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# Senior System Administrator

- **Company:** PUNCHCARD INC.
- **Location:** Pasadena, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Backup Devices, Ubuntu (Operating System), Cloud Computing, Databases, Perl (Programming Language), Ganglia (Software), MongoDB, MySQL, Nagios, Performance Tuning, Shell Script, Software Deployment, System Availability, Information Technology, Cacti
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-punchcard-931103933154443/

## About the Role

+ BS/MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics
 + Successful candidates will have 3+ years experience with the following:
o Systems administration of Ubuntu Linux infrastructures
o Deployment and support of 24/7 production systems infrastructures in the Amazon EC2 cloud computing environment.
o Database administration and tuning, query analysis and tuning, database high availability and replication implementation for MySQL and MongoDB
o Java performance tuning, memory analysis
o PERL, PHP and Shell scripting
o Configuration and maintenance of OpenNMS, Cacti, Ganglia and Nagios

## Description

UberMedia is looking for individuals with a high need to achieve, who thrive when given unique challenges and who love a fast-paced environment that pushes the technology envelope. We have an immediate need for an experienced Senior System Administrator with proven experience supporting high volume, high performance, and high availability websites, application and database infrastructures., UberMedia is looking for individuals with a high need to achieve, who thrive when given unique challenges and who love a fast-paced environment that pushes the technology envelope. We have an immediate need for an experienced Senior System Administrator with proven experience supporting high volume, high performance, and high availability websites, application and database infrastructures. Amazon Web Services (AWS) experience is a mandatory requirement.
Key Position Accountabilities

 + Design, implement, upgrade and maintain current and new UberMedia technology infrastructure
 + Perform production application deployment
 + Participate in maintaining database and web-application high availability
 + Monitor applications, services, logs and databases.
 + Troubleshoot and remediate infrastructure incidents.
 + Define and implement backup procedures, monitor and verify the integrity of backups.
 + Create, maintain and enhance operational scripts and cronjobs.
 + Document infrastructure operations procedures and contribute to the infrastructure wiki for all UberMedia infrastructure operations
 + Provide on call support after business hours, backed up by members of the Engineering team.


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