Operations & Infrastructure Technical Director

Requisition Number: 154264

Position Title: Technical Director I

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 Operations and Infrastructure Technical Director 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.

 

Operations and Infrastructure Technical Director

As an Operations and Infrastructure Technical Director, you will drive technical planning and execution of all development and operational infrastructure to support a new AAA mobile game including dev ops, live ops, source control, development workflows, CI/CD, build/deployment, testing, monitoring, and analytics. In this key leadership role, you will work closely with other product leaders and technical partners as the development and operational infrastructure subject matter expert for the team. Technical Directors balance strategic and tactical direction to deliver and maintain stable, scalable, cost-effective solutions with focused innovations.

Key Responsibilities

• Set project technical standards and policies, define high-level architecture, processes and tools, and technical budgets
• Accountable for the development and operational infrastructure design and implementation through production and support as a live service
• Monitor and troubleshoot live service issues
• Ensure the quality, performance, and stability of technical deliverables meet commitments
• Improve team efficiency through identifying bottlenecks and proposing solutions
• Identify and manage technical dependencies and risks
• Collaborate and manage partnerships with internal technical partners
• Implement and run release management for a live service
• Work as part of the product leadership team:
• • Understand and help define the product vision and business needs
  • Represent the project and team to stakeholders
  • Balance technical, product, and business requirements with successful outcomes
  • Empower and manage expectations for production
  • Partner with Development Directors on development processes and project planning
  • Conduct research necessary to achieve desired outcomes and evolve our technology

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience
• 5+ years of technical leadership experience in DevOps, LiveOps, and/or Development Infrastructure
• Cloud based solutions and management
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• Leadership experience developing and launching games or running a large-scale live service
• Solid knowledge of game application technology, spanning client, server and infrastructure
• Strong negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution skills

Bonuses

• Expertise in iOS and Android platform development
• Prior experience with console/PC development
• Distributed systems experience
• Experience working with remote teams

Please contact our recruiter, Rebecca Davis- rdavis@ea.com with questions or interest

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Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

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Days Open: 202

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.