Join Second Spectrum: Innovate in Sports Tech

Second Spectrum, a Sports Emmy-winning data and technology company, is at the forefront of transforming the sports industry. We specialize in capturing and producing top-quality data and innovative content for some of the world's biggest leagues and media partners, including the NFL, NBA, English Premier League, ESPN, Amazon, and CBS Sports.

Our mission is to push the boundaries of deep tech, including machine learning, computer vision, big data, augmented reality, and virtual reality. We combine our passion for cutting-edge design and extensive experience in college and professional sports to create unique and innovative products. These products have helped our partners win multiple NBA championships, clinch victories on football pitches worldwide, and entertain millions of fans on TV and digital platforms.

In 2021, Second Spectrum was acquired by Genius Sports, unleashing new technological, operational, and commercial capabilities. We're just beginning to turn our joint vision of transformative sports technologies into reality. If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology in sports, you'll find an exciting and dynamic environment here that emphasizes opportunities for motivated individuals to grow and make an impact.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - On-Premise

We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our On-Premise team within the Infrastructure Engineering group. As we expand our real-time player tracking, sport analytics, and broadcast augmentation services, we aim to scale from hundreds of sports arenas to thousands globally.

Responsibilities:

• Design and code end-to-end processes for untrained staff to autonomously prepare, install, and monitor Linux servers and networking devices at over 100 sports venues.
• Enable developers to independently deploy and monitor our player tracking and augmentation applications.
• Take ownership of long-term technical projects and effectively communicate design choices to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with teammates to solve problems, share knowledge, and provide actionable feedback.
• Participate in an on-call rotation aimed at eliminating repeating escalations.
• Visit the Lausanne office twice per week.

Minimum Qualifications:

• EU/EFTA citizenship or residency permit in Switzerland (B or C).
• 5+ years of SRE experience with Linux.
• Strong understanding of the complete Linux server stack, including OS boot and installation, systemd, networking, container deployment, logging, metrics, monitoring, and out-of-band management.
• Experience designing robust automation processes for a large inventory of on-premise servers.
• Experience contributing to a large automation codebase using Ansible or a similar platform.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and Python programming.
• Excellent communication skills tailored to varying audience levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing a remote fleet without easy physical access.
• Experience designing large-scale automation processes for network routers and switches.
• Comprehensive understanding of OSI network layers 2 and 3, able to diagnose network conditions at customer sites.
• Experience with AWS EC2, S3, VPC, IAM.
• Experience with Nvidia GPU driver installation and monitoring.

Our Stack:

• Languages and frameworks: Ansible, Bash, Python.
• Servers: Ubuntu Linux, Nvidia GPUs.
• Cloud: Ansible AWX, Tailscale, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, AWS cloud.

Benefits and Work Environment:

• Work with elite sports systems, enhancing data analytics and augmentation for premier leagues.
• Join an innovative and dynamic environment that encourages self-development.
• Develop automation solutions to improve the daily work of operational staff and developers.
• Enjoy 25 days of holiday per year plus extra holidays between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
• Benefit from an improved insurance plan, covering accidents, loss of earnings due to sickness, and an occupational plan.
• Our office is conveniently located just a 2-minute walk from the Lausanne train station.

The base salary range for this role is CHF 140,000 - CHF 150,000, depending on seniority and relevant experience.