IT accelerates the success of IDEXX employees and customers by providing scalable and innovative solutions and leadership. We are a global organization that supports all technology needed to deliver products and solutions to customers enabling them to focus on delivering high quality patient care. We strive to provide exceptional customer service and experience in the most efficient means possible, requiring alignment and cross-functional communication.
Be a part of our IT Core Engineering Infrastructure as a Senior Linux Systems Administrator! We are the IT Core Engineering infrastructure team, responsible for delivering Backup, Storage, Compute and Cloud Service solutions enabling IDEXX to provide quality products and services to our customers.
Be a part of a team and culture within IT at IDEXX, where we embrace new technologies and we are often on the cutting edge of new things, always investigating and looking at new capabilities.
In This Role you will:
- Be part of a small collaborative team that designs, deploys, manages, and monitors Linux systems in on prem and cloud environments
- Leverage your AWS skills deploying and supporting services such as WAF, Load Balancing, VPC’s, CloudFront, etc.
- Proactively monitor and maintain services to ensure 24x7x365 availability
- Regularly provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment
- Collaborate to develop automation strategies and deployment processes
- Be responsible for designing and implementing systems administration solutions to support IT projects and operational needs
- Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments
- Be responsible for identifying and analyzing faults, logging relevant information, and reporting performance exceptions or failures
- Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks
- Proactively monitor system performance and capacity planning
- Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, and hot fixes on servers
What You Will Need to Succeed:
- 8 to 10+ years or more of Linux systems administration experience preferred
- Red Hat, Suse, or Ubuntu experience required
- Experience with AWS EC2, Storage, networking, and security is a plus
- Skills with monitoring and alerting system, DataDog is a nice to have, or experience with other related systems
- Familiarity and experience with Linux shell scripting required
- Red Hat Satellite experience is a plus
- Suse HA/pacemaker skills is a plus
- Terraform experience is a plus
- Familiarity and/or experience using code repository tools such as Git
What you can expect from us:
• Base annual salary target: $120000 - $140000 (yes, we do have flexibility if needed)
• Opportunity for annual cash bonus
• Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day-One
• 5% matching 401k
• Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more!
Why IDEXX?
We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from diseases. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.
So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.
Let’s pursue what matters together.
IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.
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What We Do
10,000 people, one global focus - enhancing the health and well-being of pets, people, and livestock
We are passionate about what we do at IDEXX – and why wouldn’t we be? When you’re working to raise the standard of care for pets, make drinking water safe for billions and keep our livestock population around the globe healthy and free of disease, it’s no wonder that what we do each day is more than just a job. There’s an energy across IDEXX that is contagious – where caring and committed people come together to make things better.
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), a member of the S&P 500, is a leader in pet healthcare innovation, serving practicing veterinarians around the world with a broad range of diagnostic and information technology-based products and services. Headquartered in southern Maine, we conduct operations through more than 70 locations around the world and serve customers in over 175 countries.
Our primary business focuses on pet health, a growing market around the world. Our products —in-clinic diagnostic tests and instrumentation, reference laboratory and telemedicine consultation services, and practice management software—enhance the ability of veterinarians to provide advanced medical care, improve staff efficiency and to build more economically successful practices.
We also develop and manufacture diagnostic tests and information for the global production animal industry, including poultry and livestock, as well as tests for the quality and safety of water and milk.
Please visit our website, IDEXX.com/careers, for further information and to view all of our job opportunities.
