Linux Systems Administrator

Production · Infrastructure · Reliability

Bordeaux, France · Open to full-remote permanent roles from France
mailme@pierre-carvajal.fr · LinkedIn · GitHub / FoxOps

Professional summary

Linux systems administrator focused on production operations and reliability, with hands-on experience supporting approximately 800 Debian servers across 3 data centers and 2 sites in Marseille and Lyon. Experienced with Docker/Docker Swarm, on-call operations, and production troubleshooting. Builds Bash automation and observability workflows to reduce recurring manual work and improve service resilience.

Professional experience

Linux Systems Administrator - Leviia

2024 - present · Bordeaux, France

• Operate and maintain an estate of approximately 800 Linux servers distributed across 3 data centers and 2 sites. • Administer containerized infrastructure with Docker and multiple 3-node Docker Swarm clusters; deploy and operate infrastructure services. • Build and run the observability platform with VictoriaMetrics (cluster and single-node), vmagent, Grafana, ELK, and exporters; approximately 1 TB of metrics over 6 months. • Participate in the on-call rotation and troubleshoot production incidents; turn recurring failure modes into Bash automation, runbooks, and remediation procedures. • Administer infrastructure services, including Nginx/OpenResty, Keycloak, and Proxmox/PBS, while progressively improving availability and high availability.

Systems and Network Administrator - Cerealog

2022 - 2023 · Bordeaux, France

• Administered Linux and Windows Server systems, network services, virtualization, and backup. • Provided support, maintained technical documentation, managed endpoints, and resolved user and systems incidents.

Technical skills

• Linux / operations Debian, root administration, Bash, production troubleshooting, on-call • Containers / virtualization Docker, Docker Swarm, Portainer, Proxmox, VMware ESXi • Observability VictoriaMetrics, vmagent, Grafana, ELK, exporters, Canopsis • Web / identity Nginx, OpenResty, Keycloak, reverse proxies • Storage / backup Ceph, Proxmox Backup Server, basic knowledge of Veeam • Networking TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs, VPNs, firewalls, DNS, DHCP • Tools / practices: GitLab, incident management, technical documentation, Bash automation • Additional exposure to Ansible, Python, AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, Windows Server / Active Directory

Education

• 4-year professional undergraduate degree in IT infrastructure engineering, security, and administration 2iTech Academy, France · 2023 • Higher Technical Diploma (HTD) in IT Systems, Networks, and Infrastructure Administration WebForce3, France · 2022

Languages

• French: native • English: C1, advanced