Lead DevOps Engineer (Data)

Requisition Number: 156383

Position Title: Senior Systems Engineer / Lead

External Description:

We are EA

And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe 24/7 with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games and delivering a player experience is hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative, resourceful and passionate people in the industry. 

The Challenge Ahead

The EA Digital Platform Data Group develops a unified Big Data pipeline across all game franchises at Electronic Arts. This platform incorporates data collection, ingestion, processing, access and visualization all built on a modern, cloud-based tech stack with outstanding tools. The Data Group provides the tools and platform which powers the future of game development, marketing, sales, accounting and customer experience including, dynamic in-game player experiences powered by real-time game telemetry. Our environments are challenged by marketing promotions, game launches, and rapid innovation. We are passionate about automation.

Who You Are

• You excel in a environment that values collaboration.
• You are passionate about efficiency and automation.
• You have a fondness for handling distributed big data systems

What a DevOps Lead does:

• You will propose creative solutions and improve existing systems to increase efficiency, quality and productivity of IT systems and processes
• You will respond to outages and alerts quickly to ensure public availability of our online services.
• You will analyze the architecture of existing systems and propose ideas for improving the quality of these systems while reducing the number of problems
• You will lead a virtual team of L1 and On-call engineers to ensure high availability, performance and scalability of our services.
• You will update, integrate, develop, create, adjust and customize hardware and software solutions in an optimal way, document the requirement and results, and ensure operations teams can support and carry on in your stead
• Refine processes to develop a culture of quality and high availability
• Automate processes to increase efficiency wherever possible
• Help architect and implement solutions that solve complicated application challenges around performance, scaling, and security
• Instrument monitoring solutions to gain insight into application performance and understand latest issues
• Maintain and build deployment software and tools (Jenkins, Chef, etc.)
• Work with developers to ensure on time delivery of services 

 

The next great EA DevOps Lead also needs:

• 8+ years’ experience working on large scale data systems.
• 3+ years of experience leading operations teams
• Understand big data systems.
• Understand infrastructure operations and management
• You will define and execute complex operations
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.)
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent engineering experience.
• Experience administering Java-based technologies: Spring, JBOSS, Jetty, Tomcat.
• Working knowledge of databases/SQL
• Working knowledge of networking (load balancing, TCP/IP, Virtual IP, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Big Data Systems (Hadoop, Kafka, Storm, Hive, etc.)
• Continuous integration and delivery tools like GitLab, Chef, Ansible, Puppet and Jenkins..

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Company Profile:

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: 156

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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.