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Hp

Senior Android/Linux Firmware Developer

Vancouver, BC · On-site

CA$120K - CA$157K/yr

Senior Android/Linux Firmware Developer Description - Be part of something bigger at HP We're looking for an Embedded Firmware Developer who's passionate about software design and development ...

Fortinet

Staff C Programmer (Linux Platform)

Burnaby, BC · On-site

CA$140K - CA$171K/yr

Linux system calls * Multi-threading and concurrency (pthreads, synchronization primitives) * Memory management and debugging (valgrind, gdb) * IPC mechanisms (shared memory, sockets, pipes)

FortisBC

Technical Analyst 4 (Ansible/Linux)

Trail, BC · On-site

CA$3.7K/wk

Proficient in Linux RedHat Patching * Experience with Windows Server Patching and Management Our engaging workplace offers a wide range of challenging opportunities, while being safe, inclusive, and ...

FortisBC

Technical Analyst 4 (Ansible/Linux)

Surrey, BC · On-site

CA$3.7K/wk

Proficient in Linux RedHat Patching * Experience with Windows Server Patching and Management Our engaging workplace offers a wide range of challenging opportunities, while being safe, inclusive, and ...

Fortinet

Senior Software Developer

Burnaby, BC · On-site

CA$117K - CA$143K/yr

This position is ideal for a software engineer with strong Linux OS, networking, and Kubernetes expertise who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and delivering high-quality solutions.

Fortinet, Inc.

Senior Software Developer

Burnaby, BC

CA$117K - CA$143K/yr

This position is ideal for a software engineer with strong Linux OS, networking, and Kubernetes expertise who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and delivering high-quality solutions.

Fortinet, Inc.

Senior Software Developer

Burnaby, BC · On-site

CA$100K - CA$140K/yr

Develop, design, and test software for Fortinet products, including Linux applications and kernel modules. * Maintain, evaluate, optimize, and support the implementation of software and firmware ...

Fortinet

Senior Software Developer

Burnaby, BC

CA$100K - CA$140K/yr

Develop, design, and test software for Fortinet products, including Linux applications and kernel modules. * Maintain, evaluate, optimize, and support the implementation of software and firmware ...

Aviso Wealth

Senior Systems Engineer

Vancouver, BC · On-site

Own complex incidents, problems, changes, and operational escalations across Windows, Active Directory, Linux, VMware, Azure, backup/recovery, monitoring, and related infrastructure services * Lead ...

Aviso Wealth

Senior Systems Engineer

Vancouver, BC · Hybrid

Own complex incidents, problems, changes, and operational escalations across Windows, Active Directory, Linux, VMware, Azure, backup/recovery, monitoring, and related infrastructure services * Lead ...

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DevOps Systems Administrator - Linux

Global Relay

Vancouver, BC • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 10 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Deploy, update, and monitor Linux systems

  • Collaborate with development and support teams to share knowledge and improve deployment processes

  • Assist with urgent issues and participate in on-call troubleshooting support

Job description

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)

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