Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games

Associate Principal Linux Systems Engineer

Manhattan, New York, United States · Principal · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$156k-$175kDetected 13 days ago
PythonPHPBashiOSMySQLMongoDBElasticsearchCassandraLinuxGrafanaRESTSystems EngineeringTCP/IPDNSCiscoHadoop

About the role

  • This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar's NYC headquarters in Downtown Manhattan.
  • HOW TO APPLY Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above.
  • If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Hands-on support to the operations of online and development environments.
  • Build and plan infrastructure for upcoming releases.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, IT certifications, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years' experience in a Linux environment using related technologies and standards such as DHCP, DNS, LDAP, Kerberos, CIFS/SMB.
  • 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 servers.
  • Experience administering one of the following: Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Mongo, Hadoop (Hive, HDFS, Impala, Oozie), MySQL or PostgreSQL.
  • Experience working with major CDN providers.
  • Experience scripting in one of the following languages: Bash, Python, PHP, or Perl.
  • Experience with REST API automation.
  • Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

Compensation

  • The pay range for this position in New York State (inclusive of New York City) at the start of employment is expected to be between the range below* per year.

Benefits

  • We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.
  • Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Company info

  • 24x7 Linux operations of our online games, features, and services.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity, dignity and respect.
  • If you need more information about Rockstar's reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please notify your recruiter during the interview process.
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