Who We Are: 

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The Company develops and publishes products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and Zynga. Our products are currently designed for console gaming systems, PC, and Mobile, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO.

While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.

The Challenge

The Systems Engineering team crafts, builds, deploys and maintains a wide variety of IT infrastructure using the latest standards and technologies. 

We are actively looking for a Systems Engineer with a broad range of systems infrastructure related and general purpose programming skills. Our ideal candidate has a rich and diverse technical background, is creative and passionate about IT systems, as well as standardization, optimization, and automation. Furthermore, this candidate will have experience architecting, engineering, implementing, and supporting large scale enterprise networks, storage, and system infrastructures in public and private cloud, and on-prem solutions to accommodate end-users, developers, and internal/external customers.

Candidates are expected to stay aware of industry changes and plan to keep ahead of industry advancements to help guide the use and implementation of technology at Take-Two.

What You’ll Take On

• Implementation of information and operational support systems
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software, system management tools, and hardware, virtualization, and storage related systems
• Maintain security, backup, offsite replication, and general DR strategies
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time of any task
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of availability and performance for all systems
• Oversee and ensure resolution of critical infrastructure alerts and fostering a proactive approach to system reliability.
• Lead performance monitoring initiatives to identify and mitigate potential system bottlenecks, collaborating cross-functionally to implement strategic solutions and optimize infrastructure.
• Provide 2nd and 3rd level support for team related assets and domains
• Work closely with vendors and other IT personnel to identify and resolve issues with systems and infrastructure
• Creating, updating, and maintaining technical design documentation, operational procedures, and related technical resources.

What You Bring 

• Expert in one of Windows or Linux, including installing, configuring and problem solving issues
• Extensive experience managing virtualized environments (e.g. VMware, Nutanix)
• Practical networking experience (4 layer model, TCP/IP) including diagnosing, and remediating basic network issues (e.g., firewalls)
• Excellent skills writing and debugging automation tools and scripts (e.g. PowerShell, shell scripts, Python)
• Experience with infrastructure as code such as terraform, packer etc.
• Experience with software development principles, including version control systems, Agile development methodologies, and automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Perforce, Jenkins, Git) 
• Strong ability to learn new technologies and dive into challenges.
• Capable of written and verbal communication among both technical and non-technical audience
• Minimum experience of 7 years in the specified area required. 
• Candidate should have prior experience in mentoring/coaching team members. 

Great to Have: 

• Cloud experience, preferably in AWS
• Experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks (e.g., Tomcat, Apache/NGINX/IIS, databases, etc)
• Experience managing configuration management solutions (e.g., Puppet, Ansible, etc)

What We Offer You: 

• Great Company Culture. We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Enjoy Life. Our employees’ bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through our Office gaming spaces, company parties, game release events and team challenges.
• Benefits. Benefits include, but are not limited to; Discretionary bonus, Provident fund contributions, 1+5 medical insurance + top up options and access to Practo online Doctor consultation App, Employee assistance program, 3X CTC Life Assurance, 3X CTC Personal accident insurance, childcare services, 20 days holiday + statutory holidays,
• Perks. Gym reimbursement up to INR1150 per month, charitable giving program, access to learning platforms, gaming events.

Please be aware that Take-Two does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Take-Two also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Company will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise. Take-Two’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a take2games.com email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions, please contact Careers@take2games.com

As an equal opportunity employer, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”) is committed to fostering and celebrating the diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds of its talent, partners, and communities throughout its organization. Consistent with this commitment, Take-Two does not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or job applicant because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, and genetic information (including family medical history), or on the basis of any other trait protected by applicable law. If you need to report a concern or have questions regarding Take-Two’s equal opportunity commitment, please contact .

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