Internet Marketing Ninjas continues to grow.  Today, we have over 100 employees and are on track to 150 employees over the next year! Internet Marketing Ninjas was named one of the Capital District's "Best Places to Work" in both 2012 and 2011 by The Business Review. We are seeking to hire the best and the brightest designers and programmers in the Capital Region. Join a growing team of enthusiastic, hard-working, successful individuals today!

Internet Marketing Ninjas is seeking to hire a Systems Administrator for our desktop and large server environment.  To apply for this job you must work at our office in Clifton Park, New York.  If you have a passion for technology and are looking for a fun, fast paced place to work, then come join our growing team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Primary desktop administration including installation, troubleshooting, upgrades, backups, printers and general administration in an Ubuntu/Mac/Windows environment
• Website administration including deployment, configuration, testing, monitoring and domain name management in a primarily LAMP environment, including internal, cloud based and shared hosting servers
• Email administration including configuration, monitoring, and end-user management
• General server support including user administration, upgrades, backups and patching in an Ubuntu/Windows environment
• General technology support including coordination with the phone system vendor and other vendors as necessary
• Inventory and move equipment such as servers, desktops, monitors and printers to and from storage and hosting facilities as required
• Willingness to be part of an on-call rotation to support our always-on infrastructure
• Willingness to research and educate self and others in new and emerging technologies in order to enhance our business operations

Ideal candidates have:

Qualifications:

• Experience working in a multi-vendor environment – Linux, Windows and/or Mac
• Experience with Windows Server, including updating accounts, group policies and basic knowledge of Active Directory DNS and DHCP services
• Strong experience with desktop support – Windows/Mac/Linux (Ubuntu) – including application troubleshooting, desktop builds, antivirus, backup management and patching
• Strong experience with Linux, including basic system administration, patching, Samba, basic LAMP configuration and administration, including MySQL, and VPN technologies (preferably OpenVPN)
• Experience with system management, including monitoring and backups
• Experience with Electronic Mail administration, including DNS and email interaction, and preferably with experience in Postfix, Zimbra or another corporate email system
• Firm understanding of configuring and administrating VPS hosting

Strongly Desired (these are not required, but would put you ahead if in combination with the above requirements). 

• Familiarity with a configuration management tool, preferably Puppet
• Experience with a network management tool, preferably Nagios
• Prior knowledge of administrating and using BackupPC/CrashPlan
• Experience with Jira or a ticket management system
• Experience with Git
• Experience with UNIX scripting in Bash, Perl or other scripting languages

Other Requirements:

• Prefer candidates with at least two years of experience in a systems administration/desktop support role
• Prefer candidates with a college degree

Benefits Include:

• Health & Dental Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Personal days
• 401K contributions
• Profit Sharing
• Company Sponsored Outings

We are a cutting edge shop working on multiple platforms in a mixed environment.

Prefer Mac? no problem.
Need more monitors? Sorry, we cap at three.

Like snacks? How about free ice cream and fruit?
Looking for a place where you can be obnoxious and use your great sense of humor? We all have fun.
Do you like random swag? How much corporate logo apparel can you actually fit in your dresser?

If we invite you to come interview with us be prepared. Don't come empty handed (at least have your pen and paper), don't chew gum, dress up a little, know about our company, show us you've done research, be prepared to have us call your former employers...be honest and upfront with us. Also, expect us to put you through one or more practical tests of your skills.