Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

The Challenge

Adobe is seeking as UNIX Administrator with excellent technical, process and automation skills to be part of High-Performance Cloud Operations Team.  As an Infrastructure Administrator, this person is responsible for the daily administration of Linux and Unix servers in a business application environment. This includes general system administration tasks, software and hardware support, system configuration, system monitoring. This person must have excellent Linux/Unix administration experience, with customer relation skills. Candidate should be able to work with business application administrators, helping fix their applications and guide them with standard methodologies. Candidate must be able to express thoughts clearly and capable of working in a team or as a sole contributor. Individual should be self-motivated with very good communication skills. Main point responsible for the overall operability, resiliency, performance, and capacity of owned production services.

What you’ll do

• System Administration - This person would be responsible for the day-to-day administration of all Linux based servers. This includes monitoring the trouble ticket queue, system fix, hardware and software system changes, scripting, patching, system performance monitoring, system sizing, system integration, upgrade implementation, and hardware diagnostics.
• Application support – This person would work with application administrators to help fix and fine-tune applications and also if required guide application administrators in standard processes related to using the underlying UNIX infrastructure.
• Documentation – Maintain all system documentation.

What you need to succeed

• Unix/Linux System Administration: In-depth experience with Unix/Linux servers (especially RHEL, CentOS, SUSE) for installation, configuration, patching, and solve.
• Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python) and automation tools (Ansible, etc.) to streamline deployments and manage configurations.
• Demonstrable ability to perform UNIX builds such as RHEL
• Networking Knowledge: Solid grasp of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, etc.) and system connectivity for effective solve in distributed environments.
• Working knowledge of Virtual machine management (VmWare, OpenShift) TCP/IP functionality, networking, Remote administration, cloning, migration, etc.
• Security Best Practices: Expertise in system security – user access controls, OS hardening, patch management, and compliance.
• Soft Skills: Good communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to collaborate across teams and resolve complex issues efficiently.
• Operational experience with Ansible and Terraform are beneficial.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

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Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $132,100 -- $250,875 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. In California, the pay range for this position is $173,300 - $250,875

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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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California:

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Colorado:

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