Lead System Administrator- Linux & Cloud - Direct- Hire/FTE - Elk Grove, CA.

Company: INSPYR Solutions
Location: Elk Grove
Posted on: June 3, 2025

Job Description:

Lead System Administrator (Linux & Cloud) - Direct-Hire/FTE - Elk Grove, CA.

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Title: Lead System Administrator (Linux & Cloud)
Location: Elk Grove, CA - Hybrid with 3 days onsite per week
Duration: Direct Hire/FTE
Compensation: $140,000 - $150,000 base +15% Bonus
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US

Position Summary:
The Lead Systems Administrator will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) responsible for the ongoing operations of all infrastructure components of a hosted datacenter, as well as the CLIENT presence in the GCP cloud. Responsibilities include server provisioning and installations, support and administration including: physical and virtual server setup, OS installations, automation, advanced troubleshooting, application level support and root cause analysis in both on-premise (datacenter) and GCP environments.

Position Responsibilities - Other duties may be assigned: Responsible for the continued maintenance of systems including software installation, patch application, file-system management, performance monitoring and tuning and troubleshooting alerts from commercial, open source and locally developed monitoring tools, networking as related to datacenter and GCP operations of team infrastructure and resources. Use Terraform and Gitlab to provision and maintain IaaS resources within GCP.
24/7 production support with participation in team on-call.
Off-hours maintenance activities as scheduled.
Lead the Linux/Unix infrastructure support team to meet operational goals and project timelines.
Lead and/or assist project teams with technical issues in all phases of company's standards and best practices
Understand the customer needs and provide timely support for production issues.
Propose technical solutions based on production issues.
Comply with change control and release management policies and procedures.
Weekly reporting on defined metrics, project status and datacenter and GCP infrastructure.

Position Requirements: Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from four- year college or university in relevant field; or equivalent work experience.
10 or more years of professional 24x7 systems maintenance experience in a Linux/Unix data center and/or public cloud environment (GCP preferred).
Strong knowledge/understanding of ITIL support processes and methodologies, incident management, change control management, problem management.
Experience with Agile SDLC a plus.
Ability to actively participate both technically and functionally within all applications of service management: incident, problem, change, asset, CMDB and, IT Operations Management.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple priorities.
Linux & Cloud System Administration Experience Public cloud experience preference 1) GCP
2) AWS
3) Azure
4) Any other smaller vendors


Linux experience Redhat or Ubuntu based


Skills to focus on Cloud management experience
Terraform Need to have practical production experience


Git/Github/Gitlab





Linux, Cloud and IT certifications considered: Linux: RHCE, LFCS, LPIC-1 or equivalent
Cloud: GCP Cloud Engineer, AWS SysOps Admin or equivalent
ITIL Foundation, CompTIA Server+

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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