Senior System Administrator / System Architect

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global technology company that builds apps at the intersection of dating, social, and entertainment. The company's portfolio includes 70 social discovery platforms with a focus on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming. We actively support and invest in social discovery startups worldwide through our CVC fund.

More than 500 million people in 150 countries enjoy our products, and we strive to have ten times as many.

SDG invests in social discovery technology startups around the world. Our Investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, RAW, EVA AI, Clubhouse, Magnet, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia, Harbour, Space, Auto1, DocSend, AppAnnie, Rapyd, Boom Supersonic, Trading, View, K-Health and many others.

We solve the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality.

Our digital nomad team of more than 1200 professionals works all over the world. Together, we are solving the prevalent problem of loneliness and shaping Social Life 3.0 — a new digital reality where people will be able to fulfil their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.

Our teams of digital nomads live and work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Latvia and many others.

We are seeking a Senior System Administrator / System Architect with extensive experience in system architecture and administration to ensure the stability and performance of our core systems.

Your main tasks will be:

• Maintaining and optimizing the reliability of business-critical, high-load web systems.
• Troubleshooting and resolving incidents promptly to minimize downtime.
• Proactively identifying and addressing potential points of failure to prevent disruptions.
• Setting up and configuring new environments to support system scalability and ensure long-term reliability
  

We expect from you:

• Proven experience with Netscaler, Nginx, Linux, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, CDN (Akamai preferred), and ELK stack.
• English proficiency at B1-B2 level (intermediate to upper-intermediate).
• Strong analytical thinking: Ability to evaluate complex issues and devise effective solutions.
• Excellent critical thinking skills: Capable of assessing multiple approaches to choose the optimal one.
• A creative mindset: Able to develop innovative solutions to tackle unique system challenges.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills: Efficiently juggle multiple tasks while meeting deadlines.
• A high degree of responsibility and a proactive approach to problem-solving and system improvements.

Nice-to-have skills:

• Windows
• IIS
• DFS
• Hyper-V
  

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. If you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee, according to the paychecks. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!