar).
• Familiarity with Dev Ops practices: automation, monitoring, CI/CD awareness.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams.
• Self‑directed, detail‑oriented, and comfortable owning production systems.

• Kubernetes or cloud‑native experience.
• High‑availability or clustered database experience.
• Linux, networking, or virtualization certifications.

If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis
, or any questions, please contact Anirudh Srivastava at  or anirud

• 401(k) with match
• Medical insurance

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