DevOps Engineer - EA SPORTS™ FC

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games. After nearly 30 years of creating genre-defining, interactive football experiences with the world's biggest football entertainment platform, we are beginning a new era - EA SPORTS™ FC.

Do you have experience with DevOps technologies ? If so you are in the right place. We, the EA SPORTS DevOps team, are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join us. You will be part of a global team contributing to the best sports games on the market (NHL, FC, UFC - just to name a few fan favorites).

You will be part of a great team that values collaboration and knowledge sharing. You will work with / learn different technologies, integrate them in the global gaming systems architecture and progress towards the next step in your career path.

Come join us!

Your Responsibilities:

• You will be reporting to your project & people manager based in Bucharest.
• Enhance availability, performance and stability of cloud-based services though automation
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a live production environment and identify opportunities for improvements through automation
• Assess incoming requests from partner teams for feasibility, applicability, and understanding of team priorities
• Refine and improve CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code tooling (such as GitOps, GitLab)
• Work in a follow the sun model to support the amazing EA SPORTS games (troubleshoot game server infrastructure at different layers, including application, network, load balancing, OS and application)
• Participate in on-call and online support programs during the year with an emphasis during launches and live events.

Your Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in a DevOps engineer (or similar) role
• Experience writing software in one or more languages, such as Python, JavaScript or similar
• Familiarity with the major cloud provider technology (such as storage management, deploying applications on VMs or manage Kubernetes services, monitoring applications)
• Familiarity with orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of scalable networking technologies such as DNS, subnetting, route tables, NAT, firewalls, Load Balancers and web standards (REST APIs)
• Knowledge of operating systems and network security fundamentals
• Experience with deployment technologies (such as Chef, Ansible, XL Release/Deployment) would be a plus
• Hands-on experience with version control systems such as GIT
• Experience with pipeline automation systems such as Jenkins, GitLab and GitHub
• Experience with monitoring and observability systems such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Familiarity with IT security best practices such as encryption, certificates, key and credentials management