Linux Systems Administrator at Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six, to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

The IT Live Games team from Ubisoft Bucharest is looking for a Linux Administrator to join a team of 5 System Administrators distributed between France and Romania.

In this role you will manage and optimize Linux systems while designing, securing, and scaling modern cloud infrastructure that powers our live gaming ecosystem.

What you'll do

• Be in charge of the Linux systems, including tasks such as installations, maintenance, upgrades, system performance and application patching.
• Contribute to the design and maintenance of future and current infrastructure,
• Develop and deploy solutions in Public Cloud (AWS, GCP) / Private Cloud (OpenStack),
• Apply security best practices, deploy and maintain databases, write documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Monitor system events to ensure availability and good service quality.
• Participate in the on-call rotation.
• Advanced troubleshooting, diagnosis, and problem resolution (infrastructure / network / systems / logs / metrics),
• Cultivate a strong relationship with development teams and partners alike,
• Implement CI/CD pipelines according to DevOps best practices,

Technologies you will be exposed to (experience on these technologies is appreciated):

• Infrastructure as Code/Configuration management: Terraform, Chef, Ansible…
• Private and public Cloud: AWS, GCP, OpenStack,
• Containerization: Kubernetes and Docker
• Understanding of networking concepts and protocols, and troubleshooting expertise in this context
• CI/CD: Argo CD, Gitlab CI, Jenkins
• Security: Vault, Azure Ad

The professional value you bring:

• A first experience working as a System Administrator/ DevOps
• Deep knowledge of GNU/LINUX system administration
• Experience maintaining customer-facing production environments
• Experience working across multiple regions remotely with colleagues and development teams
• Excellent knowledge of Linux operating systems with experience in administering critical systems – performance and high availability,
• Experience with source control tools such as Git, and good knowledge of source control management concepts such as branching, merging, integration, and versioning,
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Ruby, and Python,
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and visualization tools: Prometheus, Zabbix, Grafana, Kibana,
• Experience with database technologies: Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and related concepts,
• Fluent in English

What do we offer benefits wise? 

• Meal tickets with value of 30 ron/day
• Access to private medical system and special subscription rates for family members
• On site medical support
• World Class subscription
• Comprehensive wellbeing program (including physical fitness, mental health, financial education and internal communities)
• Life insurance
• Ubisoft bikes, free rental
• Parking spaces for cars, bikes, motorbikes

• Video games and consoles to borrow
• Access to Ubisoft games via own Uplay account
• Bookster (borrow books for free, delivered at home or in the office)

• Free fruits and coffee in the office
• Studio offered free days, confirmed on an annual basis for different events
• Study leave
• Christmas/ Easter celebration with a special gift
• Partners’ discounts