ГрузияSocial Discovery Group
Senior System Administrator
6 дн. назад
ГрузияSeniorB1
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Social Discovery Group is a global social discovery company developing dating and communication platforms, seeking a Senior System Administrator with expertise in Microsoft infrastructure and VDI/RDS platforms to support a large IT environment remotely or on-site in Georgia.
About the company
- Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies.
- SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal.
- SDG’s products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another.
- Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world.
- We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals who specialize in creating and developing globally impactful social discovery products.
- Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world.
- We’re proud to be a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner (USA & Japan, 2024–2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day administration of the corporate Microsoft infrastructure - Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Certificate Authority (PKI), and Group Policy.
- Administering the access platforms and the services running on them: Atlassian (Jira, Confluence), the 1C/ERP application and SQL servers, monitoring, backup, Google Workspace, and Slack.
- Supporting the VDI and terminal server farms, administering domain services and certificates, and keeping systems patched and documented.
- Resolving incidents and service requests within the agreed service levels (SLAs).
- Taking part in current infrastructure projects: migration of the Active Directory domain to a new domain; replacement of the Citrix VDI farm with an alternative (cloud or on-prem) solution; replacement of the application publishing and load-balancing stack (nginx, HAProxy, keepalived/VRRP); upgrade of end-of-life Windows servers; and decommissioning of legacy systems.
- Preparing implementation steps, building test environments, and running pilots for these projects.
- Keeping infrastructure documentation and inventory up to date (NetBox, Confluence).
- Participating in the on-call rotation to keep systems available and running.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years administering Microsoft and VDI infrastructure.
- Hands-on participation in at least one completed Active Directory domain or forest migration, including migrating objects between domains and forests with minimal downtime.
- Experience administering VDI or terminal access platforms in production.
- Active Directory: multi-domain AD DS - domains, forests, trusts, replication, FSMO, DFS, GPO, delegation, Kerberos/NTLM, auditing, and deploying new DCs.
- Domain/forest migration: ADMT / PES, SID History, dependency inventory, phased migration with minimal downtime.
- DNS: zones, forwarders, zone transfers, split horizon.
- PKI: AD CS - templates, auto-enrolment, revocation, renewal, TLS lifecycle.
- VDI: Citrix or an alternative - deployment, golden images, troubleshooting, Windows 11.
- Windows RDS: farm build and operation - Connection Broker, RD Gateway, Session Hosts, published apps, CAL, FSLogix, MFA (Duo).
- Windows Server: upgrades from end-of-life to 2022/2025, WSUS and patching, file services, backup/restore (Veeam), addressing audit findings.
- Linux: Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, CentOS/RHEL - systemd services and packages, users and access, logs, and troubleshooting.
- Load balancing: nginx, HAProxy - reverse proxy, publishing, TLS termination, health checks; NLB; keepalived / VRRP.
- Virtualization: Hyper-V and VMware ESXi - VMs, host and datastore basics, snapshots.
- Google Workspace / GCP: Workspace tenants — domains, groups, SSO/OAuth, domain-wide delegation, admin and billing, GWS backup; GCP projects.
- Automation: PowerShell for routine administration; Bash or Python and IaC (Terraform, Ansible) are an advantage.
- Strong soft skills: clear communication and collaboration across diverse teams, effective problem-solving, adaptability, critical thinking about legacy dependencies before changing them, attention to detail (planning production changes with a rollback in mind), and customer focus.
- Fluent Russian and English language proficiency at B1 (Intermediate) or above for effective written and spoken communication.
Nice to have
- VMware Horizon, Azure Virtual Desktop, or Amazon WorkSpaces in addition to Citrix.
- AWS, Azure, or GCP experience.
- Hyper-V/VMware/Proxmox.
- SAN/iSCSI block storage administration.
- vSAN or alternative HCI solution.
- ITIL Foundation or another service management certification.
Conditions
- 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.
- 50% payment for professional training, international conferences, and meetings.
- Corporate discount for English lessons.
- Health benefits. According to the paychecks, if you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee. 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.