System Administrator

Electronic Arts Romania, one of the largest tech companies and video game developers in Romania, brings together talented people from diverse work backgrounds and industries all united by a common passion: inspiring the
world to play. If your dream job is to work with cutting-edge technology on some of the most popular video game franchises in the world, including EA SPORTS FIFA or NHL, then you're in the right place. Level up your learning and career development with some of the most talented industry professionals in the gaming world. We’re a diverse, creative, and collaborative group of people united by our shared vision of excellence. If you have a passion for creative storytelling, knowledge of one or more programming languages, an understanding of animation or design techniques, detailed knowledge of gaming and gaming principles, super-attention to detail, or a background in quality control or assessment, then join us creating the future of gaming.

• BS in Computer Science preferred or 4+ years systems administration experience
• 4+ years relevant experience in Linux/Unix Systems administration, including design, implementation, ongoing administration, and support of critical systems
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Superior working knowledge in VMWare ESX and Zen.

• Experience in hosting on AWS, conversant with concepts on AWS, extensive scripting experience to automate tasks on AWS. It’s a plus to have worked on developing tools for managing and monitoring servers on AWS.
• Experience in hosting J2EE applications.
• Red Hat/CentOS Linux administration experience
• Hands-on experience working with various network technologies - VPN, Firewall, Load-balancers, Managed Switches & Routers, Sniffers, Tcp/IP, Network Subnetting, VLANs, Cat5e/Cat6, etc
• Experience in storage solutions, including NFS, RAID, iSCSI, FC SAN backup/restore practices, working with snapshots
• Demonstrated expertise in OS security fundamentals for publicly accessible Linux servers
• Experience with common Linux and/or Unix Systems administration tools
• Experience with LDAP, DNS, DHCP, NIS, NFS, NAS, Jumpstart, Kickstart, systemimager, PXE boot installation
• Ability to manage Linux server systems (Apache, SAMBA, YP/NIS/LDAP, DNS/DHCP, NFS filers, etc.)
• Working knowledge of SQL database services (Oracle, MySQL)
• Working knowledge of backup and restore solutions in a Linux environment
• Working knowledge of common scripting languages (Perl, Shell, Python, PHP, the more the better)
• Ability to configure and install software packages from source code and through the use of Linux package managers
• Familiarity with TCP/IP networking and troubleshooting

The position will be part of the Live Services Team based in EA Mobile, Los Angeles. The Live Services team in responsible for managing EA Mobile’s entire Online infrastructure. The team is also responsible for maintaining internal productivity tools for the business. It’s a fast paced environment demanding trouble-shooting skills for production issues, quick turn-around times for tasks and requires daily interaction with Server Side Engineers, DBA’s and Game Teams.


• Provides support in maintaining all servers at the colocation, AWS and internal Datacenter.
• Responsible for setting up development, stage and live environments for game teams.
•Responsible for updating content to application servers, webservers and game servers.
• Performs OS installation, configuration, and management.
• Designs and develops extensive scripting and other automation tasks.
• Partners with development, DBAs, QA and other administrators to develop and implement improved deployment practices.
• Implements productivity enhancing tools and 3rd party/Open Source tools for systems administration activities.
• Troubleshoots application, network, and server level problems for internal systems.
• Maintains monitoring systems. (OpenNMS, Cacti, Nagios, and Splunk)
• Maintains firewalls, load-balancers and switches for the colocation.
• Maintains Backup systems and perform regular system backups and test restores.
• Maintains Storage system – Netapp.
• Maintains documentation of systems configurations and procedures on wiki.
• Provides recommendations on process improvements.
• Reviews log files and other server monitoring data for problems and perform proactive maintenance.
• Participates in 24x7 on-call support and maintenance activities.