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About Klara Inc. Klara Inc. is a global leader in FreeBSD and ZFS expertise, providing engineering, consulting, and support to some of the worlds most demanding environments. Our team contributes upstream, builds critical infrastructure, and helps customers succeed with open-source technologies at scale. Role Overview We are seeking a Medior System Administrator with strong FreeBSD expertise to join our engineering team. You will be responsible for managing, supporting, and optimizing customer and internal infrastructure, with a particular focus on FreeBSD and ZFS-based systems. This role requires handson technical skills, proactive troubleshooting, and the ability to work closely with senior engineers, customers, and crossfunctional teams. Key Responsibilities Administer and maintain FreeBSD servers across customer and internal environments. Build, update, create, and repair FreeBSD ports and packages. Manage ZFS storage systems (snapshots, replication, tuning, troubleshooting). Support virtualization platforms (e.g., bhyve, Proxmox, KVM) where integrated with FreeBSD/ZFS. Implement and monitor system performance, availability, and security. Support customer deployments, escalations, and incident response. Automate routine tasks with scripting (e.g., shell, Python, Ansible). Document procedures, configurations, and best practices. Collaborate with senior engineers on system design, architecture, and upgrades. Qualifications 35 years of experience as a System Administrator or similar role. Solid handson experience with FreeBSD (installation, configuration, jails, networking). Experience packaging software and resolving compiler errors. Strong knowledge of ZFS administration (snapshots, replication, scrub, tuning). Familiarity with networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, firewalls, routing, VPNs). Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix). Basic automation/scripting skills (shell, Python, Ansible). Comfortable working in a remote, distributed team. Excellent problemsolving, communication, and documentation skills. Nice to Have Experience contributing to FreeBSD or OpenZFS community projects. Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes). Experience with highavailability clusters and largescale storage deployments. Exposure to CI/CD pipelines. What We Offer Opportunity to work with worldclass FreeBSD and ZFS experts. Remotefirst environment with flexible working hours. Challenging, highimpact projects with global customers. Competitive compensation and professional development opportunities. A collaborative team that values technical excellence and open source. #J-18808-Ljbffr