Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is seeking a Systems Administration Manager to lead and actively contribute to our Systems Administration team. This role is ideal for a highly experienced systems administrator who enjoys setting technical direction, mentoring others through example, and remaining deeply involved in the design and operation of production infrastructure.

The Systems Administration Manager will divide their time between hands-on systems administration and people leadership, owning both the technical health of the environment and the performance and development of the team responsible for it.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of systems administrators, providing clear technical direction, fostering accountability and collaboration
• Provide day-to-day people management, including goal setting, performance feedback, coaching, and career development
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and training of new systems administration team members
• Establish priorities, balance workloads, and ensure effective coverage for operational responsibilities and on-call needs
• Facilitate stakeholder reviews with other functional areas and collaborate to understand and architect systems in support of the wider organization while balancing competing deadlines
• Perform code reviews in GitLab and leverage powerful continuous integration pipelines
• Maintain highly available network storage servers using ZFS, NFS, CIFS, and Ceph
• Deploy web applications and manage MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
• Configure network switches, firewalls, and Internet gateways
• Write scripts to automate tasks and integrate services using Python and Bash
• Utilize monitoring infrastructure to proactively detect outages and respond to alerts to ensure uptime of critical services

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited high school (or valid General Educational Development certificate)
• Minimum of five (5+) years of related networking or systems administration experience
• Linux system administration experience, Ubuntu, or similar
• Advanced virtualization technologies such as QEMU/KVM, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Experience managing moderate-to-large size on-premise deployments
• Infrastructure/Configuration-as-Code platforms such as Ansible
• Strong understanding of networking concepts (DHCP, DNS, VLANs, etc.)
• Ability to work onsite from our facility located at 9901 Silicon Prairie Parkway in Verona, WI

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Administration, or a related field
• Three (3+) years of prior people management experience preferred
• Experience with O365 and managing cloud-based systems in Azure
• Experience with multiple of the following tools/technologies: Grafana, Graylog, Kea, Postfix, Redmine, Rundeck, WSL, Zabbix, Zulip
• Awareness of NIST SP 800-171 guidelines and modern cybersecurity standards

Compensation and Benefits

Extreme Engineering Solutions offers a competitive compensation package with excellent benefits, including:

• No-deductible, low-copay group health and dental insurance (90% employer paid)
• Health and wellness benefits coverage eligibility begins on the first of the month following your start date
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance (100% employer paid)
• Paid time off, plus eight paid holidays a year
• 401(k) employer match up to 4%, subject to plan terms & waiting periods (Roth option is available)
• Participation in the 100% employee-owned Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at no cost to employees

X-ES also takes a casual, small-business approach to company culture. At our state-of-the-art office and manufacturing facility located in Madison’s growing tech corridor, there’s no formal dress code, flexible day shift scheduling, and dedicated personal workspaces. Our employees kick back at regular company events and enjoy lunches from local pizza places and food carts. At X-ES, we strive to offer a comfortable, relaxed environment for our employees to do their best work.

About X-ES

When “rugged enough” isn’t rugged enough for embedded computing systems, industry leaders in the military, aerospace, industrial, and commercial sectors turn to Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES). Because we strive to be the premier provider of mission-critical embedded products while delivering exceptional levels of customer and employee satisfaction, we hire strong contributors and give them space to thrive. As a 100% employee-owned company, our employees both drive and directly benefit from our success. Together, we meticulously design and build products that stand up to some of the most extreme conditions on the planet.

X-ES is located on the far west side of Madison, WI. The company designs and manufactures rugged embedded computing solutions for a variety of applications. For more information, visit www.xes-inc.com.

X-ES is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other category protected by law.

All X-ES job postings and application procedures are posted in compliance with Section 39.08 of the Madison General Ordinances.

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