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We’re actively looking for Javascript Developers and Systems Administrators at all levels to work on our media platform.

Javascript Developers

Working primarily with Javascript, you’ll get great training and work with a small, expert, friendly team living in the ultimate tech industry.

We’re looking for junior developers who see a challenge, see something they don’t know, see everything that’s in the way … and think … game on! Developers with opinions, who like to discuss technologies and choices and what might be lacking. Developers who’ve buried themselves in code and come up smiling.

You’ll be:

• Developing and supporting software services in an optimised distributed environment, which includes cloud-based technologies
• Supporting existing clients and our own internal teams
• Working in a small, highly skilled and dedicated team of developers, network engineers and other specialists

You’ll get significant technical and personal development opportunities including mentoring from highly experienced and rather lovely workmates, access to high-end technology and equipment and work with unique customers who you’ve known about for years.

As you can imagine, there are opportunities to travel to and work behind the curtain at some loud international events (and some rather anonymous business parks). You’ll get to hang out in some amazing places and really understand what it means to have a great team around you.

We’d love you to have at least 2 years on-the-job experience and knowledge of:

• Node.js and associated server-side Javascript libraries and architecture patterns
• At least one other server-based programming language, particularly Python or Ruby
• NoSQL databases
• Linux system administration, particularly for deployment, log and resource usage analysis, etc.
• Using Git in an active team environment
• Team organisation and comms software, particularly Trello, Jira, Slack, etc

We know that’s some list. Tell us how well you fit now, and how we can help you fill in the gaps.

In our dreams, you’d also have on-the-job experience and knowledge of:

• Building robust software using the Test/Behaviour Driven Development approach / mindset
• Video/audio streaming protocols and player technologies
• HTML, CSS and client-side Javascript
• Deploying and supporting software
• Documentation using software such as Confluence, Github / Bitbucket Wikis etc.
• Web and Cloud distribution services
• Architecture automation using tools like Ansible, Puppet, etc.
• Java software, including build and deployment

You should be keen to gain experience building and supporting high-end production systems for some of the world’s most advanced customers.

We value curiosity, creativity and dedication: curiosity to find new routes, creativity to improve our tools, and dedication to deliver the best quality work for our customers every time when the pressure is on.

In this kind of environment, the ability to manage your own time and workload is essential.

For more information, or to apply for the role, please email your CV and a cover letter outlining why you are suitable for the role to recruitment@bgnevents.com.

Systems Administrator

We’re looking for a junior to mid ranking Systems Administrator to help design, implement, secure and maintain our systems for test, development and production environments.

To be successful you’ll have opinions and advocate for them, you’ll dig in and get the job done, you’ll work hard and to the highest standards – and all with a rev in your engine.

You’ll be involved in developing and overseeing the backup, replication and fail over strategies.

• Performance – identify and analyse the issues that hamper the performance of the system, and work with Development to recommend solutions for the issues.
• Support – work with the product team in code deployment, virtual servers, writing and modifying scripts for application deployments, system monitoring.
• Resilience – implement, develop and oversee the backup, replication and fail over strategies.
• Track Support – help to deliver motorsport events and supporting the Event Leader where necessary.
• Reporting – gathering, analysing and interpreting external and internal data and preparing reports and recommendations
• Everything else – performing other duties as maybe deemed suitable to the post, as agreed. Priorities are likely to vary from time to time

You’ll get significant technical and personal development opportunities including mentoring from our highly experienced and lovely team, access to high-end technology and equipment and work with our household name client list.

This is an office based role but there are opportunities to travel to and work at events around the world.

Any experience of the following will help:

• Experience of installing and supporting many Linux distributions, specifically Debian and Ubuntu.
• Physical networking and network protocols, services and security including TCP-IP, DNS, DHCP and NFS.
• Installing and supporting Windows distributions.
• Firewall and VPN technologies.
• Programming (Python, Bash) and writing in scripting languages.
• Container based solutions.
• Proactive monitoring solutions.
• CI and continuous workflow solutions.
• VMware/VSphere installations and support.

Don’t worry if you can’t point to direct experience of everything. Tell what you can point to and show us the desire to fill in the missing links.

We value curiosity, creativity and dedication: curiosity to find new routes, creativity to improve our tools, and dedication to deliver the best quality work for our customers every time when the pressure is on.

In this kind of environment, the ability to manage your own time and workload is essential.

For more information, or to apply for the role, please email your CV and a cover letter outlining why you are suitable for the role to recruitment@bgnevents.com.