Job Specifications
Who we are:
For over 20 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world's most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.
Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It's a place where you can genuinely make an impact - and be recognized for it.
We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.
Your role:
Global Relay delivers enterprise services to 23,000 customers in 90 countries, including 22 of the top 25 global banks. Our infrastructure teams provide fantastic opportunities to System Administrators who are passionate about maintaining reliable Linux systems with a strong interest in automation, performance and security. We are looking for someone who is motivated to automate 'on-prem' only solutions including Linux based OS Updates, configuration management and custom based implementations created by our talented developers.
Deploy, update, and monitor Linux systems
Collaborate with development teams to reduce TOIL related to bespoke application deployments and associated tooling
Support multiple on-premise environments
Collaborate with application support teams to share and document knowledge and operational run books
Scale and manage infrastructure with high throughput, availability and storage requirements
Assist with urgent issues including on being part of an on-call rota to provide 2nd level troubleshooting support when required
"Automate all the things"
About you:
We are looking for someone who is willing to grow in the role and extend their skill set as our Information Archive solution continues to evolve to meet our future architectural goals to exceed customer expectations
Minimum 3 years of experience as a Linux system administrator of bare metal, VM and orchestrated deployments
Enjoys automating away manual tasks using scripting (Bash, Python, etc.) and configuration management tools such as Ansible
A desire to dig deep to troubleshoot, debug and decouple the layers that comprise automated deployments and configuration management
Ability to analyze complex systems and problems and express them in simple terms
Experience in troubleshooting networking issues.
Experience working in Agile based teams.
A problem solver who takes initiative and is pro active.
Effortlessly self-motivates while working on team-based projects
A well organized, thorough and detail oriented person
Able to keep the "bigger picture" in mind while prioritizing conflicting demands and tasks
Confident enough to voice your opinion, ask questions and not afraid to suggest a better solution, without being abrasive
Enjoys collaborating with others, including other functional teams to implement automated, scalable, stable and efficient infrastructure.
Nice to haves:
Scripting (Bash, Python, etc.)
Automation and Configuration Management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Fabric, etc.)
Experience researching and advising on new technology implementations
SQL administration (Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.)
Hands on Kubernetes experience
Containerization experience (Docker, Podman, etc.)
Networking experience (DNS, VLANs, etc.)
Experience with web servers and load balancers (Apache, Nginx, HAProxy, etc.)
Monitoring and logging infrastructure (Zabbix, Splunk, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Prometheus, etc.)
Experience of CICD practices
Proficiency in Jenkins and Jenkins Pipelines developed in Groovy running on a Linux foundation
Experience with object oriented languages (Java, C# etc)
Experience with performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning for Database clusters (eg. Ceph, Cassandra)
Compensation: Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbia's pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise, skills, education, and professional background. The range below reflects the expected annual base salary, which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy, culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees' work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program, including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual
About the Company
Global Relay is the leading provider of fully compliant, cloud electronic communications archiving, messaging, supervision, and eDiscovery solutions for the global financial sector and other highly regulated industries.
Founded in 1999, Global Relay delivers services to over 20,000 customers in 90 countries, including 22 of the top 25 banks. From the Global Relay App for compliant communications, through to intelligent archiving, superior data connectors, and proactive surveillance, Global Relay’s integrated compliance sol...
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