Maintain and develop our production virtualisation and storage infrastructure (hardware and software)
Handle daily operational tasks (change management, incident management) together with the rest of the operations team and our partners, keeping our infrastructure running 24/7
Travel to UpCloud’s data centres in Europe and in the USA to do routine hardware installation and maintenance tasks (up to 25% of the time)
Help our customer support and the rest of the company by handling technical questions

Proven track record of Linux server administration skills (bare-metal and virtualised)
Practical problem-solving skills and the ability to comprehend complex environments
Basic understanding of container systems (Docker, Kubernetes)
Database knowledge (MySQL/Postgresql), experience in managing HA systems preferred
Good understanding and hands-on experience of the basics of the Internet and relevant server-side applications (DNS, HTTPD etc.)
Understanding of network technologies (TCP/IP, LB's etc.) and storage systems (ZFS, iSCSI)
Knowledge of server/networking hardware and data centers, and their monitoring
Security-oriented mindset
Good documentation skills
Ability to attend our Office in Helsinki, as well as to travel to our locations in the EU

System Engineer

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