System Admin on Jenkins

Job title: Jenkins Platform Administrator

Location: Charlotte, NC

Duration: Full-time

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Jenkins Platform Administrator AND Senior Administrator (2 roles) to manage and maintain a large-scale Jenkins environment supporting over 100 concurrent projects and jobs. In this role, you will take ownership of the stability, scalability, and performance of our CI/CD infrastructure, ensuring high availability and efficiency for our development teams.

This position requires hands-on expertise with Jenkins at the enterprise level, with a focus on system health, performance tuning, and operational excellence. Future responsibilities will expand to include cloud integration (AWS or Azure), making this a high-impact, growth-oriented opportunity for the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities

Administer and maintain a robust Jenkins environment supporting 100+ active jobs and pipelines

Monitor and optimize system performance, ensuring platform health and uptime

Perform regular upgrades, plugin management, and security patching

Troubleshoot and resolve build failures, performance issues, and job errors

Implement backup and recovery procedures for Jenkins configuration and job history

Collaborate with DevOps teams to enhance CI/CD workflows and automation practices

Provide usage guidance, best practices, and technical support to engineering teams

Contribute to long-term planning for integration with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)

Participate in capacity planning and scalability improvements

Required Skills and Qualifications

3+ years of hands-on experience managing Jenkins in a high-volume enterprise environment

Proven ability to maintain large-scale Jenkins platforms with 100+ jobs/projects

Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills in CI/CD environments

Proficiency with Linux system administration and shell scripting

Experience managing Jenkins plugins, nodes, and agents

Understanding of Git and source code management integrations with Jenkins

Experience with infrastructure monitoring and performance tuning

Nice to Have

Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized CI/CD workflows

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)

Scripting in Groovy, Python, or Bash for automation tasks