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David Ramirez Molina

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 19, 2024

David is a senior Linux system engineer in high-performance computing (HPC) with over ten years of experience developing, integrating, validating, and supporting HPC facilities across diverse industries and applications. He has worked for major companies like Dell, where he developed and designed HPC prototype clusters and created technical documentation and collaterals. David is Red Hat-certified, demonstrating his system administration and configuration management expertise.

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Boban Petrovic

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since April 20, 2017

In a nine-year-long professional career, working as a Linux System and DevOps engineer for IT companies, Boban has gained significant experience, knowledge, and highly developed skills in the Linux world, including system administration and engineering. He's a proven high performer and has worked in many different environments. Boban is a flexible team member who's willing to work passionately both on team projects and on individual projects.

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Jaspreet Singh

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC-05:00
Canada
Toptal Member Since April 2, 2024

Jaspreet is a high-performance computing (HPC) architect, passionate about designing and optimizing cutting-edge computing systems. With nearly 13 years of industry experience, including roles as a site reliability engineer and lead system administrator, he has honed his skills in developing innovative solutions to complex computational challenges. Jaspreet's most remarkable work has been overseeing one of the largest HPC cluster environments worldwide, with 60+ clusters and 1.6+ million cores.

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Enrique Conci

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC-03:00
Argentina
Toptal Member Since November 19, 2012

Enrique is a Senior Unix System Administrator with extensive experience in Linux, AIX, HP-UX and Solaris. He specializes in task automation and deployment of large applications. He has over 5 years of experience in leading system administration teams and about 12 years working on Unix-based systems.

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Andrea De Rinaldis

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC+01:00
Italy
Toptal Member Since September 9, 2020

Andrea has over 20 years of experience in system administration and architecture design. He is always up to date with the latest IT trends. In the last years, Andrea has focused on DevOps methodologies and tools, cloud environments, IaC, and operation automation. He is also a software architect and developer with proven experience in distributed, multiservice-based applications.

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Oscar A. Jara

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC+01:00
Spain
Toptal Member Since April 1, 2013

Oscar is a seasoned information systems engineer with over a decade of experience in DevOps and infrastructure design and implementation. His expertise lies in building and maintaining cloud environments, with a strong focus on distributed, fault-tolerant web architectures. Over the last 10 years, Oscar has been deeply involved in modern DevOps practices, driving innovation and operational excellence in cloud-based infrastructures.

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Alexander Avanesov

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC+02:00
Cyprus
Toptal Member Since October 11, 2019

Alexander has over 20 years of IT experience. He designs and delivers powerful CI/CD architecture, complex monitoring systems, and Cloud and in-house solutions. His expertise lies in DevOps, system administration, networking, automation, troubleshooting, and monitoring.

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Ismail Yenigul

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC+03:00
Turkey
Toptal Member Since July 31, 2020

Ismail is a senior DevOps and SRE with expertise in Linux, AWS (AWS-certified solution architect and developer, IAM, EKS, ECS, EC2, RDS, S3), GCP, Azure, Kubernetes (CKAD, CKA certified, Docker, Helm), Terraform, Terragrunt, CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), DevSecOps (AWS Security Hub, CIS benchmarks), and SRE practices. He ensures seamless deployments, infrastructure consistency, and system reliability. Proactive and customer-focused, Ismail leaves no stone unturned to deliver quality results.

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Sampath Inturi

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC+05:00
India
Toptal Member Since August 7, 2019

Sampath has more than a decade of experience in system administration, DevOps, and Linux. A strong leader and team player, he has excellent organizational and communication skills with the ability to conceive and present complex solutions in simple, easy-to-understand language. He regularly collaborates with developers, delivering thought leadership, roadmaps, and technical recommendations regarding cloud infrastructure and platform designs.

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Andres Gonzalez

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC+10:00
Australia
Toptal Member Since March 12, 2021

Andres is a skilled engineer with over 15 years of experience across many facets of technology, including DevOps, web development, and system administration. At Amazon Web Services, he led the team that added new capacity to the AWS Edge network throughout Asia pacific. He is an avid believer in cloud native solutions that are appropriately sized, cost-effective, and deliver outstanding performance. Andres has enjoys working with organizations of all sizes, from startups to global enterprises.

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Justin McGee

Freelance Sys Admin
UTC+10:00
Australia
Toptal Member Since July 1, 2021

Justin is a well-rounded developer, infrastructure engineer, and manager. He spent 15 years in the IT industry, built many forms of infrastructure across the Windows and Linux world, and developed applications in various languages. He migrated AWS and Office 365 for 100+ virtual machines and 3,000 exchange mailboxes and re-architected Docker and AWS Native services applications. Justin is known for his sense of humor, and while infrastructure is right up his sleeve, he is no stranger to DevOps.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a Sys Admin with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your Sys Admin, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right Sys Admin, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Sys Admins for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Sys Admins to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Sys Admins ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Sys Admins on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Sys Admins can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Sys Admin begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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