$36.78 - $44.47 per hour
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Systems Administrator jobs in San Francisco, CA
Systems administrators keep an organization's servers, networks, and core services running — handling installs, patching, backups, permissions, and the problems that surface in between.
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SEIU Local 2015 System Administrator Based in Oakland and West Sacramento, CA Salary Range: $101,040.89 – $107,194.28 Salary Position Type: Non-Exempt Location: California – Statewide Support Department: Information Tech…
advanced modeling and rapid innovations that accelerate how teams work, discover, and create.We’re seeking a Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer (P60) to lead technical directions of GenAI Products & Knowledge In…
$210.38k - $243.21k
with software engineering teams to improve deployment processes, system resilience, and performanceEstablish and improve CI/CD... ...firewalls, routing, and CDN technologiesExperience with Akamai CDN administration and o…
$215k - $260k
vulnerability analysis. Architect and lead critical projects — new kernel features, security patching infrastructure, deployment systems — from design through production and upstream. Develop kernel code with an upstream…
$170k - $200k
You will write production code and scripts, build production pipelines, and connect Harness AI Agents into a customer's existing systems, staying engaged until the capability is live in production. You will work directly…
$94.94k - $185.62k
Job ID: 43746Reference: 300016198339457Location: Highlands Ranch, CO, United States | Arlington, VA, United States | Chicago, IL, United States | Houston, TX, United States | Los Angeles, CA, United States | Milwaukee, W…
our product portfolio to ensure we’re building in a consistent, efficient, and effective manner. Experience with large, distributed systems on the critical path will help candidates succeed, as will comfort working acros…
support scientific and Linux technology teams across the business- system life cycle—from identifying needs and defining requirements... ...practical knowledge of Linux operating systems and standard administration pract…
We're looking for a skilled System Administrator to join our Customer Support Operations & Strategy team. In this role, you'll be the backbone of our support infrastructure - ensuring that our systems are secure, reliabl…
believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About the Role: We are looking for a Staff Enterprise Technology Administrator, Engineering Systems to serve as the senior technology owner for Crusoe Manufacturing's…
and celebrated. The Corporate IT team is a small but mighty duo who is working to integrate Apcera’s systems with Ericsson’s. As a Corporate IT Systems Administrator, you will be challenged to troubleshoot problems, impl…
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What systems administrators earn in San Francisco
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$49 | $70k–$101k |
| Mid level | $49–$66 | $101k–$137k |
| Senior | $64–$88 | $133k–$182k |
Adjusted for the San Francisco market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Windows Server and Active DirectoryLinux administrationNetworking (DNS, DHCP, VPN)Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)Backup and disaster recoveryScripting (PowerShell, Bash)Microsoft 365 / Azure ADPatch and endpoint managementDocumentation
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Users report they cannot access a shared drive. How do you troubleshoot?
Work in layers: scope (one user or many), network, permissions, and the server itself. Narrating a clear elimination process is the whole answer.
Walk me through your backup and restore strategy.
Cover the 3-2-1 principle, retention, and — most importantly — actually testing restores. 'Backups exist' means nothing until a restore succeeds.
How do you roll out patches without breaking things?
Talk about test groups, maintenance windows, rollback plans, and prioritizing by severity. Balance security urgency against stability.
Tell me about a major outage you handled.
Structure it: detection, communication, fix, and what you changed afterward. Mentioning how you kept users informed matters as much as the fix.
How do you manage user onboarding and offboarding securely?
Describe standardized checklists or automation, least-privilege access, and prompt deprovisioning. Orphaned accounts are the risk they are probing.
What do you automate in your day-to-day work?
Give real script examples — account creation, monitoring checks, cleanup jobs. Automation instinct is what separates admins who scale.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For systems administrators specifically — generic advice costs you here
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State the environment size you supported: users, servers, sites — it frames everything else on the page.
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List the platforms precisely (Windows Server versions, Linux distros, VMware, M365) since job postings screen on exact matches.
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Quantify reliability: uptime maintained, ticket backlog reduced, restore times improved.
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Show scripting and automation work explicitly; it is the main lever for moving up from this role.
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Include certifications that are current (Microsoft, CompTIA, Linux) and drop expired ones.
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Where this role goes
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