Sr. Systems Engineer I

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Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a talented Infrastructure Engineer to join our Production Infrastructure Engineering team. In this position you will be an individual contributor of a small, focused team in charge of the fundamental services of the production platform. The ideal candidate has an intimate understanding of the deployment and tuning of Linux systems, a proven history of driving projects from architecture design to implementation, and software development skills to automate and improve processes in a large (60,000+) server infrastructure. You will dig deep into the core services that make the Blizzard platform function with the freedom to choose the right tools and architecture for each project.

Responsibilities

• Perform system performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting
• Research new technologies including software and hardware, based on business requirements
• Partner with datacenter engineering teams to automate new hardware deployment
• Partner with IT Security to research and resolve platform security risks quickly and efficiently
• Develop automation tools and processes to help scale operations
• Provide systems and services expertise while driving operational best practices
• Leverage or build appropriate technical tools to perform administration tasks, root-cause analysis and performance monitoring
• Develop and maintain positive and cooperative relationships, inside and outside of teams, interacting in a friendly, open, honest, and accepting manner
• Participate in production support and in on-call duties
• Ensure 24/7 availability of the production servers and applications
• Work to develop SOPs and TSGs for key systems and services

Project Examples

• JFrog Artifactory deployment modernization
• DNS service modernization and maintenance
• LDAP (OpenLDAP) service migration
• Migrate our entire CentOS footprint to Ubuntu
• Puppet repository split to increase performance and flexibility in deployment of puppet code
• Standardization of OS image lifecycle for multiple clouds
• Design and implementation of a new ACME service for dynamic SSH keys and SSL certificates

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years’ systems engineering and/or systems administration experience
• A mastery of Linux. This means: you know why things work on a Linux system, not just how to configure them.
• A deep understanding of LDAP, NTP, NFS, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, etc.
• Experience administering CentOS/RedHat Linux and/or Ubuntu Linux
• Proven technical experience and a solid foundation in operating systems
• Experience with Puppet, Ansible, or other configuration management tools
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker
• Write scripts in some administrative language (Python, Go, Shell)
• Strong performance troubleshooting skills
• Good team communication skills, with technical and non-technical colleagues

Pluses

• Able to read and perform debugging of C/C++/Java/Go programs.
• Familiarity with OpenStack, AWS, and/or Google Cloud
• Familiarity with tuning and troubleshooting the Linux kernel
• A degree in computer science or a related field

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.