--- title: 'System Administrator at Partyhat' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/system-administrator-partyhat-canada-8v7fw6ckq480' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # System Administrator at Partyhat - **Company:** Partyhat - **Location:** Canada - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/partyhat/7b336d0a-590a-42be-9c05-a59b169c9414/application **Skills:** Linux, Ubuntu, Proxmox VE, Ceph, MySQL, MariaDB, Nginx, AWS, Puppet, Bash, Python, Nagios, Zabbix, pfSense, VLAN, VPN, Google Workspace, Vulnerability Scanning, Penetration Testing > Own and optimize the digital infrastructure backbone, managing bare-metal virtualization, storage meshes, and automated deployments. Ensure high availability, security compliance, and incident response for a global remote team. ## Job description ## THE MISSION We need a "Infrastructure Commander" to own, optimize, and fortify the backbone of our digital operations. Your job is to manage our bare-metal virtualization layers, build highly available storage meshes, automate deployments, and safeguard our corporate parameters from internal workstations to high-performance web routing. This is a remote, high-availability role for a systems specialist who views infrastructure as code and infrastructure as a fortress. We value technical depth, self-reliance, and precision over corporate pedigrees. Whether you are a Linux purist who builds high-performance clusters in your sleep or a seasoned network engineer who can spot a vulnerability before a scan finishes, we want you. If you have the drive to maintain absolute uptime across our servers, automate our operational loops, and audit our ecosystem with cold, calculating precision, you will find your home here. ## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Virtualization & Storage Management: Architect, scale, and maintain our bare-metal hypervisors and highly available storage architectures, ensuring maximum data integrity and low-latency performance. - Environment Configuration: Deploy, harden, and scale our core Linux environment pools, using clean scripting and automated orchestration to keep configurations consistent. - Infrastructure Monitoring: Maintain absolute visibility over server health, application metrics, and infrastructure clusters, proactively hunting down system anomalies and resolving bottlenecks. - Outage & Incident Response: Stand as the front-line shield against unexpected downtime, troubleshooting system errors, server faults, and physical switch or routing issues with calm precision. - Security & Compliance Architecture: Deploy strict firewall rule sets, manage deep network routing loops, execute vulnerability scans, and maintain access controls to clear internal and external audits. - IT Logistics & Documentation: Manage internal user environments, build clear manuals for user access policies, handle technology tooling procurement, and run the IT backbone that keeps our global team secure. ## THE TECHNICAL ARSENAL You must possess deep hands-on expertise and deployment experience across the following stack: - Operating Systems: Linux Ubuntu (Advanced configuration, kernel tuning, and hardening). - Virtualization & Storage: Proxmox VE & Ceph (High-availability clustering, storage pools, block devices, and node management). - Databases & Web Servers: MySQL / MariaDB (Replication, indexing, queries) and Nginx (Reverse proxies, load balancing, SSL configuration). - Cloud & Automation: AWS (Core services infrastructure), Puppet (Configuration management), and Bash / Python scripting (Automating daily operations and maintenance patches). - Monitoring Systems: Nagios / Zabbix (Telemetry tracking, custom alerting rules, log aggregation). - Networking & Firewalls: pfSense, hardware switches, VLAN structuring, VPN routing, and clean network segmentation. - Corporate & Security Tools: Google Workspace (Identity provider provisioning, access paths), Vulnerability Scanning tools, and Penetration Testing frameworks. ## THE REQUIREMENTS - The "Systems Engineer": Proven track record of managing distributed infrastructure, network nodes, and bare-metal server architectures under real-world pressure. - Audit-Ready Discipline: Experience or familiarity handling ISMS audits and vulnerability tracking, keeping everything documented, clean, and airtight. - Hyper-Availability: This isn't a passive 9-to-5 desk role. Networks don't care about time zones, and outages must be crushed immediately. You must be available 7 days a week to act as our primary infrastructure responder. - Operational Autonomy: Completely self-motivated and highly organized; you can execute complex hardware