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FreeBSD Medior System Administrator
Are you a hands-on system administrator with deep FreeBSD expertise? Join Klara and help shape the infrastructure behind today’s most demanding systems. Our engineers build, tune, and support FreeBSD and ZFS environments that power enterprise-scale deployments—all while advancing open-source innovation.
About Klara Inc.
Klara Inc. is a global leader in FreeBSD and ZFS expertise, providing engineering, consulting, and support to some of the world’s most demanding environments. Our team contributes upstream, builds critical infrastructure, and helps customers succeed with open-source technologies at scale.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Medior System Administrator with strong FreeBSD expertise to join our engineering team. You will be responsible for managing, supporting, and optimizing customer and internal infrastructure, with a particular focus on FreeBSD and ZFS-based systems. This role requires hands-on technical skills, proactive troubleshooting, and the ability to work closely with senior engineers, customers, and cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain FreeBSD servers across customer and internal environments.
- Build, update, create, and repair FreeBSD ports and packages
- Manage ZFS storage systems (snapshots, replication, tuning, troubleshooting).
- Support virtualization platforms (e.g., bhyve, Proxmox, KVM) where integrated with FreeBSD/ZFS.
- Implement and monitor system performance, availability, and security.
- Support customer deployments, escalations, and incident response.
- Automate routine tasks with scripting (e.g., shell, Python, Ansible).
- Document procedures, configurations, and best practices.
- Collaborate with senior engineers on system design, architecture, and upgrades.
Qualifications
- 3–5 years of experience as a System Administrator or similar role.
- Solid hands-on experience with FreeBSD (installation, configuration, jails, networking).
- Experience packaging software and resolving compiler errors
- Strong knowledge of ZFS administration (snapshots, replication, scrub, tuning).
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, firewalls, routing, VPNs).
- Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix).
- Basic automation/scripting skills (shell, Python, Ansible).
- Comfortable working in a remote, distributed team.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience contributing to FreeBSD or OpenZFS community projects.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Experience with high-availability clusters and large-scale storage deployments.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to work with world-class FreeBSD and ZFS experts.
- Remote-first environment with flexible working hours.
- Challenging, high-impact projects with global customers.
- Competitive compensation and professional development opportunities.
- A collaborative team that values technical excellence and open source.
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