System Administrator

With League of Legends, one of the most played and critically acclaimed PC games today, Riot Games is a leading innovator in its mission to be the most player-focused game company in the world. At Riot you will work among the most gifted and passionate people in the industry as we hire only the most talented and collaborative people in their discipline. We believe the core reason for Riot's success is people and we are committed to helping employees grow their abilities and careers, as we all continually focus on improvement. We are serious professionals who don't take ourselves too seriously. Named a Top 30 Developer by Game Developer Magazine, Riot Games is aggressively expanding, growing the company five-fold over the past two years, and still continuing the search for top talent.

Currently, we have a great opportunity for an experienced System Administrator in our Los Angeles, CA office. The ideal candidate will be responsible for working with the Riot Games operations team to establish and maintain a high performance, highly available game service infrastructure. The role involves working with the Systems Admin group and development teams to design and implement all aspects of production environments, development environments, and general system needs.

If you want to work in a fun, fast-paced and creatively challenging environment, this is the place for you.  

Responsibilities:
• Assist with Systems Administration of production and development environments
• Help create innovative solutions to automate systems administration functions
• Share 24/7/365 on call production systems critical problem responsibilities
• Help troubleshoot and solve issues with hardware, applications, and network components
• Evaluate and implement hardware and software technologies to improve game efficiency and performance 

Requirements:
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience working with Linux (RHEL4/5, CentOS4/5, Ubuntu)
• Experience with some or all of the following: Netfilter, HA - LVS, Apache (httpd, tomcat, activeMQ), mysql, PXE, snmp, monitoring (nagios, cacti), dns, dhcp/bootp, nfs
• Scripting and programming skills (shell, awk, perl, php)
• Strong background/interest in application and infrastructure design
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with high-capacity, internet-based infrastructures 

Preferred:
• Experience working with distributed caching solutions and data grids, most specifically Oracle Coherence

If you are a top-notch system administrator who wants the opportunity to innovate with a creative and talented team and have a positive, "can do" attitude, we want to hear from you! 

To apply, please send completed questionnaire (click to download), resume and cover letter with System Administrator | Name in the subject line to: programming@riotgames.com.