Junior Systems Administrator

About Us

At hosting.com, we’re redefining what web hosting should be, with genuine human connection, trust, and shared success at its core.

We do more than host websites. We help millions of customers share their stories, connect with their audiences, and grow their businesses online. We create products and experiences that make this possible, and we’re there when our customers need us most, earning their trust every day through the work we do and the support we provide.

Our ambition is bold: to become the world’s most trusted hosting company. We believe this starts with people who care about each other, our customers, and the work we do.

With a growing global team of 750+ people, we’re shaping the future of hosting together, and there’s room for you to make your mark. We’d love you to be part of the journey.

About the Role

We are looking for Junior Systems Administrator with a solid foundation in Linux and an interest in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to join our global Monitoring team.

This is a hands-on technical role focused on maintaining and improving our infrastructure monitoring systems, ensuring visibility in server performance, availability, and overall infrastructure health across our hosting environments.

The role combines Linux systems administration with an SRE approach to infrastructure operations, focusing on proactive monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and automation to support the reliability and performance of our services.

You will work closely with our experienced engineers to identify and resolve technical issues, improve monitoring processes, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our infrastructure. This is an opportunity to further develop your technical expertise while gaining practical experience in a collaborative, reliability-focused environment.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain and support Linux-based servers and infrastructure monitoring tools.

• Continuously monitor on-premises infrastructure to ensure system availability, performance and reliability.

• Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to support proactive monitoring, incident response and continuous improvement.

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues affecting servers, web services, and infrastructure.

• Monitor system alerts, investigate potential issues, and follow appropriate escalation procedures when required.

• Collaborate with senior engineers and other technical teams to resolve incidents and minimize service disruption.

• Support the achievement of service-level agreements (SLAs) by helping address critical issues and maintain service availability.

• Develop and maintain scripts to automate routine operational and monitoring tasks.

• Contribute to technical documentation, monitoring procedures, and operational knowledge sharing.

• Help improve monitoring processes, alerting, and overall infrastructure reliability.

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

• At least two years of hands-on Linux systems administration experience, with good knowledge of RHEL-based, Ubuntu or similar Linux distributions.

• Experience working with web servers such as LiteSpeed, Apache and/or NGINX.

• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, Perl or similar languages, with an interest in automating routine tasks.

• Understanding networking fundamentals, including DNS, HTTP and TCP/IP.

• Good troubleshooting skills and a proactive, methodical approach to identifying and resolving technical issues.

• Good communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers and other technical teams.

• Familiarity, or a strong interest in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including system monitoring, incident management, reliability and automation.

• Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly.

Nice to Have

• Experience/Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, or Zabbix.

• Knowledge of web hosting technologies, including cPanel, Plesk, MySQL, and PHP.

• Exposure configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Salt.

• Familiarity with virtualization (KVM, Xen) or containers (Docker, LXC).

Benefits

• Private health insurance.

• MultiSport card.

• Monthly food vouchers.

• Team activities that bring us together.

• Hands-on experience in a global hosting environment, with opportunities to develop technical skills, and build a strong foundation for long-term career growth.

• Access to our learning platform, with a wide range of courses and resources to support your professional development, explore new interests, and expand your knowledge beyond your current role.

Why You'll Love It Here

Be part of something bigger:Join a global team with a shared ambition to become the world's most trusted hosting company. Together, we're shaping the future of hosting, where every team member has a part to play in making that ambition a reality.

Learn, grow, and build your career: Your journey doesn't have to stop where you start. As you gain experience, develop your technical skills, and discover new strengths, you'll have the opportunity to explore new responsibilities and potential career paths at hosting.com.

A team that always has your back: Whatever stage of your journey you're at, you'll have teammates to turn to for advice, share ideas with, and celebrate successes together. You never have to go it alone!

Make a difference, one conversation at a time: The care you put into your work matters. Whether you're helping a customer or supporting a teammate, the little things you do can make a real difference.

Our Values

Be Pragmatic. Be Trusted. Be Energetic. Be Accountable. Be Respectful. Be Innovative.

At hosting.com, success is always shared - with our people, our customers, and our communities.