| Publication or Company |
Machine Zone
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| Industry |
Director of Operations (Engineering), Social App Gaming, Web Development |
| Job Duration |
Full Time |
| Job Location |
Palo Alto, CA |
| Experience Level |
10 years |
| Job Requirements |
Our Director of Operations will build and lead the team that plans, operates and scales the infrastructure that supports the 24x7 operation of our games. As the leader of all Operations, you'll be technology-minded in utilizing the latest technologies to create optimized, scalable solutions and fill in any gaps in expertise when needed. You'll be involved in building out the mission critical infrastructure that supports a growing user base, assessing system vulnerabilities and working with our developers to resolve live issues and improve overall systems. You will be intricately involved in every aspect of the company from our platforms team, game developers, and executives to ensure your design specs are in-line with the company vision and game specifications.
Responsibilities:
Lead, manage, and build out operations team
Manage our global, always-on, multi-game infrastructure
Oversee and execute planned network maintenance work, minimizing impact on our live games
Requirements:
10+ years experience in a medium-large scale system (Ubuntu, nginx, Apache, Redis, Erlang)
Participate in on-call rotations and perform off-hour maintenance activities
Strong working knowledge of Linux/UNIX internals and core system services (DNS, SMTP, Syslog, IPTables, etc.)
Experience with Nagios, Cacti, Git, and Puppet are must-haves
Knowledgeable in configuring MySQL servers and running replication
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Enthusiasm for start-up work
Desirable:
Experience with network security, firewalls/ACLs, VPN services
Experience with PHP, Perl, Bash
Experience with CloudStack or other virtualization technologies
BA/BS in Computer Science (or equivalent)
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| About Our Company |
Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Machine Zone, Inc. (formerly Addmired) is focused on creating the most engaging free-to-play mobile social games in the world. Launched in 2008 with Y Combinator, Machine Zone has seen explosive annual growth with its highly successful free-to-play games, including iMob, Original Gangstaz, Global War, iMob 2, Race or Die 2, among others. To date, the company has well over 40 million downloads of their iPhone games. The company operates profitably and has raised two rounds of funding from Anthos Capital, Baseline Ventures, and Menlo Ventures.
Winner of the Crunchies Award (Techcrunch), we are a unique, highly talented and ambitious team of free-to-play game experts and rock-star engineers, all focused on building highly engaging mobile experiences for its gamers. We continue to expand our teams and look for top talent around the world to build not only the most exciting technical and social projects in mobile gaming, but to help create the best gaming company. Come and be part of the revolution!
Check out our new game: http://www.gameofwarapp.com/ |
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