DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer

KingsIsle Entertainment, a successful MMO game developer, is seeking a hands-on DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer. This role involves automating repetitive tasks, engineering resilient systems, owning infrastructure end-to-end, and coding foundations using Infrastructure as Code. The engineer will build monitoring and alerting systems, containerize applications, champion security, and collaborate with various teams to ensure stability and innovation. The team emphasizes collaboration, knowledge sharing, and personal development.

Must Have

• 2+ years of practical DevOps / infrastructure engineering experience
• Deep experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management tooling
• Designed, built, and maintained CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows
• Proficient with Linux across multiple distributions
• Experience containerizing applications (Docker) and orchestrating them at scale (Kubernetes, Helm)
• Built or operated observability infrastructures
• Understand and apply security best practices
• Can write scripts or small applications (Python, Bash, Groovy, etc.)
• Fluent with version control workflows (Git)
• Confident communicator
• Self-motivated, proactive in surfacing and solving problems

Good to Have

• Experience with Agile based methodologies (Scrum, Sprints)
• Exposure to other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Familiarity with GitOps / Argo CD / modern IaC paradigms
• Experience with SRE practices or large-scale systems
• Background in compliance, audit, or security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Perks & Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Hybrid Work Policy
• Free Food & Snacks

Who We Are

KingsIsle Entertainment, established in 2005, is a proven MMO hit-maker with 50+ million registered users across both of our MMO games with vibrant and strong communities. Our award-winning game Wizard101 is currently in its 17th year and Pirate101 is in its 13th. We attribute our success to great people, and we recognize the value of every team member. We work hard and have fun, whether with lunchtime gaming sessions or office outings to the movies. The working environment, friendly teammates, and support for growing careers contribute to the long tenures many enjoy at KingsIsle.

The KingsIsle Web Team is a friendly and motivated group of builders, testers, and managers who put the quality of what we produce above all else. Experience taught us that high standards are better achieved through effective collaboration, knowledge duplication, and personal development. We make time for each team member to take courses and work on interest projects. The team reserves regular time slots to discuss successes and failures after each Sprint. The senior members are encouraged and empowered to mentor so our junior members often experience tremendous growth. We build enterprise web applications with proven success serving millions, and our continued quest for improvement drives increasing sophistication in test automation, performance/security monitoring, and agile product delivery.

How You Can Contribute

• Automate the mundane transform repetitive, error-prone tasks into reliable automation that accelerates development and reduces friction.
• Engineer for resilience anticipate and prevent failures before they happen by designing systems that heal, scale, and adapt under pressure.
• Own your craft end-to-end from architecture to deployment to continuous improvement, you'll shape infrastructure that teams can trust.
• Code the foundation use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) to define environments that are reproducible, auditable, and version controlled.
• Illuminate the unknowns build monitoring, logging, and alerting systems that surface insights early and empower teams to act fast.
• Containerize with purpose design and deploy containerized applications that are efficient, portable, and secure by design.
• Champion security and compliance integrate protection and auditability into every stage of the delivery pipeline, not as an afterthought.
• Collaborate deeply partner with developers, QA, operations, and product to align velocity with stability, innovation with reliability.

Who You Are

You are a hands-on DevOps / infrastructure engineer who thrives at the intersection of development and operations. You're comfortable working across systems, automation, and tooling, and you know how to simplify complexity without compromising reliability or security.

• You have 2+ years of practical DevOps / infrastructure engineering experience, preferably working both on-premises and in cloud environments
• You have deep experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management tooling (Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, or similar)
• You've designed, built, and maintained CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent) and automated deployment workflows
• You're proficient with Linux across multiple distributions (Alpine, Ubuntu, Red Hat, etc.) and can troubleshoot kernel, networking, or OS issues
• You have experience containerizing applications (Docker) and orchestrating them at scale (Kubernetes, Helm, etc.)
• You've built or operated observability infrastructures: logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, incident detection
• You understand and apply security best practices: IAM, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, encryption, network isolation
• You can write scripts or small applications (Python, Bash, Groovy, etc.) to glue systems, resolve gaps, or automate tasks
• You are fluent with version control workflows (Git, feature branches / merge requests, code reviews)
• You are a confident communicator: able to convey technical tradeoffs, risks, and constraints across engineering, product, and non-technical teams
• You are self-motivated, proactive in surfacing and solving problems, and comfortable working independently or in cross-functional settings

You Will

• Be part of our "always learning, always respectful" team culture, and make it better!
• Have an important voice in solving real-world business and/or development problems.
• Work closely with game designers, marketing strategists, data analysts, and operations professionals.
• Be a key part of our web/platform team that serves millions of users in critical business and social capacities.
• Have access to tremendous experience and domain knowledge from the leadership team. They are great mentors.
• Be exposed to all aspects of development life, including design, implementation, project-leading, DevOps, QA, and automation.

Extra Points If You Have

• Experience with Agile based methodologies - e.g. Scrum, Sprints, etc.
• Exposure to other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Familiarity with GitOps / Argo CD / modern IaC paradigms
• Experience with SRE practices or large-scale systems
• Background in compliance, audit, or security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Hybrid Work Policy
• Free Food & Snacks