Systems Administrator
SpotX is the most transparent programmatic video advertising platform with more than 7 billion ad decisions per day reaching 600 million unique visitors in more than 190 countries.
We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Systems Administrator who can be an important part of our versatile team. You’ll be working in a fast-paced environment with highly talented peers. The ideal candidate will contribute to the ongoing support of our internal IT resources and more importantly, our production environments. This person will embrace the challenges and rewards of being part of running a five nines infrastructure in support of a global applications platform.
We don’t believe in “culture fit”. We believe in you being a genuine human beings and pleasant to work with. Sure, we might share a beer at work or after work but you don’t have to. You just need to be a contributing member of our team who is thoughtful and wants to do quality work.
Needed SpotX’er talents:
- Strong experience in Python and Bash scripting
- Strong experience in Red Hat Linux troubleshooting
- Familiar with MySQL; experienced with Percona cluster
- Familiar with Cassandra and Hadoop clusters
- Familiar with network protocols NFS, DNS, SSH, etc.
- Strong understanding of basic networking, including Linux routing and firewalling, VLANs, DHCP, etc.
- Comfortable with issues related to data protection (backups and restores)
- Familiar with Nagios or other monitoring software and services
- Familiar with kickstart, PXE, etc.
- Familiar with storage, RAID, vdisks, multipath etc….
Bonus SpotX’er talents:
- Configuration Management
- VMware
- Cobbler, Ansible, Puppet, or equivalent technologies
- Experience managing a high-volume, transactional web environment
- Understands what it means to be in ops for 24/7/365 organization
- Familiar with issues surrounding global presence, including Geo-DNS (location, high-availability, load balancing), backhaul of backend processing, etc.
SpotX Perks:
- Work-life balance
- Unlimited PTO (work it out with your team first!), company closed from Christmas to New Years
- Make a real difference - your code reaches millions of people as soon as you release it
- Work in a fun, casual, team environment – flip flops OK
- Frisbees, foosball table and cornhole
- Benefits such as medical, dental and 401(k)
SpotX is a video ad serving platform providing media owners with monetization tools for desktop, mobile and connected devices. The platform features modern ad serving and programmatic infrastructure, and other monetization tools, like solutions for OTT and outstream video ad units. SpotX gives publishers the control, transparency and actionable insights needed to understand buyer behavior, manage access and pricing, and maximize revenue. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Sydney, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Hamburg, Belfast, and Singapore. In July 2014, RTL Group, a leader across broadcast, content and digital, acquired a 65% stake in SpotX. For updates, follow SpotX on Twitter and LinkedIn.