DevOps Engineer

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

A career at Rockstar Games is about being part of a team working on some of the most creatively rewarding and ambitious projects to be found in any entertainment medium.

You would be welcomed to a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn, and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Rockstar New York is looking for a talented DevOps Engineer who has a strong understanding of Windows systems and an inclination to automate repetitive tasks and develop tooling.

This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar’s new state-of-the-art game development studio in Carlsbad, CA.

WHAT WE DO

• We work closely with developers, DBAs, build engineers, and security teams.
• We build world-class infrastructure for our high traffic, high visibility web sites and services.
• We provide operational support for critical services that enable connected experiences found across our game franchises.
• We constantly review our processes, automate wherever possible, and develop our own toolchains.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Automate workflows and contribute to our significant PowerShell / DSC / Chef codebase.
• Build and maintain Windows servers in a highly available, public facing environment.
• Manage and support .NET / ASP.NET web sites and services.
• Build and support SQL Server failover clusters.
• Manage VMware clusters.
• Manage storage systems including Pure Storage and Brocade hardware.
• Administer monitoring systems such as CheckMK, Splunk, Grafana.
• Perform root cause analysis through multiple infrastructure layers.
• Provide timely and creative solutions to difficult problems.
• Respond to critical off-hours requests in an on-call rotation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with configuration management or infrastructure as code (Chef and Terraform preferred).
• Experience managing highly distributed, Windows-based, production environments.
• Thorough understanding of Windows Server operating system internals.
• Strong experience with IIS, SQL Server, and VMware.

SKILLS

Proficient in a scripting language like PowerShell or Python.

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting online gaming development and production environments.
• Linux administration experience.
• Experience with containers, Docker preferred.
• Knowledge of C# or Golang.
30+ days ago