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# Sr. Systems Administrator

- **Company:** NIKSUN INC
- **Location:** Princeton, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $1,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Build Automation, Bash Shell, Ubuntu (Operating System), Debian Linux, Linux, Internet Protocol, Python (Programming Language), Package Management Systems, Ansible, Virtual Machines, Scripting, Google Cloud, Sysadmin, Firewalls (Computer Science), Kubernetes, Information Technology, Puppet, Terraform, Network Server
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3b8798ad0260535b

## About the Role

Experience specifically as a senior system admin with Linux, in particular Debian-based distributions of Linux (Debian, Ubuntu)

Must be able to code / script in at least two languages - one shell language (BASH or CSH or ZSH or other) and one "scripting language", Python preferred.

Basic to intermediate knowledge of networking / firewalls / security

Basic to intermediate knowledge of computer hardware (servers)

Desired Qualifications:

Experience with ansible, chef, or other automation tools preferred.

Ability to build automation infrastructure partially from scratch that can help build virtual machines, real HW, network/ SDN (Social Defined Network) elements.

Basic networking knowledge and skills (IP networking, firewalls, wireless)

Experience with Cloud computing AWS, Kubernetes and/or Google cloud. (Kubernetes is a big plus)

Has experience with APT, Yum, RPM, or similar package management tools, installations, usage

Experience with automation tools such as Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform is a plus

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science



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