Senior Linux Systems Engineer
Rockstar Games•New York, NY
•$121,400 - $150,300•Onsite
About The Position
Rockstar Games is seeking a passionate Senior Linux Systems Engineer skilled in building and supporting highly redundant and scalable Linux environments. This is a full-time, in-office position based in Rockstar’s NYC headquarters. The role involves 24x7 Linux operations for online games, features, and services, providing hands-on support for online and development environments, and building/planning infrastructure for upcoming releases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, IT certifications, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years’ experience in a Linux environment using related technologies and standards such as HTTP, DNS, LDAP, Kerberos / Generic Security Services Application Program Interface (GSSAPI), and distributed databases.
- In-depth hands-on experience with RHEL or CentOS as well as configuration management experience with either Chef, Puppet or Ansible.
- Experience administering systems in a high traffic, multi-system, public facing environment.
- Experience configuring and maintaining Apache / NGINX servers.
- Experience administering one of the following: Elasticsearch, Redis, Mongo, Airflow, Kafka, Zookeeper, MySQL or PostgreSQL.
- Possess a thorough understanding of network protocols and standards such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/S and SSL/PKI.
- Experience working with major CDN providers.
- Experience scripting in one of the following languages: Bash, Python, or Perl.
- Experience with REST API automation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting online game development and production environments.
- General Cisco IOS administration experience for adding removing VLANS and LACP bonds.
- Knowledge of PowerShell.
Responsibilities
- Hands-on maintenance and administration of Linux based systems.
- Perform patching and support server migrations, as needed.
- Develop standard operating procedures to ensure high availability.
- Perform routine system maintenance, when needed, to resolve issues.
- Support root cause analysis efforts across multiple infrastructure layers.
- Ensure a highly available production environment, particularly during system maintenances.
- Administer monitoring services such as Check_MK, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo.
- Provide timely and creative solutions to difficult problems.
Benefits
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
- Bonus and/or equity awards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