or software purchasing pipelines and upgrade patches without losing track of a single asset or license. ## OPERATIONAL DETAILS - Location: Fully Remote. - Schedule: On-call 7 days a week (Requires high flexibility to handle real-time system maintenance, backup confirmations, and emergency incident responses). - Payment: All compensation is processed in digital assets (USDC/USDT). WHY JOIN US? We offer more than just a standard IT job; we offer the keys to an infrastructure engine room moving at lightspeed. - Extreme Architectural Sovereignty: We value raw technical execution over bureaucratic red tape. You will have the freedom to design, automate, and lock down our setups your way. - A Culture of Momentum: Join a fast-moving, digital-native team. If your code, configuration, or automation script is verified and ready to lock down on a Sunday afternoon, we run it. - High-Growth Upside: We value "potential over pedigree." For a System Administrator who maintains an uncompromised uptime record and systematically hardens our ecosystem, there is an unrestricted runway into senior infrastructure, security, and DevOps leadership. ## About Partyhat ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Startup studio, venture capital, brand building, technology and entertainment consumer products - **Target customers**: Founders (B2B for investment and co-founding); end-users of the brands they build (B2C) - **Mission or purpose statement**: "We build, back and scale the brands that win" – the company aims to create and invest in the companies defining the next decade. ## Products & Services - **Partyhat Studio**: Builds companies from idea to scale using in-house teams and capital. Originates ideas, funds them day one, builds and runs them. Focuses on consumer products in entertainment and technology. - **Partyhat Ventures**: Invests from pre-seed through Series A, writing the first check and backing founders with operating expertise, strategic guidance, and access to the Partyhat ecosystem. Checks range from $250K to $3M. - **Design Studio (Koncepted)**: Expanded remit to serve teams building in crypto, gaming, and decentralized applications (launched 2022). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding not disclosed; manages a venture fund; has built brands with "millions of users" (exact number not specified). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partyhat itself is the investor. Partners include Seedify (for blockchain gaming projects via Koncepted). External founders and portfolio companies are key partners. - **Growth Signals**: - Launched Partyhat Ventures in June 2026 as a major strategic expansion. - Over 30 team members (as of 2026). - Completed a significant strategic restructuring to align around Studio and Ventures platforms. - Active in Web3/NFT space with ventures like TopX (2021) and Koncepted partnerships. ## Competitive Advantages - **Integrated studio + venture flywheel**: In-house building capabilities (product, engineering, design, growth) directly strengthen the venture side, and vice versa. - **Minority stakes by design**: Founders retain control of their companies. - **First-check conviction**: Writes checks before rounds are obvious, from pre-seed to Series A. - **Remote-first, borderless culture**: Talent and execution prioritized over geography. ## Strategic Focus - Expand the team and invest in infrastructure. - Create clearer pathways for founders, operators, and partners to build alongside Partyhat. - Deepen the flywheel between Studio (capability development) and Ventures (network and perspective). - Continue to operate in consumer technology and entertainment, with a track record in Web3 and gaming. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: "Hands-on, energetic, and engaging" – people are at the heart of everything. Emphasis on high standards, direct ownership, and bias for action. - **Remote/hybrid policy**: Fully remote – employees work from anywhere; offices listed in 7–17 locations globally (Puerto Rico, likely others). - **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work across multiple startups and brands; exposure to both building and investing; small teams with short feedback loops; global team with diverse backgrounds. - **Engineering culture**: Roles like Senior Frontend Engineer, Senior Backend Engineer, Senior UX/UI Designer indicate a strong product and engineering focus. ## Sources 1. [partyhat.com](https://partyhat.com/) 2. [partyhat.com/studio](https://partyhat.com/studio) 3. [partyhat.com/news/building-without-borders](https://partyhat.com/news/building-without-borders) 4. 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