Systems Administrator

2 Months ago • All levels • Administrative

Job Summary

Job Description

Playdead in Copenhagen seeks a Systems Administrator to manage and grow their IT infrastructure. Responsibilities include maintaining workstations, servers, backups, networking, firewalls, and VPNs; troubleshooting desktop issues; managing hardware, cloud services, and licenses; supporting the development team; and ensuring system security. Collaboration with production, DevOps, and QA teams is essential. Experience with Windows and Linux servers, virtualization, and version control systems is required. The ideal candidate is a problem-solver who enjoys helping others and thinks simply and effectively. Experience with remote teams is a plus.
Must have:
  • Prior infrastructure experience
  • Backup systems, version control
  • Networking, firewalls, VPNs
  • Windows servers, domain management
  • Server virtualization
  • Problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with remote teams
  • Knowledge of Proxmox PVE

Job Details

We are looking for a Systems Administrator who will support the infrastructure and management of our systems in Copenhagen.

You will be setting up and maintaining internal IT systems, helping to solve technical queries and requests and ensuring that everyone has the right hardware and software to be fully productive. You will work directly with the production team as well as Devops and QA, supporting the development of our games.

This position is based in onsite in Copenhagen.

What will I be doing?

  • Maintaining and growing the infrastructure of Playdead (workstations/servers, backups, networking, firewalls, monitoring and VPNs)
  • Performing installations, repairs, maintenance, diagnosis & analysis of desktop related issues and liaising with third party vendors where necessary
  • Maintaining an overview of all hardware, cloud services, licenses and websites that we use today
  • Thinking ahead about the server and workstation systems needs of Playdead for the development, automation and release of our next game
  • Supporting and maintaining the security of internal Playdead systems, external partnerships and accounts

What we would like to see

  • Prior professional infrastructure experience working with backup systems, version control systems, networking, firewalls and VPNs
  • Working knowledge of how to setup and run workstations, creating licenses and onboarding new employees
  • Broad knowledge of Windows servers, domain management and server virtualisation
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • You enjoy helping others and think about how to solve problems simply and effectively
  • If you have worked with remote teams this would also be useful but not essential.

As a baseline, today we are using windows clients, windows and linux servers, Proxmox PVE/Backup server, hardware firewalls, VPN with 2FA, Perforce Helix, Docker.

We are open minded about the technologies we deploy and always open to consider new options to solve emerging challenges.



Who we are

We are a team of more than 100 creative professionals. We experiment and collaborate with a focus on creating new experiences, and as such we are looking for people who can help us achieve them.

Our approach to development does not include crunching towards arbitrary deadlines - instead, we particularly look for talented people who enjoy managing their own schedule and thrive on working within a friendly, collaborative environment.

We carefully craft games with obsessive attention to detail and are always on the lookout for others who share that passion.

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About The Company

We’re Playdead, an independent game company based in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark. We have made two critically acclaimed titles, LIMBO and INSIDE. Our current project is a 3rd-person science fiction adventure set in a remote corner of the universe. We are a relatively small team of independent developers with a very flat management structure. Our design process consists of iteration combined with a sensible approach to deadlines. We experiment and collaborate with a focus on creating new experiences, and as such we hire people who can help us achieve them.

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