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Servebolt.com
ABOUT SERVEBOLT
Servebolt is a Norwegian-founded premium managed hosting company built for performance at scale. We process approximately 1.4 billion requests every week and serve visitors from virtually every country in the world. Behind that scale is a Linux-based infrastructure that our engineering team designs, builds, and runs - with no shortcuts and no hand-waving about reliability.
We are a highly technical company built by engineers for engineers. The team spans multiple countries and disciplines - infrastructure, software development, performance engineering, security, and hosting operations. Technical conversations regularly move from Linux internals and kernel behaviour to Go, PHP, distributed systems, and database internals. Everyone is expected to contribute, challenge assumptions, and help shape the platform.
THE ROLE
We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure, software, and operations.
You will help design, build, and run the systems that power thousands of websites - working across Linux, networking, security, automation, and application delivery.
This is not a ticket-resolution role. Over time you become a technical co-owner of the platform - reducing operational concentration risk, distributing knowledge, and driving architectural decisions that improve reliability, security, and performance at scale.
BEEN THERE. DONE IT. WORE THE T-SHIRT.
We are not looking for someone who has read the documentation. We are looking for someone who has been paged at 2am, diagnosed a cascading failure under pressure, and come out the other side knowing exactly what broke and why - who has tuned a database that was quietly killing performance, hardened a server that had been treated as a known risk for too long, and written automation that actually gets used.
If you have only ever worked in environments where someone else made the hard calls, this is not the right role. If you
have made those calls - and you are ready to do it at a company where the infrastructure genuinely matters - keep reading:
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
– Linux platform engineering
- Production operations and incident response
- Security hardening and patch management
– Web stack performance tuning
- Database operations - MariaDB and PostgreSQL
– Deployment automation and CI/CD
– Platform reliability and observability
– Capacity planning
– On-call participation
- Backup, recovery and business continuity
– Documentation and operational maturity
- Becoming a technical co-owner of the platform
CORE SKILLS
– Linux administration and OS internals
– OS and application patch management
- Security hardening and firewall management
– Networking and DNS
– Web servers - Apache
– Databases - MariaDB and PostgreSQL
- Performance tuning across the full stack
- Incident response and production troubleshooting
– Monitoring and observability tooling
- Deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines
– Release management and change control
– Infrastructure documentation
– Capacity planning
– Datacenter remote operations
– Backup and business continuity
NICE TO HAVE
Go or C · PHP · Bash and Python · Ansible · Node.js or TypeScript · MongoDB · Package building and software distribution · Hosting industry experience
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Strong technical fundamentals, confidence in complex infrastructure, and the kind of ownership mentality that makes a platform better over time. Concretely:
- Communicates clearly - written and verbal, across technical and non-technical contexts
- Works methodically - diagnoses before acting, documents after resolving
- Takes ownership - follows things through, does not drop the ball
- Comfortable operating production systems responsibly - understands the cost of mistakes
- Can balance reliability, security, and performance - knows when to push and when to hold
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive salary based on experience and capability
– Flexible remote working within Europe
- A highly technical environment where engineering excellence is the standard
- Real ownership and influence over systems, architecture, and operational practices
- Working alongside experienced engineers across infrastructure, software, performance, and security
- Exposure to large-scale environments and genuinely difficult technical problems
- Support for professional growth and technical development
We service many thousands of websites and process approximately 1.4 billion requests every week. This is a senior role with significant responsibility and autonomy. If you are the kind of engineer who takes that seriously - we would like to hear from you.
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Senior Systems Engineer
Business Wire
About the Role
The Senior Systems Engineer is a senior member of the Corporate IT team responsible for the design, administration, security, automation, and continuous improvement of Business Wire's hybrid infrastructure across on premises, virtualized, and cloud environments.
This role provides technical leadership across Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, VMware, AWS, endpoint management, identity services, and infrastructure operations. The Senior Systems Engineer serves as a key escalation point for complex technical issues, drives modernization initiatives, improves operational maturity through automation and standardization, and partners closely with Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, Service Desk, and business teams to ensure reliable and secure technology services.
What You'll Do
- Own the technical direction, lifecycle management, and operational health of Windows infrastructure platforms.
- Establish standards, configuration baselines, and operational practices across infrastructure services.
- Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives across Windows, VMware, AWS, identity platforms, and endpoint management systems.
- Evaluate new technologies and recommend improvements that increase reliability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex infrastructure incidents and operational issues.
- Lead major incident response efforts and coordinate cross-functional technical teams during business-impacting outages.
- Drive root cause analysis and ensure permanent corrective actions are implemented.
- Design, administer, and optimize Windows Server environments and hybrid identity services.
- Manage Active Directory, Entra ID, Group Policy, identity synchronization, and authentication services.
- Maintain and support VMware vSphere, ESXi hosts, vCenter, and associated infrastructure components.
- Administer and support AWS infrastructure services, including EC2, IAM, networking, monitoring, and storage services.
- Troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, load balancing, certificate services, and core infrastructure dependencies.
- Lead audit remediation efforts, access reviews, evidence collection, and infrastructure control improvements.
- Partner with Information Security to improve vulnerability management, identity governance, and infrastructure security controls.
- Design and implement automation solutions using PowerShell, Infrastructure as Code, APIs, and cloud-native tooling.
- Eliminate manual processes through automation, orchestration, and workflow improvements.
- Develop repeatable deployment, maintenance, patching, and compliance standards.
- Maintain infrastructure documentation, architecture diagrams, standards, and operational runbooks.
- Mentor engineers, administrators, and Service Desk personnel through technical leadership and knowledge transfer.
- Collaborate across Infrastructure, Security, Service Desk, DBA, Applications, and vendor teams to improve operational maturity and service reliability.
What You'll Need
- 8+ years supporting enterprise infrastructure environments as a Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or senior technical resource.
- Deep expertise with Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID, Group Policy, and hybrid identity environments.
- Advanced VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong AWS infrastructure experience including EC2, IAM, networking, and cloud operations.
- Experience leading infrastructure projects from design through implementation.
- Experience serving as a senior escalation point during business-critical incidents and outages.
- Strong PowerShell automation and scripting capabilities.
- Experience with vulnerability remediation, patch management, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Experience performing audit remediation, access reviews, compliance documentation, and regulatory support activities.
- Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, networking fundamentals, and infrastructure troubleshooting.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation frameworks, or configuration-management practices.
- Ability to evaluate technical risk, make sound operational decisions, and balance short-term needs with long-term strategy.
- Strong written communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation and respond effectively during major incidents.
- Experience with monitoring or SIEM tools (Splunk, CloudWatch, OpenSearch) is a plus.
- VMware, Microsoft, Entra ID, AWS certifications is a plus.
- Prior experience in audit-driven or highly regulated technical environments is a plus.
What We Offer
- The base salary range for this position is $130K to $135K/year. Offered salary will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to: applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with geographic market data. Business Wire reserves the right to modify this salary range at any time.
- Ability to work remotely
- Excellent health benefits that begin on your first day of employment
- $100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources
- 401(k) plan with generous company match, and annual profit sharing contribution (subject to company performance)
- PTO, Floating Holidays, Wellness Day Off, Birthday Day Off, and more!
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