Site Reliability Engineer

Requisition Number: 156153

Position Title: Systems Engineer I

External Description:

Site Reliability Engineer

EA Romania is home to employees who demonstrate an exceptional talent for bringing world-class games to the global marketplace. We consist of Engineers, Designers, Producers, and Analysts who work on the FIFA, Need for Speed franchises or Frostbite engine. Our Quality Assurance and Quality Engineering teams are proud to support our development teams through the delivery of world class testing services, which ensure we deliver stable, high-quality entertainment, as well as outstanding player experiences.

The Challenge Ahead:

We are seeking a technically savvy, results-oriented, and quality-focused individual with strong, hands-on infrastructure administration skills to design, administer, tune, secure, maintain and document a global online hosting infrastructure. This individual will play an active role in all aspects of the design and deployment of online server environments and will be part of a 24x7 global operations group.

The Site Reliability Engineer is a member of the Central Development Services (CDS) team at Electronic Arts. The CDS team are on the forefront of emerging technology, creating and optimizing tools that enable our teams to code better and more efficiently. Working as one team they are pushing the envelope, striving for ‘Quality by Design’ wherever possible.

What a Site Reliability Engineer does at EA:

Our Site Reliability Engineers are working as members of the Central Quality Engineering team, responsible for the continued development of our infrastructure capabilities and expand support for technology stacks used to deliver mission critical tools and services to our partner game teams. This position focuses on leveraging .NET and Windows technologies as well as Java and Linux based deployments in the support of current services.

Requirements & Skills:

• Production experience with a public cloud provider.
• Great communication, both technical and non-technical.
• Experience with containers (Docker) is essential.
• Experienced user of one or more source code management tools (Perforce, Git).
• Experience with web operations best practices at scale, architecture design, troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Deep understanding of networking technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills to troubleshoot complex issues.
• In-depth knowledge of online security best practices.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience developing and deploying open source tools and services.
• Knowledge of CI / CD tools.
• Strong automation skills.
• Comfortable working with Linux and Windows systems.
• Ability to use scripting languages.
• Eager to learn new skills and ramp up quickly.
• Strong interest in scalable and distributed systems performance.
• Comfortable collaborating with people face-to-face and remotely.
• Ability to thrive in a high-pressured, free-form, product-oriented environment.
• Great sense of humor :)

Additional Skills and Abilities:

• Experience shipping AAA games is a plus
• Experience with automation and configuration management tools (Ansible, SaltStack, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with Hashicorp products: Terraform, Packer, Consul and Vault
• Experience with various programming languages a plus (Java, JavaScript, Go, C#, C++)
• Experience in monitoring, reporting and alerting using industry leading tools. (Prometheus, TICK etc., Grafana). An eye for solving issues with better monitoring.
• Experience using AWS in the deployment and development of .NET and Java based services.
• Relevant IT industry certifications is a plus (AWS, VMware, Red Hat)
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum is a plus.

At EA Romania, fresh ideas and new ways of thinking are always welcome. If you are passionate about games and the games industry, we’d like to talk with you! We are One Team, a diverse, creative and collaborative community of artists and innovators united by our shared vision of excellence. We celebrate success and individuality on global and local scales, and believe that the employee experience should be just as amazing as the player experience 

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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.

Days Open: 74

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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.