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Dev Ops Software Engineer

Electronic Arts
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We are EA

 

Electronic Arts is more than you’ve ever realized. We’re more than a company, or a headline, or even a clever catchphrase – we’re a vibrant community of over 8,000 artists, storytellers, technologists and innovators working toward a shared vision: to inspire and unite through play.

 

While headquartered in Redwood City, EA's platform engineering, game development, and publishing operations take place in a network of locations, stretching from Shanghai to Stockholm, Melbourne to Vancouver. No matter which of our studio locations you join, you’ll feel the energy and support of EA’s global brand, while immersing yourself in a culture that inspires you to thrive, take risks and dream big. Our unique studios create amazingly creative and fun games - fast paced puzzles, adrenaline filled warfare, galaxy spanning adventures, high speed racing, and sports so realistic you can practically feel the grass under your feet.

 

We are looking for a DevOps System Engineer (University Grad) to join the DevOps team in Austin, TX

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the role offers a Dev ops Engineer an opportunity to build and support web based enterprise systems, applications and solutions, including development architecture, designing tools, or platforms. You will be involved in all aspects of Live Systems Operations and development (including Linux based systems, Cloud computing, Core Java, JavaScript Frameworks and other Enterprise Technologies) working closely with a talented pool of engineers and be a true partner in defining the solutions in furthering the products and business.

 

What a DevOps Systems Engineer does at EA:

 

  • Supports the current online gaming infrastructure by deploying Online and Live game features. Maintains virtual game online infrastructure environment.
  • Works with local and remote Web, Server Side, and Software developers to investigate and design future gaming online infrastructures in support of new game features.
  • Responds to outages and alerts quickly to ensure public availability of our online services.
  • Refines processes to develop a culture of quality and high availability.
  • Automates processes to increase efficiencies wherever possible.
  • Helps architect and implement solutions that solve complicated application challenges around performance, scaling, and security.
  • Instrument monitoring solutions to gain insight into application performance and understand emerging issues.
  • Maintains deployment software and tools (Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, etc.) Work closely with developers to ensure on time delivery of services.
  • Participates in 24x7 on-call support and maintenance activities.

 

Our next DevOps Systems Engineer shall have:

 

  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent engineering experience.
  • Linux Systems Engineering or Admin experience
  • Experience with AWS or Cloud based computing
  • Understanding of application and operational Monitoring – experience with tools like Graphite, Nagios is a plus
  • Understanding of middleware, proxies and application integration.
  • Understanding of Content Distribution Network services and configurations.
  • Experience with cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.) is a plus
  • Experience or understanding of dev ops technologies: Docker, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins
  • Understanding of databases (MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB etc.)
  • Understanding of networking (load balancing, TCP/IP, Virtual IP, SSL Certificates etc.)

 

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We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

 

EA is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.