System Administrator

Plarium is dedicated to creating the best mobile and PC gaming experiences for our worldwide community. Among the company's most popular games are the MMORPG RAID: Shadow Legends and the action shooter Mech Arena.

Plarium is looking for talented System Administrators to join our External IT Department. The team sets up, supports, and ensures the seamless operation of our server infrastructure, including all service and production servers. As part of this team, you will configure and administer these servers, setting up our products on them. You will also ensure the security and uninterrupted operation of an infrastructure used by 2.2 million players worldwide.

The successful applicant will be able to work at our Lviv office and remotely in Ukraine or Poland.

Responsibilities

• Configuring game servers, monitoring their operation and fixing any problems that occur

• Managing the CDN and DNS networks

• Placing Plarium’s products on production servers

• Setting up and administering virtual servers on cloud hosting platforms, including Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Optimizing server architecture to handle the load of our games

• Creating fault-tolerant systems to ensure the stable operation of our games

• Creating and updating our technical documentation and knowledge base

• Ensuring effective operation of production servers with prompt troubleshooting

Requirements

• At least 1 year of experience administering Windows Server (2012 R2, 2016, 2019)

• Experience administering Microsoft SQL Server

• Familiarity with the architecture and communications protocols of the Internet

• Hands-on experience configuring and administering Internet Information Services (IIS) e.g. web applications, address pools, FTP servers, SSL etc.

• Experience working with cloud servers and services

• Knowledge of PowerShell and practical experience with it

• Experience handling Windows Firewall

• System and application security management knowledge

• English language skills at the intermediate level

Desired

• Understanding of DNS and reverse proxy services (e.g. Cloudflare)

• Familiarity with continuous integration systems and automation tools (e.g. Jenkins, PowerShell, Terraform)

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure certificate

What we offer our Employees

• Officially registered full-time employment

• Minimum of 25 calendar days of paid vacation annually, separately paid public holidays, and additional paid leave for specific needs

• Medical support and fully paid leave if you or your child are sick

• Individual development plan and regular feedback

• Professional seminars, workshops, courses, and internal training programs

• Group English classes and one-on-one language tutoring

• Consultations with psychologists and mental health workshops

• Online Pilates classes, a running club, and individual fitness programs with a professional instructor