DevOps Engineer

Grinding Gear Games • PC Games • Game Development • On-call duty • Python • SQL • Ruby • Bash • 28 days ago

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In office (Auckland)

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Junior · 2+ years exp

Employment

Full-Time

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Grinding Gear Games

Grinding Gear Games develops Path of Exile, one of the most played action role playing games in the world. It built its own engine and free to play model without pay to win mechanics. The studio is majority owned by Tencent but continues to operate independently from Auckland.

grindinggear.com • HQ: Auckland, New Zealand • PC Games • Game Development • Est. 2006

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We are Grinding Gear Games, creators of the award-winning dark fantasy Action RPG Path of Exile. We're a world-class studio of more than 200 developers based in Auckland, New Zealand and we're currently expanding the Path of Exile development team.

We are seeking experienced Engineers to join our DevOps team. You will be responsible for supporting our server infrastructure and managing our deployment processes for the live realm. You will also help maintain and improve the tooling and automation required by these systems.

Location: On-site in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand
*Relocation assistance (for the right candidate if needed)
Full-time position - 40 hours a week

The position includes the following duties:

Maintaining and improving python applications, scripts, and tools used in the deployment pipeline and live realm maintenance
Performing DevOps and maintenance tasks related to Linux and Windows servers such as package management, firewall, game server installation, deployment and authorization
Troubleshoot incidents affecting the live realm, e.g. server performance, player connectivity, game integrity
Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support when needed

We are seeking someone with:

Strong skills in Python or an equivalent language (e.g. Go, Ruby)
At least 2 years in a DevOps or Software Engineering role OR a Bachelors Degree Software Engineering and an interest in remote server administration
A strong background in implementing automation and scripting in python or bash
System diagnostics, troubleshooting server faults and performance analysis

Technologies used in this role - the more of these (or similar products) you have experience with, the better:

Microsoft and Linux distributions (Windows, Ubuntu, etc)
Python
Bash
SQL (eg. Postgres, MSSQL)
Configuration management (e.g. Ansible)
Cloud Platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS, Google)

On-Call rotation: Two days in lieu will be credited at the end of your rostered on-call week. If a call out occurs outside your usual working hours, you'll be paid time and a half for the time spent working.

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