Systems Administrator (Portugal)

Job description

At Colorifix, we're leading the way for a sustainable future by challenging one of the most environmentally damaging industries in the world, the textile dyeing industry. We're pioneering the production of sustainable and non-toxic dyes at scale, using fermentation technology to produce colorants from microbes. To achieve this, we've relied on the collaboration of an amazing team of experts to develop the strains, fermentors, and digital tools specifically designed to operate in dye house environments.

To assist business operations at client sites, Colorifix has developed an IoT-powered digital platform (Colorifix Webclient) that collects and visualizes fermentation data in real-time. This enables data-driven insights, process control, and monitoring for clients, while helping us create new products and improve existing ones.

We're seeking an experienced Systems Administrator to support the company's IT at CFX Biotech, our Portuguese subsidiary, where our main operations are based. Your role is to keep our IT infrastructure running reliably while ensuring the Portugal team has the IT support they need to be productive. You'll operate independently on IT matters including network administration, device management, and IT support to our staff. You'll also work with software developers on Colorifix Webclient to ensure the right infrastructure requirements are met, including management of our cloud infrastructure and IoT device fleet deployed at client sites. The ideal candidate should have strong communication skills, curiosity, and eagerness to learn and adapt.

Key duties and Responsibilities

• Manage IT operations for CFX Biotech including device management, help desk support, user accounts, and hardware lifecycle management

• Maintain office network infrastructure, server hardware, internet connectivity, and VPN access

• Administer identity management and implement security controls including user provisioning, access policies, network firewalls, patch management, and access controls

• Monitor infrastructure health, respond to alerts and incidents, and manage backups and disaster recovery testing

• Maintain infrastructure documentation

• Monitor and support infrastructure incidents

• Manage software licenses, hardware procurement, and IT budget

• Coordinate with software developers on infrastructure changes, capacity planning, and deployment support

• Communicate technical considerations to leadership and stakeholders to assist in decision making

Essential skills

• Strong Linux systems administration including command line proficiency, troubleshooting, server maintenance, and shell scripting

• Experience with virtualization platforms such as Proxmox or similar

• Network administration and maintenance expertise in TCP/IP, firewalls, VPN configuration, local network infrastructure, and network segmentation.

• Experience with cloud infrastructure management

• Experience with Google Workspace administration

• Understanding of modern infrastructure including Docker containers and CI/CD concepts, with experience or willingness to learn container orchestration and deployment platforms

• Security fundamentals including endpoint security, network security, access controls, and patch management

• Operations-focused mindset with comfort supporting development teams and responding to infrastructure requests

• Strong communication skills and ability to convey technical concepts and decisions to non-technical stakeholders

• Commitment to continuous learning and adaptability to new technologies and platforms

Desirable skills

• Experience with IoT or remote device fleet management platforms such as Balena Cloud

• Identity management systems including Authentik, Auth0 or similar

• MQTT and industrial communication protocols for device connectivity

• Notion database and workspace management

• Scripting for task automation

• Experience with container orchestration and deployment platforms such as Coolify

• Experience working in small technical teams with diverse responsibilities

• Experience in biotech, manufacturing, or laboratory environments

Title: System Administrator

Reports to: Head of Informatics

Location: Vila Nova de Famalicão

Holidays : 22 + BH + Birthday

Colorifix is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.