IT System Administrator
The System Administrator maintains and optimizes server infrastructure, autobuilders, and testers while automating provisioning using Ansible and Terraform. The role involves hands-on hardware management and monitoring using Zabbix and Telegraf in a hybrid office environment.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Stockholm
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Maintain and optimize server infrastructure, autobuilders, and testers
- Install, configure, and maintain physical server infrastructure (Dell and Supermicro)
- Automate provisioning and configuration with Ansible and Terraform
- Build and own monitoring and alerting with Zabbix and Telegraf
Nice to have
- Familiarity with web servers, load balancers, and proxy servers
- Experience with cloud technologies: Kubernetes, Google Compute Engine
- Administration of Perforce Servers
- Windows Server expertise (DFS, MDT, WDS, Intune)
- Programming or scripting proficiency in Python or Powershell
Full description
We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled System Administrator to join our team. This role involves maintaining and optimizing our server infrastructure, as well as contributing to the design and configuration of new systems.
What you'll do:
- Maintain and optimize the performance and stability of our current servers, autobuilders and testers.
- Install, configure and maintain physical server infrastructure (Dell and Supermicro).
- Automate provisioning and configuration with Ansible and Terraform.
- Build and own monitoring and alerting with Zabbix and Telegraf.
- Collaborate with the rest of the IT team with things such as: playtest setup, town hall meetings, streaming setup, hardware troubleshooting, support tasks, configuration changes, and procurement if needed.
Who you are:
- Curious & Fast Learner: You possess a natural desire to understand how systems function and you quickly absorb new information.
- Self-Driven: You take full ownership of your tasks, proactively identify problems, and are dedicated to finding effective solutions.
- A Doer: You enjoy achieving results and are comfortable switching between high-level architectural planning and hands-on installation and configuration work.
It's nice if you also have:
- Familiarity with web servers, load balancers, and proxy servers.
- Experience with cloud technologies: Kubernetes, Google Compute Engine, and general cloud computing.
- Administration of Perforce Servers.
- Windows Server expertise, specifically DFS, MDT, WDS, and Intune.
- Programming or scripting proficiency in Python or Powershell.
Note: Research shows under-represented groups in the industry might not apply to a job if they don’t check off every requirement. At Avalanche, we’re more about your drive to learn and interest in tackling challenges than what’s on your resume! So don’t stress if you don’t tick every box— shoot us your application anyway! Diverse opinions and different experiences are what make our teams so great, not itemized lists of qualifications.
The Stockholm location
Our Stockholm office is situated in Södermalm, the beating heart of the city’s game industry. It’s a physical representation of our games – the lush vegetation of Just Cause and theHunter: Call of the Wild meets corroded metal straight out of Mad Max. Our hybrid model requires you to be in the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to foster collaboration and creativity.