Join the LibreOffice team as a paid system administrator, working on TDF's infrastructure (full-time, remote, m/f/d) - TDF Community Blog

Love LibreOffice? Got experience with infrastructure and system administration? We are The Document Foundation (TDF), the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice. We’re passionate about free software, the open source culture and about bringing new people with fresh ideas into our project. To assist the LibreOffice community with its work, we are looking for a full-time (remote) Infrastructure and System Administrator, to start as soon as possible. Here’s what you’ll do System orchestration and OS management: Orchestrate, deploy, and maintain all internal and external systems, specifically standard and customised Linux operating systems, with the majority of machines running Debian GNU/Linux. We currently run SaltStack, but proposals for different ways to handle config management and deployment are welcome. Virtualisation and storage infrastructure: Manage virtualisation platforms and hypervisors (KVM/QEMU). Experience with GlusterFS (for the backup system) is a plus, but not mandatory. Database, cloud, and App Administration: Administer database servers such as MariaDB and PostgreSQL, cloud storage repositories (such as Nextcloud), web applications, email services, and developer tooling. Network and hardware maintenance: Maintain core physical and cloud network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and NAS storage, amongst them devices from MikroTik. Security and network access: Oversee firewalls, intrusion detection, antivirus, IP reputation, global mirror systems,

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@libreoffice how much infrastructure is that actually?

@libreoffice yes, I accept the position. When can I start? I have no money, I like money. I have no experience in all of the specific areas defined but, I assume there will be on the job training for all of that.

Most companies have great perks like on-the-job training.

So, i mean, yeah, when do i start? Have I already started?

... how will i even know?

@libreoffice

Thanks for the offer but my idea of administration is to keep it simple ... and don't fiddle and stuff things up just to fill in time and/or justify one's position ...

The fact Libreoffice is free makes my whinge sound pitiful ... and if we wanted the bells and whistles we would be paying MS ...

But ... there's always a but :) just finding a way to make Saving a document, especially with photos, actually save it the way I set it up would make it perfect for me ...

Sure it's easy enough to put them and the pages back to how I want it just before printing, but to do it once and have it stay that way would be great ...

Cheers from a grateful user and sometime donor :)

@libreoffice in this day and age posting a job offer without a salary range is a bit weird/sad/bad.
@tsdgeos @libreoffice and soon ilegal in the EU, as far as I know 🙈
@tsdgeos @libreoffice Yes, bad companies use that as a tactic to pay as minimum of a salary as possible. It is shitty behaviour. LibreOffice should do better.