Senior System Administrator

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Senior level
Edtech • Software
The Role
The Senior System Administrator will manage cloud resources, enhance security, optimize network performance, oversee backups, and ensure compliance while documenting processes and collaborating with engineering teams.
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Company Overview

Come and Join The New Rich!

The economic inequality crisis is one of the most defining challenges of our time. It’s also the greatest opportunity for innovation, and a challenge we’re proud to take on. At Newrich, we’re harnessing cutting-edge technology to better connect coaches with their communities and help them further spread their educational knowledge to their students and followers.

We believe that the key to making the world a better and more equal place starts with the empowering the individual. And from there- the individual can inspire and empower the people around them one by one.

We all know the old way of living and the old institutions that we all used to depend on are slowly crumbling - and a new way of life is taking it's place - at a quicker pace than ever before.

The world is changing at a very rapid pace. When all is said and done - the world will look a lot different than it looks today.

And we believe that education, inspiration, and motivation are the only way to create economic opportunity, alleviate poverty and end economic suffering for everyone.

One of the leading causes of economic inequality and suffering? It's not "being born into wealth" or " being in a special club". It's a lack of knowledge and skills to control your own financial destiny.

That’s where we come in. At Newrich, we are building the next generation creator platform and software tools to not only enable business, health, and wellness coaches to more efficiently and cost effectively run their creator business - but also to grow their audiences with improved visibility and algorithmic ranking on our social learning platform.

We empower digital entrepreneurs to turn their dreams into reality. Our mission is simple yet bold: to help people create a balanced, fulfilling lifestyle – while building wealth and independence along the way.

Our team spans the Americas and Europe, and we work with utility partners across the Americas and beyond. We’re outdoor enthusiasts, musicians, artists, athletes, parents, and adventurers—4 nationalities strong and growing. What unites us is a passion for solving complex problems, a commitment to action on economic inequality, and the belief that technology should be a force for good.

We’re a fast-growing team driven by one vision: a world where anyone can work remotely, chase their passion, and live life on their own terms.

Our platform combines SaaS tools, e-learning programs, and a supportive social network – a one-stop ecosystem designed for creators, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who want more than just a career.

Senior System Administrator

We’re seeking a Senior System Administrator to support and scale our infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. You’ll be responsible for server and network administration, security hardening, backups, and disaster recovery, while collaborating with the engineering team to keep systems reliable and secure.

Responsibilities
Cloud Resource Management

  • Provision, monitor, and scale EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, CloudFront, etc.
  • Maintain uptime using CloudWatch alarms, Auto Scaling Groups, and Health Checks
  • Support deployment and configuration of core infrastructure components

Security Operations

  • Manage IAM roles, policies, and SCPs (via AWS Organizations)
  • Implement security best practices: MFA for admin users, principle of least privilege, secrets management
  • Set up and monitor AWS WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, and Macie
  • Coordinate vulnerability patching and regular security reviews

Networking & DNS

  • Configure VPC subnets, routing, NAT gateways, and internet gateways
  • Monitor latency and optimize routing using Route 53 strategies
  • Troubleshoot and maintain ALB/NLB load balancers

User Identity & Permissions Management

  • Maintain AWS IAM Identity Center
  • Set up cross-account role assumptions for developers and admins

Backup & Disaster Recovery

  • Configure and automate backups for RDS, DynamoDB, and S3 (including versioning and replication)
  • Ensure and test disaster recovery plans, including regional failover
  • Document and maintain RPO/RTO metrics

Compliance & Logging

  • Maintain audit logs via CloudTrail, AWS Config, and centralized logging systems
  • Support compliance initiatives, including encryption and data retention policies

Documentation

  • Maintain architecture diagrams and infrastructure documentation
  • Create and update runbooks for incident response, failovers, and security events

Requirements
    • Proven experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, etc.)
    • Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices and AWS security tools
    • Solid understanding of VPC, routing, subnets, DNS, and load balancing
    • Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning in AWS
    • Knowledge of compliance requirements and logging best practices
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Strong organizational, time-management, and prioritization abilities
    • Self-motivated, able to work independently and support mission-critical systems

Preferred Qualifications

    • BS degree in Computer Science or related field
    • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
    • AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator Certification

Benefits
  • Paid Adventure Time – Take an all-expenses-paid remote working trip for 3 weeks to a destination of your choice with one of our remote work-trip partners. On top of that, you’ll have “Me-Days” – flexible personal days you can take whenever you need a reset.
  • Fast Growth, Big Upside – We’re a small, ambitious team. That means more ownership, faster learning, and a real chance to shape the future of our company (and your career).
  • Unlimited Learning – You’ll get full access to every course and program on our NewRich platform. We invest in your growth because your growth fuels ours.
  • Home Office Stipend – Your setup matters. We’ll support you with a budget to create your ideal workspace and provide you with a new MacBook to power your productivity.
  • Annual Retreat – Work remote, but meet the team IRL. Every year we gather in amazing locations – next stop: Colombia.

Excited about this role?

Explore more at https://newrich.com/

We’d love to hear from you!

Skills Required

  • Proven experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, etc.)
  • Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices and AWS security tools
  • Solid understanding of VPC, routing, subnets, DNS, and load balancing
  • Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning in AWS
  • Knowledge of compliance requirements and logging best practices
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong organizational, time-management, and prioritization abilities
  • Self-motivated, able to work independently and support mission-critical systems
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The Company
HQ: Toronto, ON
14 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

We provide education and tools in the lifestyle development industry. Our state of the art E-learning platform allows us to facilitate training and provide meaningful engagement with our users.

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