Hive Games is a UK-based game studio providing development services and creating interactive content for well-established games.
We operate The Hive, the largest Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server, delivering a constantly evolving multiplayer experience to millions of players. Alongside this, we work closely with Microsoft as a vendor, contributing to the Minecraft franchise through projects like Chunker World Converter. We’re also developing SkyBlock: Horizons, an ambitious open-world MMORPG coming to Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.
We don’t have fixed start dates for our roles—our approach is to bring in talented people when the right opportunity aligns. If you’re a great fit, we’ll look at making room rather than waiting for a specific need to arise. So if you're interested, we encourage you to apply regardless of when the listing was originally posted.
Hive Games at a glance:
- Microsoft Vendor & Minecraft Partner
- Established in 2013
- 8M Monthly Active Users
- Small, agile, global team
- Flexible work environment
Expectations and Responsibilities
We are looking for a System Administrator to maintain, upgrade and manage our software and networks.
Resourcefulness is a necessary skill in this role. You should be able to diagnose and resolve problems quickly. You should also have the patience to communicate with a variety of interdisciplinary teams.
Your goal will be to ensure that our technology infrastructure runs smoothly and efficiently.
Hive Games utilizes a mix of bare metal servers, OpenStack Cloud and various Azure technologies. An ideal candidate has experience with most or all of these, or willingness to learn and expand their knowledge.
You will be joining a fast-growing team, and taking over various responsibilities from existing team members. You will be our first dedicated system administrator.
Responsibilities
- Install and configure software
- Manage network servers and technology tools
- Monitor performance and maintain systems according to requirements
- Troubleshoot issues and outages
- Ensure security through access controls, backups and firewalls
- Upgrade systems with new releases and models
Requirements
- Proven experience as a System Administrator, Network Administrator or similar role
- Experience with databases, networks and patch management
- Knowledge of system security (e.g. intrusion detection systems) and data backup/recovery
- Ability to create and maintain scripts in Python, Perl or another language
- Familiarity with various operating systems and platforms
- Resourcefulness and problem-solving aptitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Some knowledge of Minecraft and it's networking requirements is a plus
- Deep knowledge of Azure is a plus
Benefits
- Full-time job (40 hours a week)
- Fully remote job
- Flexible working hours
- Low turnover team
- Majority of the current team has been at Hive Games 3+ years
- Employment status offered to UK applicants
- Generous time-off: 28 days AND bank holidays (8 days on average)
- Very fair sick policies
Desired Applicants
We believe in demonstrable talent and skill over written qualifications and, as such, have no formal education requirements to work at Hive Games.
All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ancestry, colour, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, and/or sexual orientation.