Systems Administrator, Linux

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

NBCUniversal’s Intellectual Property Analytics, Operations, and Technology (IPAOT) team supports NBCUniversal’s content globally. The team builds applications to support our internal legal intellectual property partners as well as platform operations on YouTube, TikTok and Facebook. The applications help monitor NBCUniversal titles across search engines, data sharing networks and various content delivery pipelines. The data is collected by the team and analyzed internally to support business-decision driving initiatives at the company.

Role Purpose:

The IPAOT team at NBCUniversal is seeking a skilled and proactive Systems Administrator to ensure the optimal performance, reliability and security of our organization's Linux systems and environment. We are looking for a self-starter who possesses a strong technical background in managing diverse IT infrastructures, has a keen eye for detail and demonstrates a commitment to maintaining secure and highly available systems.

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure and maintain over 200 bare-metal, virtualized and cloud-based servers running RHEL-based operating systems, as well as related network infrastructure critical to enterprise operations
• Monitor and troubleshoot hardware and software issues as they arise using Ansible, Prometheus and Grafana to ensure secure and seamless operations
• Customize and maintain a multi-platform system configuration, ensuring efficiency and security
• Perform regular backups and disaster recovery operations, escalating issues accordingly
• Manage user accounts and access permissions
• Keep up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies and proactively share findings with the greater team

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience administering Linux systems (RHEL/CentOS)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer or information science is a plus
• Proficiency in Bash scripting for automation and system tasks
• Solid hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and orchestration
• In-depth knowledge of MySQL/MariaDB administration, backup strategies and performance tuning
• Solid understanding of AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, VPC) and best practices for cloud infrastructure
• Ability to troubleshoot performance issues, perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with system monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git/GitFlow) and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience deploying and maintaining Docker containers in production
• Basic knowledge of ELK (Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana) stack clusters
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault for secure secrets management and access policies

Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the Universal City, California office a minimum of three days per