Systems Administrator

This is a remote position. Project Description Support secure, reliable, and compliant operation of cloud-hosted research applications, agentic AI systems, scientific SaaS platforms, and production services. Work across GCP, AWS, cloud containers, AI/ML models, MCP servers, APIs, scientific databases, and third-party SaaS platforms . Support scientists, developers, IT, cybersecurity, networking, data teams, architecture, and vendors in transitioning research prototypes into secure, repeatable, production-ready services. Key Responsibilities Administer GCP/AWS cloud projects, IAM, service accounts, networking, storage, compute, quotas, and SaaS environments. Operate Cloud Run, Docker containers, registries, DNS, TLS, load balancing, and Google Cloud IAP . Manage identities, RBAC, SSO, OAuth, service accounts, machine-to-machine authentication, secrets, API keys, tokens, and certificates. Maintain approved AI agents, MCP servers, tools, integrations, data sources, permissions, and credentials . Maintain Dockerfiles, container images, Python/application dependencies, registries, runtime configurations, and rollback procedures. Monitor logs, metrics, traces, alerts, dashboards, health checks, API limits, model/tool failures, token usage, cloud costs, and service availability. Maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code , including source control, security scanning, testing, approvals, and deployment traceability. Perform incident triage, escalation, root-cause analysis, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and service continuity. Manage incidents, service requests, problems, and changes using ServiceNow and Jira . Support vulnerability remediation, patching, security investigations, audits, threat modeling, and risk assessments. Identify shadow AI services, unmanaged integrations, unapproved MCP servers, and overprivileged identities. Create operational runbooks, technical documentation, and lifecycle/ownership documentation. Help transition scientist-managed prototypes into secure, supportable production deployments. Requirements Mandatory Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Technology, or related field. 3+ years of experience in systems/cloud administration. Production administration experience with GCP, AWS, Azure, or comparable cloud platforms . Hands-on experience with: Linux Docker/containers Python environments APIs Networking, DNS, and TLS IAM, SSO, OAuth, service accounts Secrets management Serverless/container orchestration such as Cloud Run or Kubernetes Knowledge of: CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Monitoring and observability Incident management Backup/recovery Patching Vulnerability remediation Experience with ServiceNow and Jira . Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Preferred Skills GCP IAP, Cloud Run, Secret Manager, Artifact Registry, Cloud Monitoring . Vertex AI, Gemini, or other AI/ML platform administration . Experience supporting GCP + AWS hybrid/multi-cloud environments . Agentic AI, AI orchestration, MCP servers , AI APIs, or model operations. Scientific computing, bioinformatics, laboratory automation, multiomics, research data platforms, or scientific SaaS. Container scanning, SBOM, software supply-chain security, data integrity, and auditability. Cloud, systems engineering, ITSM, or cybersecurity certifications. Originally posted on Himalayas