Senior Site Reliability Engineer - On-premise

at  Genius Sports

Lausanne, VD, Switzerland -

Start DateExpiry DateSalaryPosted OnExperienceSkillsTelecommuteSponsor Visa
Immediate23 Dec, 2024Not Specified26 Sep, 20245 year(s) or aboveFleet Management,Switches,Linux Server,Linux,AnsibleNoNo
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Description:

Second Spectrum is a Sports Emmy-winning data & tech company that is building the next way of seeing sports - by capturing and producing the highest quality data and innovative content for many of the world’s largest leagues and media partners, such as the NFL, NBA, English Premier League, ESPN, Amazon, and CBS Sports.
We are pushing the boundaries of deep tech - machine learning, computer vision, big data, augmented and virtual reality. Our passion for cutting-edge design and decades of experience playing college and professional sports is an equal part of the magic that brings unique and innovative products to life. These products have helped Second Spectrum partners to multiple NBA championships, to win matches on football pitches around the world, to entertain and educate millions of fans on TV and digital. In 2021, Second Spectrum was acquired by Genius Sports, bringing together a unique combination of technological, operational and commercial capabilities. We’re just getting started turning our joint vision of transformative sports technologies into reality.
Second Spectrum is the place to be if you’re interested in working on cutting edge technology in sports, alongside incredibly driven and ambitious teammates. Our innovative and dynamic environment emphasizes opportunities for motivated individuals to maximize their growth and impact.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Swiss/EU/EFTA citizen or residency permit in Switzerland
  • 5+ years experience in SRE with Linux
  • Strong understanding of the entire Linux server stack: OS boot and installation, systemd, networking, container deployment, logging, metrics & monitoring, out-of-band management, etc…
  • Strong experience designing robust automation processes for a large inventory of on-premise servers
  • Strong experience contributing to a large automation code base using Ansible or a similar platform
  • Proficient with Bash scripting and Python programming
  • Ability to communicate efficiently and articulate concepts based on the audience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience with remote fleet management without easy physical access
  • Experience designing large-scale automation processes for network routers and switches
  • Strong understanding of OSI network layers 2 and 3, ability to assess network conditions at customer sites: explain packet loss or fragmentation, cabling or NIC defects, bandwidth evaluation locally and to cloud
  • Experience with AWS EC2, S3, VPC, IAM
  • Experience with Nvidia GPU driver installation and monitoring

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to be part of the On-Premise team in the Infrastructure Engineering group. As we deliver real-time player tracking, sport analytics and broadcast augmentation to more customers worldwide, we are looking to scale from hundreds of sport arenas to thousands.

Specifically, you can expect to:

  • Design and code end-to-end processes enabling untrained staff to autonomously prepare, install and monitor all Linux servers and networking devices installed in 100+ sport venues
  • Design and code end-to-end processes enabling developers to autonomously deploy and monitor our player tracking and augmentation applications
  • Take ownership of long-term technical efforts and articulate design choices to technical and non-technical people
  • Collaborate closely with teammates to solve problems, share knowledge and provide actionable feedback
  • Participate in an on-call rotation that emphasizes eliminating repeating escalations
  • Visit the Lausanne office 2 times per week


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:5.0Max:10.0 year(s)

Information Technology/IT

IT Software - Application Programming / Maintenance

Software Engineering

Graduate

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Lausanne, VD, Switzerland