Sr Systems Engineer

Requisition Number: 174443

Position Title: Site Reliability Engineer III

External Description:

Senior Systems Engineer

The DevOps team is looking for a talented Senior Dev Ops Engineer to join our team. We’re looking for candidates with experience in both network and Unix/Linux administration, strong leadership with high energy, dedication, and passion for technology.

The successful candidate will partner with the Operations Development Directors and Technical Leads to oversee the day-to-day software operations for our AAA game products. He or she should have a proven track record in effectively leading technical teams and large-scale systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the support of game server environments, from development to production.
• Works with the Dev Ops Technical Director to establish and deliver on the team’s common technical strategy.
• Oversees the design and development of extensive scripting and productivity enhancing tools for automation of system administration tasks.
• Ensure the engineering and content teams have the tools, technical processes and best practices they need to develop in and agile and efficient way.
• Architect scalable, portable, extensible, and performant solutions that facilitate the rapid release of features in a live game environment.
• Support an “always-on” gaming network infrastructure.
• Be “on-call” when needed to support feature launches, live events, and emergency escalations.
• Evaluate and adopt technologies which improve the team efficiency and platform capabilities.
• Work with a global team to implement best of breed technologies and provide support within a follow the sun model.
• Mentor Dev Ops engineers, including new hires, and interns.
• Partners with Development and QA teams for implementation of new game features; partners with other operations teams, IT, and external hosting providers to implement and maintain secure and scalable infrastructure.

Technical Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited education institution in Computer engineering, computer science, information systems or equivalent
• Shipped multiple video game titles and has a thorough understanding of game development through pre-production, production and post-production.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in Linux/Unix Systems administration (especially CentOS/RedHat), including design, implementation, ongoing administration, and support of critical systems.
• Keen interest in DevOps methodologies and technologies (Docker, Chef, Ansible, etc.)
• Analytical and problem-solving skills aligned with enthusiasm, aptitude, attitude and motivation to learn
• Working knowledge of at least one of the following languages: Go, Python, or Ruby
• Working knowledge of distributed source control such as GIT
• Demonstrated experience of common scripting languages (Perl, Shell, Python, PHP, the more the better)
• Demonstrated expertise in OS security fundamentals for publicly accessible Linux servers
• Experience with LDAP, DNS, DHCP, NIS, NFS, NAS.
• Experience with automation systems such as Jenkins
• Working knowledge of database concepts, database structures, relational data bases and related applications
• Understanding of document and/or key/value store such as Cassandra, Memcached, Reddis, RethinkDB, or MongoDB
• Strong communication skills, to partner with people and problem solve to reach common goals.

Good to have:

• 5+ years working in applicable web stack technologies (e.g. Microsoft .NET, Java, Ruby, etc.…)
• 5+ years of working with a relevant front-end framework (AngularJS, Angular, React, etc.…)
• 5+ years developing and interacting with REST services
• 5+ years of relational database design and development (MS SQL Server, MySql, Oracle, etc.…)
• Experience with Cloud based server deployments (EC2, OpenStack, etc)
• Hands-on experience working with various network technologies – NLB, VPN, Firewall, Ethernet Switches & Routers, Sniffers, TCP/IP, Network Subnetting, VLANs, etc

 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
º $125,050 - $191,050
• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo):
º $113,900 - $191,050
• Jersey City, NJ :
º $113,900 - $191,050
• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
º $113,900 - $179,300
• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs):
º $113,900 - $154,950

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (following 1 year of service), medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. är ett globalt ledande mjukvaruföretag för interaktiv underhållning. EA levererar spel, innehåll och onlinetjänster för internetuppkopplade spelkonsoler, persondatorer, mobiltelefoner och surfplattor.

EEOText: EA är en arbetsgivare som är för likabehandlande. Alla anställningsbeslut görs utan hänsyn till ras, färg, ursprung, anor, kön, könsidentitet eller -uttryck, sexuell läggning, ålder, genetisk information, religion, funktionshinder, sjukdomstillstånd, graviditet, civilstånd, familjestatus, veteranstatus eller annan karakteristik som skyddas av lagen. Vi kommer också att överväga kvalificerade sökande med kriminalregister för anställning, i enlighet med gällande lag. EA gör också arbetsplatsen tillgänglig på det sätt som krävs för kvalificerade personer med funktionshinder, enligt gällande lagar.

Days Open: 146

Can this position be remote?: 1

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Om EA

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Electronic Arts är en arbetsgivare med lika möjligheter. Alla anställningsbeslut görs utan hänsyn till ras, färg, ursprung, anor, kön, könsidentitet eller -uttryck, sexuell läggning, ålder, genetisk information, religion, funktionshinder, sjukdomstillstånd, graviditet, civilstånd, familjestatus, veteranstatus eller annan karakteristik som skyddas av lagen. Electronic Arts gör också arbetsplatsen tillgänglig på det sätt som krävs för kvalificerade personer med funktionshinder, enligt gällande lagar.