About the role
About This Position
Digital Extremes is looking for a collaborative, driven Linux Systems Administrator to join our core IT infrastructure team onsite at our London, Ontario studio. In this role, you will work side-by-side with our existing Systems Analysts and Administrators to co-own, maintain, and scale our enterprise Linux environment, you will play a vital role in ensuring high availability, peak performance, and reliable out-of-hours coverage for our high-demand operations.
Responsibilities
- Linux Server Administration: Manage corporate and game Linux servers, taking an active role in deploying, optimizing, troubleshooting and maintaining on premise and cloud infrastructure.
- Virtualization & Storage: Collaborate on the administration, maintenance, and expansion of Proxmox VE hypervisors and Ceph distributed storage clusters.
- Backup & Disaster Recovery: Share responsibility for routine backup validation, target storage management, and restore testing across site-wide Veeam Backup & Replication setups.
- Observability & Monitoring: Maintain and expand monitoring stacks to track system metrics, proactively identify performance bottlenecks, and respond to alerts together with the team.
- Upgrades & System Modernization: Partner with fellow teammates to plan, schedule, and execute OS maintenance and hardware lifecycle upgrades with minimal studio and game downtime.
- Cross-Role Collaboration & SOPs: Serve as an escalation partner for complex technical issues, bridging operational tasks between systems analysis and infrastructure engineering while keeping team documentation up to date.
Requirements
- Experience: 5+ years of Linux system administration experience in a high-demand production or studio environment.
- Core Stack Knowledge: Proven experience managing enterprise Linux environments, Docker, Proxmox VE, Ceph distributed storage, and Veeam backup infrastructure.
- Tooling & Protocols: Familiarity with Perforce server administration on Linux, system monitoring platforms (PRTG, CheckMK), shell/Python scripting, and core networking protocols.
- Collaborative Mindset: Strong team orientation—comfortable co-owning infrastructure projects, sharing maintenance duties, and working closely alongside existing Systems Analysts and Administrators.
- On-Call: Out of hours on-call duties as required.
- Eligibility: Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada at the time of application.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary Range: $75,000 - $100,000 (The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate’s experience, skills, budget, and location).
- Perks: Competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities to grow your career while working on beloved titles like Warframe and the highly anticipated Soulframe.
Company Culture & Working Conditions
- Work Location: Onsite at the London, Ontario studio.
- Studio Background: Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world's top independent video game development studios. Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games' multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise, Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3, the BioShock 2 multiplayer campaign, and The Darkness® II, achieving greatest critical and commercial success with Warframe.
- Inclusivity & Equal Opportunity: Digital Extremes is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a welcoming, accessible, and supportive environment. Applications are welcomed from all qualified individuals, including those from underrepresented communities and people with disabilities, with accommodations available upon request.
- AI Policy: Digital Extremes does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select candidates, and does not leverage AI in any game development processes. AI tools are permitted exclusively for administrative support during recruitment (such as note-taking by recruiters during interviews).