Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting computer users' freedom and the development and use of free software. The Systems Integration Administrator will plan and manage systems deployment, interoperability, sustainability, and security strategies, including systems architecture, custom GNU/Linux operating system images, server setup, disaster recovery, and software deployment. The role also involves technical reviews, systems integration, documentation, and coordination with systems administrators and volunteers.
Responsibilities
- Acting as an important voice for the Foundation's software system decision-making team
- Developing technical and strategic direction for fully free software systems automation, integration, and related initiatives
- Overseeing server maintenance, installation, large-scale disaster recovery, and operating system lifecycle management
- Conducting hands-on technical reviews and ensuring complete, well-documented operational decisions
- Adapting systems to FSF operations to ensure data integrity and minimal manual intervention
- Coordinating work of volunteer systems administrators; and
- Performing additional tasks as assigned by the supervisor
Skills
- This role is intended for someone with approximately 5 years of relevant professional experience and a strong technical background
- Deep hands-on proficiency in infrastructure automation, software security, disaster recovery, custom GNU/Linux operating system development, and enterprise software deployment is essential
- The ideal candidate can work independently, manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, communicate technical ideas clearly, and produce thorough, well-maintained documentation
- They understand how complex systems behave in international deployments, including data migration and recovery, and can evaluate whether systems remain secure, reproducible, and under organizational control even when working with incomplete information
- The role requires sound judgment in both urgent and long-term work: the Systems Integration Administrator should be able to participate in an on-call rotation, respond effectively under pressure when systems require attention, and then return to sustained projects that need careful planning, documentation, and follow-through
- Systems interoperability and architecture
- Server migration and disaster recovery at international scale
- Custom GNU/Linux operating system development and enterprise deployment practices
- Free software principles and FSF technical guidance
- Skill in managing a queue of systems integration tasks
- Comfort coordinating across organizational and technical teams
- Ability to assess whether operating systems and software are buildable and/or reproducible using only free software tools
- This position is ideally full-time and US-based, but exceptions can be made for a qualified candidate
- The FSF is a fully remote organization
- Documentation of three (3) significant infrastructure or automation projects developed using free software tools. This may include custom shell scripts and integration software examples, configuration management code, NixOS definitions, disaster recovery designs, reproducible build processes, etc
- Candidates in the Boston, Massachusetts area are preferred, given the need for occasional access to FSF datacenter infrastructure
Benefits
- Full individual or family health coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Subsidized dental plan
- Four weeks of paid vacation annually
- Seventeen paid holidays annually
- Weekly remote work allowance
- Public transit commuting cost reimbursement
- 403(b) program through TIAA with employer match
- Yearly cost-of-living pay increases (based on government guidelines)
- Healthcare expense reimbursement budget
- Ergonomic budget
- Relocation (to Boston area) expense reimbursement
- Conference travel and professional development opportunities
- Potential for an annual performance bonus
- Fully remote organization
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