Onsite Linux System Administrator

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About the role

  • AI Systems Administrator at Meissner responsible for deploying and optimizing AI tooling and services. Focused on Linux environments, container platforms, and supporting MLOps and AI-specific operations.

Responsibilities

  • Meissner Corporation is seeking an AI Systems Administrator to own and evolve the systems that host our AI tooling and services.
  • You will deploy, operate, and optimize Linux-based infrastructures, container platforms, and support bridging traditional systems administration, MLOps, and AI-specific operations.
  • In this role you will ensure low-latency, reliable, cost-effective model serving; maintain robust data and model governance; implement observability and incident response; and streamline integration between development teams and production systems.
  • Design, deploy, and maintain Linux servers (on-prem and/or cloud) with a focus on stability, performance, and security.
  • Build, manage, and troubleshoot container environments and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Deploy and support AI/ML serving and development environments (model-serving stacks, GPU nodes, CUDA drivers, containerized ML frameworks).
  • Design, deploy, and maintain model context protocol (MCP) services to integrate AI solutions with various internal tools and data sets.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines for model and application deployments; integrate container builds and image registries.
  • Monitor system and application health; implement observability and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar).
  • Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and run postmortems for production AI outages or degradations; participate in on-call rotations.
  • Harden systems: patching, secure configurations, user access and privilege management, and incident response.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and prioritize requests for features and adjustments to internal AI platforms; translate requirements into technical tasks and deliverables.
  • Support web applications and internal AI platform deployments, managing feature requests, change control, and release coordination.
  • Assist IT support teams by investigating and resolving incidents and requests related to Linux infrastructure and AI platforms, ensuring timely escalation and communication.
  • Support compliance, privacy, and audit requirements for models and data used in AI systems.
  • Create and maintain user documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years working experience in Linux environments.
  • Experience with HTML, CSS, REACT JS, and other web-based coding languages.
  • Prior experience in scripting/automation skills (Bash, and preferably Python) to automate routine operations and tooling.
  • Prior experience supporting AI/ML workloads: GPU drivers, CUDA/cuDNN, NVIDIA Docker, node scheduling for GPU farms, preferred.
  • Prior experience supporting Docker and container lifecycle (security, images, registries, best practices).
  • Prior experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and key services for compute, networking, and storage.
  • Hands-on with CI/CD tools like GitLab CI.
  • Good networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, routing) and troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools, and capacity/incident management.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills; experience working with stakeholders and managing requests for platform features and adjustments.
  • Knowledge of container image security, vulnerability scanning, and runtime security tools, preferred.
  • Must be fluent with MS Office software and have a working knowledge of a wide variety of software packages, operating systems, and equipment as well as cloud technologies.
  • Must have excellent English Language written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong security mindset and experience with secure system configuration and access control.

Benefits

  • Full Medical, Dental and Vision coverage with HSA Employer Contributions for eligible plans
  • Additional Perks- HQ Onsite Full Gym, Ultramodern Coffee Bars, Free EV Charging Stations, Employee Discounts
  • 401k, Profit Sharing, 401k Advisory Services
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Anniversary Holiday

Job title

Linux System Administrator

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$38 - $57 per hour

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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