Senior Network Administrator
Duties and responsibilities include:
Operations, management, and development on routers/switches/firewalls
(Linux and CISCO/HP equipment);
Hands-on troubleshooting and debugging of layer 2 and layer 3 issues;
Participating in the specification and implementation of global
networking standards and equipment configurations;
Implementing the best practices and procedures in all areas of network
operations;
Guiding and enabling the professional development of the technical staff;
Proposing, documenting and implementing processes for reporting,
auditing, and global network management;
Documenting technical procedures, standards, and policies;
Deployment and installation of new telecom connections and equipment (in
offices and in data centers);
Participating in linux system daily maintence
Openness to 24/7 pager duty;
General level 2/3 support.
PROFILE Skills and Experience
Note: A good basis of fundamental networking knowledge is more valuable
than experience with any particular platform, hardware, or vendor.
(Essential) 5+ years of networking experience in a network environment;
(Essential) Excellent interpersonal communication ability to communicate
in English or French essential;
(Essential) Strong organizational, analytical, and project-management
skills;
(Essential) Strong experience with open-source tools and operating
systems (OpenBSD/Linux);
(Essential) Ability to work under stress and in a 24x7x365 production
environment;
(Essential) Experience with Cisco equipment (routers and switches, IOS);
(Essential) Expert knowledge of networking layers 2 and 3;
(Essential) Knowledge of and experience with equipment/network concepts
(firewalls, proxies, security);
(Essential) Knowledge of and experience with network services and
equipment (e.g. BPG, spanning tree, HSRP, TACACS+/Radius, VPN/IPSEC, etc.);
(Essential) Strong experience with TCP/IP protocol/stack and low-level
network troubleshooting;
(Essential) Linux system daily maintence experience
(Asset) Experience with wireless (Wi-Fi) networking;
(Asset) Experience with SNMP and RRD-based management tools.
(Asset) large-sacle server management by Puppet+Svn is a plus
(Asset) Shell, Perl or python is a plus
(Asset) Cacti+Nagios is a plus
Online System Architect
Job Requirements:
1. Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, at least 6 years of working experience in the software industry.
2. Excellent English communication skills, work experience in international companies a plus.
3. 4+ years of experience in coding.
4. 3+ years of experience in software design and architecture.
5. Experience in designing large server systems (social and gaming related) and managing technical teams of such systems.
6. Expertise in designing and optimizing large scale mainstream databases, mainstream web frameworks (Especially Nginx), distributed computing and storage solutions (For instance hadoop, bigtable).
7. Proven ability to analyze, design and develop object orientated solutions. Proficient with UML and rose, proficiency with tools like Rational Rose, PowerDesigner to design and develop.
8. Keen analytical abilities coupled with the ability to work under pressure.
9. Experience with Internet security.
10. Expertise in Linux a plus.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Provide technical support to development teams.
2. Design the architecture of our systems and vital interfaces.
3. Communicate with other teams to confirm requirements and design blueprints.
Linux Systems Administrator
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Linux systems and services, with an emphasis on supporting production Web and database servers
Assist with scripting, task automation, and systems management infrastructure development and deployment
Assist development teams in deploying and debugging server-side software
Debug low-level systems and networks
Document technical procedures and policies
Remain on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
PROFILE
Skills and Profile
At least 5 years experience in Linux administration in a high-volume, critical production environment with an emphasis on supporting production Web and database servers
Experience with programming and/or scripting, task automation, and best security practices for server installation and administration
Good experience in Apache (HTTP), PHP and MySQL administration in a production environment (LAMP) required
Knowledge of Perl, PHP, Python, bash, etc., with experience building database-driven applications
Experience in low-level systems and network debugging (strace, sar, netstat, tcpdump)
Experience with Puppet and Subversion an asset
Good interpersonal and communication skills, and able to work in a team
Fluency in English and French (Asset)
Strong organizational and project management skills, as well as good analysis methodology
Ability to work under stress and in a 24x7x365 production environment essential
Game Economy Designer
Requirements
Skills:
Strong sensitivity to gameplay and game design and solid understanding of how to build needs and emotions in the context of a game
Strong analytical and formal thinking, able to break problems down to their key variables and to identify the relationships between them
Strong econometrics skills, able to model problems into quantitative systems and draw qualitative conclusions out of quantitative data
Knowledge of statistics, able to formulate ratios and indexes specific to each game to identify specific weaknesses and strengths in economy design
Strong marketing knowledge, able to formulate adequate selling strategies to improve financial performance
Understanding of client/server architecture and data collecting pipeline and mining
Requirements:
Previous experience as Game Designer, Social Designer or Gambling Designer
Fluent written and spoken English (Asset), concise writing skills
Strong understanding of MS Excel
Advanced understanding of SQL
Deep, up-to-date knowledge of the free-to-play market, both web-based and on smartphones
Passion for games on all existing formats: board games, card games, sports, paper RPGs, gambling, all genres of video games with special focus on MMOs and competitive games
Desired Skills / Extras
Nice to Have:
Previous experience in econometrics / data mining
Graduate degree or BA in Economics, preferably specialized in Marketing or Strategic direction
Mastering of UI prototyping tools such as Flash
Experience in community managing, marketing or product management
Ability to operate in Putonghua
