Do you have a passion for tech solutions and want to work in a diverse IT environment? Excited about strategy and nerdy games that require thinking? If yes, then the role of Systems Engineer at Paradox Interactive is just right for you.

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Your mission

As a Systems Engineer you’ll be part of a small and dedicated IT team. Your primary objective will be to ensure that the Paradox infrastructure and systems run smoothly, remain secure, and are continually improved.

You will be responsible for architecting, scaling, and securing our existing and future IT platforms. You will help, as well as form and implement a cloud migration strategy for our internal tools and applications.

You will be trusted to take ownership of the entire lifecycle surrounding our internal systems and infrastructure, and ensure that they are maintained in an efficient and secure manner, as well as keeping yourself and others up-to-date with new features and implementations. You may also take part in internal projects together with other departments based on their requests and established needs. Lastly, you will lead and/or assist in contract negotiations for key systems and services.

Other responsibilities include capacity planning, configuration management, logging and monitoring, and proactively maintaining, documenting, and updating our core services and infrastructure In addition, you will be supporting our colleagues as a subject matter expert in your area as well as contributing to the future IT infrastructure landscape.
  

The skills we’re searching for…

• Administration and configuration of physical and virtual hosting environments (VMWare, Windows and Linux servers)

• Cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure)

• Demonstrable experience in migrating on-premises environments to the cloud or managing hybrid environments

• Working knowledge of IAM and SSO solutions

• Routine automation by programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash, Powershell)

As this position is part of a support function it will help you greatly to be service-minded and have the ability to work well with others. Having said that, your day-to-day tasks are yours alone and we hope that you appreciate our independent work structure. You will be expected to take initiative and work proactively to ensure smooth IT deliveries, while analyzing long-term solutions over quick fixes. There are many memes about IT, but only some that are true. However, if you enjoy creating structure from chaos you’ve come to the right place.

 
Practical information

Scope: Full time and permanent

Reports to: Head of IT

Location: This position is based in Stockholm and unfortunately we are not able to offer any relocation packages at this moment.

Some of our benefits include:

At Paradox you will be part of a result driven, high trust and player centric culture. Our games and players take center stage and our first priority is always to add player value. If you are someone who thrives from the opportunities that this culture brings and knows how to navigate the challenges that also come with it we highly encourage you to apply for this job and join our team.