Systems Engineer

Requisition Number: 154306

Position Title: Systems Engineer II

External Description:

Electronic Arts is looking for the most talented game developers in the world to join us in our mission to add to our expanding portfolio of mobile hits like FIFA, Madden, Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, and SimCity BuildIt.

Our growing Mobile Studio – Red Crow – in Austin, Texas, is seeking an experienced Software Engineer – DevOps to work on the upcoming launch of a new social strategy game, Star Wars: Rise to Power.

In Star Wars: Rise to Power, any Star Wars fan can fight for their place as a Hero in the Galactic Wars, acquiring and deploying massive fleets of ships (from small stunt fighters to massive capital ships), iconic characters, and planetary bases, putting the galactic conflict directly into the Player’s hands.

Role:

Upon joining the Star Wars: Rise to Power Team, you’ll immediately start working with the existing team to ensure the stability of our AWS game environments.  We’re looking for a highly motivated and experienced engineer ready to dive into building and maintaining our cloud infrastructure – working with our team to provide our users continuous access to an exciting and challenging new Star Wars Game Experience!

Responsibilities:

• Manage our AWS cloud infrastructure
• Develop tools for deploying, automating and monitoring our AWS cloud infrastructure
• Work closely with the game teams to ensure access to stable development environments
• Ensure the security of our cloud infrastructure
• Provide reporting of KPIs and SLAs
• Learn new languages, techniques, processes and methodologies
• Influence an engineering community in your office and around the world
• Build efficient and reusable systems that impact millions of people
• Play the game!  We want you to be proud of what you build!

Qualifications:

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years of professional development of scalable back-end services
• 4+ years of AWS experience including EC2, ECS, S3, ElastiCache for Redis and CloudWatch
• Experience with Linux, Jenkins, Docker, DataDog, Loggly, Stackdriver and PagerDuty
• Self-motivated
• Passion for learning

 

Nice to have:

• Proficient with Java
• Familiarity with Maven, Gatling, Gradle, Terraform, DynamoDB, Memcached, Kubernetes
• Experience with one or more of the following: JavaScript, Node.js, Python
• Passion for all things gaming

 

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

 

 

More information about Austin: https://www.ea.com/news/tour-the-ea-austin-studio

 

 

Contact:

Norma Jean Chapa: nchapa@contractor.ea.com

 

EA is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.