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About the Role

Rockstar Games is seeking a passionate Senior Linux Systems Engineer skilled at building and supporting highly redundant and scalable Linux environments for world-class entertainment experiences.

Responsibilities

• 24x7 Linux operations of online games, features, and services.
• Hands-on support to the operations of online and development environments.
• Build and plan infrastructure for upcoming releases.
• 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.

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.

Skills

• Linux
• HTTP
• DNS
• LDAP
• Kerberos / Generic Security Services Application Program Interface (GSSAPI)
• Distributed databases
• RHEL or CentOS
• Chef, Puppet or Ansible
• Apache / NGINX
• Elasticsearch, Redis, Mongo, Airflow, Kafka, Zookeeper, MySQL or PostgreSQL
• TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/S and SSL/PKI
• CDN providers
• Bash, Python, or Perl
• REST API automation
• Check_MK, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo

Location

• NYC headquarters in Downtown Manhattan

Work Type

• full-time
• in-office

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, IT certifications, or equivalent experience.

Salary/Compensations

• $121,400—$150,300 USD

Benefits

• bonus
• equity awards
• full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

About the Company

• At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.
• Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Equal Opportunity

• Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect.
• Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles.
• 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.
• We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.