Systems Administrator at Agora Games (Troy, NY) (allows remote)
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Agora is seeking a UNIX Systems Administrator. You would work directly with our systems administration and development teams, working on a service-heavy, distributed cloud environment. You must have ninja skills with either Debian or Ubuntu Linux, and be interested in either working on-site, or visiting on an as-needed basis. Remote candidates are welcome
Benefits:
- Work with an experienced, successful, intelligent team
- Competitive salary, health benefits, and retirement plan
- Be an integral part of a growing, fast-paced company where your work will make a true impact
Skills Requirements
- 2+ years experience managing UNIX systems (Linux experience preferred).
- Strong understanding of computer networks, firewalls, and network security concepts.
- Experience with web and database servers (NGINX and MySQL preferred).
- Familiarity with system monitoring tools (Monit preferred).
- Excellent working knowledge of DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, LDAP, NFS, PXE/DHCP/TFTP.
- Extensive scripting knowledge (especially using default UNIX tools, e.g. sh, awk, sed, perl).
- Must be detail-oriented, an organized thinker, and able to act decisively under stressful conditions.
- Must have a proactive mindset and be able to multitask and prioritize requirements.
- Must be self-motivated, posses excellent communication skills, and be a team-player.
- Willing to work evening time and during off-hours
About Agora Games
Agora Games (http://www.agoragames.com) develops online video game technology and provides web community development services to game developers and publishers. Our technology makes compelling gameplay informative available to players in-game, while providing publishers with a wealth of demographic information. Our portfolio includes work on titles like Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat and Saints Row 3 that crosses all of the major gaming platforms. Our systems track over 100 million unique players and contain billions of bits of data spread across a cutting edge virtual computing platform.
Joel Test score: 7 out of 12
The Joel Test is a twelve-question measure of the quality of a software team.
- Do you use source control?
- Can you make a build in one step?
- Do you make daily builds?
- Do you have a bug database?
- Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
- Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
- Do you have a spec?
- Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
- Do you use the best tools money can buy?
- Do you have testers?
- Do new candidates write code during their interview?
- Do you do hallway usability testing?
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