Each year, 70,000 gamers from all around the world attendGen Con, the largest and longest-running annual event devoted to tabletop gaming culture in North America! The Gen Con development team builds the systems whichsupport the event production team and those who attendthe show. Oursystems are continuously evolving and we are looking for a DevOps / SRE Expert and Systems Administrator to manage Gen Con’s systems and processes in the following ways:
Collaborate with the Development Team to design, build, and maintain systems and processes to support development and operation of Gen Con systems, including website and mobile applications
Manage systems and services for CI / CD, containerization, orchestration, monitoring, logging, alerts, notifications, analytics, and more
Automate routine tasks using scripting and DevOps automation tools
Manage and maintain production and development systems
Plan for and maintain uptime during critical event launches where site traffic increases 100x over normal operating levels
Perform routine system administration tasks including; verifying data backups, checking database integrity, reviewing system performance and alerts, checking for security patches and updates, and others
Identify and track down bugs and performance issues throughout systems
Apply patches and updates to system dependencies as needed
Compose and run custom reports and data exports as needed
Research new technologies and patterns to incorporate into the platform
This job is for contractors. Compensation is on an hourly or project basis
This job is remote. You can work from anywhere you like
Your Qualifications
Must have 5+ years of professional experience designing and implementing DevOps solutions
Must have 5+ years of professional experience administering web applications on cloud computing services like AWS, Azure, Heroku, or GCP
Must have experience with common / popular DevOps tools and technologies including:
Continuous Integration and Delivery platforms like Travis CI, CircleCI, or Semaphore
Container tools like Docker and Kubernetes
Automation and configuration management tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
And others
Must have experience with Agile software development lifecycle practices and methodologies like Scrum and Kanban
Must have 2+ years professional experience with Ruby on Rails
Must have 2+ years professional experience with SQL databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL
Must have excellent written and oral communication skills
Must be organized and detail oriented
Must be a self-starter, able to take initiative and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment
Good to have experience developing web applications, particularly with Ruby on Rails
Good to have experience with various web application datastores, search engines, messaging systems, firewalls, load balancers, CDNs, and others
