Senior DevOps Engineer - Goodgame Empire

Goodgame Studios is an innovative free-to-play, online games development company that is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the gaming industry. Since 2018, Goodgame Studios has been part of Stillfront Group AB, which is a group of independent developers, publishers and distributors of digital games - with a vision to become the leading group of game developers and publishers.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer (all genders), you will be responsible for managing and optimizing the live game infrastructure for our popular and successful titles “Empire” and “Empire Four Kingdoms” as well as potential new games in the franchise. You will be part of our game development team to maintain the stability and performance of our games, ensuring that players have a seamless and enjoyable experience. Our games require the orchestration of real-time interactions and stateful services in a multiplayer scenario. As a DevOps engineer, you will push the boundaries of traditional infrastructure to create a stable, responsive, and engaging environment for players worldwide.

You are passionate about infrastructure, automation, and high-performance systems? And you have an in-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD processes, monitoring, and security best practices? Then we want you on our team!

Your mission

• Architect the cloud infrastructure for new services and maintain the existing setups
• Continuously improve the performance and efficiency of the current cloud infrastructure
• Develop, implement, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines
• Ensure that key services are always available
• Manage and optimize monitoring and logging tools
• Troubleshoot and respond to incidents promptly
• Ensure robust backup and restore capabilities
• Implement and uphold security best practices across all systems
• Automate repetitive tasks to enhance productivity and efficiency

Your backstory

• Several years of experience managing Linux in production environments for end-users
  
• Skilled in provisioning entire systems from scratch using configuration management and/or Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Hands-on experience with various AWS products in a production setting
• A solid grasp of web infrastructure, including for example HTTP and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
• Proven ability to navigate and manage unfamiliar or legacy systems
• Experience in fully managing complex IT infrastructures involving multiple hosts and services
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with excellent fluency in English

Sounds great? More reasons to take this mission

• Full flexibility: Work remotely or come and work from our modern office in Hamburg (Ottensen)
• Work-life-balance: 30 days annual leave and flexible working hours
• Join a supportive team in a pragmatic, yet challenging environment, flat hierarchies and state of the art technologies
• Work with multidisciplinary and experienced colleagues from the entire product lifecycle in a culture of continuous development and learning opportunities
• Team building: strong collaboration between the teams, regular studio events onside, snacks and drinks available at the office
• Contribution to public transport ticket (Deutschlandticket) in Germany