FanCandy is seeking anexperienced system administrator to join our team. The team goal is to providehighly efficient and low-downtime change management across a variety oflarge-scale customer facing services. The ideal candidate is a dedicatedproblem solver who can multitask and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced anddemanding environment.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and managemaintenance procedures for FanCandy games.
- Coordinate and manageprojects related to FanCandy games.
- Troubleshoot faultyservices and servers.
- Work with vendors toreplace defective hardware.
- Work with developmentteams to maintain test environments.
- Evaluate and / orrecommend hardware and software purchases.
- Share in off-hour /on-call duties.
Requirements
- Exceptional skill atmanaging projects
- Exceptional ability totroubleshoot issues
- Strong interpersonaland communications skills
- A good understandingof a Linux and Windows based operating systems, including system installation /configuration, file system concepts, resource monitoring, user administration,kernel tuning, package management, and process control / management
- A good understandingof Linux and Windows network services--specifically the ability to install,configure, and troubleshoot TCP / IP-based services such as DHCP, DNS, SMTP,NFS, and LDAP
- A good understandingof Microsoft Windows Server, networking, IIS, and SQL Server
- A minimum of 1 year ofsystem administration experience with an emphasis in managing customer-facingapplications and services
- Able to write purchasejustifications, train users in complex topics, present to an internal audience,and interact positively with upper management
- Willing and able tolift 75 lbs.
- Familiar with sportsand/or gaming
- A passion for games
Pluses
- Experience with assetmanagement software
- Experience withscripting languages
- A degree in InformationTechnology, Computer Science or a related field